Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1151
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: RockMemories.com, presenting an online auction including authentic and original posters, backstage passes and other rock memorabilia from historic Grateful Dead concerts, the Bill Graham Archives and hundreds of other artists, running October 14th through 24th at rockmemories.com. Kearney Street Books, presenting The Storyteller Speaks: Rare and Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead, including one penned by Robert Hunter. Two dozen short stories inspired by the Grateful Dead’s music and community. The Storyteller Speaks is available at amazon.com. Woodstock Records, presenting Songs Of The Grateful Dead, a new CD by Jesse McReynolds and Friends. Twelve Grateful Dead songs performed in traditional bluegrass style from the Grammy-nominated, Grand Olde Opry veteran and International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee, plus a new original song by Jesse McReynolds and Grateful Dead songwriter Robert Hunter. David Nelson and Stu Allen also play on Songs of the Grateful Dead, which is available now with sound samples at woodstockrecords.com and jimandjesse.com.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1150
Week of October 4, 2010
Part 1 32:54
Grateful Dead 3/25/91 Knickerbocker Arena, Albany NY
SHAKEDOWN STREET
LITTLE RED ROOSTER
STAGGER LEE
Part 2 23:01
Grateful Dead 3/25/91 Knickerbocker Arena, Albany NY
QUEEN JANE, APPROXIMATELY
HIGH TIME
IT’S ALL OVER NOW
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
Jam Cruise 9, setting sail from Ft. Lauderdale on the MSC Poesia January 4 through 9, 2011, with performances by Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman & Jay Lane as Scaring the Children, The Rhythm Devils featuring Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, Galactic, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, God Street Wine, Greyboy Allstars, ALO, Lotus, Steve Kimock, David Gans, Cornmeal and many more. Complete information is available at jamcruise.com
Grateful Dead Productions, announcing three new releases: Formerly the Warlocks, the complete concerts of October 8 and 9, 1989 from multitrack; Road Trips volume 3 number 4, a 3-disc compilation from the spring of 1980; and The Warner Brothers Studio Albums, five classic Grateful Dead albums on 180-gram vinyl in a deluxe boxed set, including the original mixes of Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa, plus the 7″ single of “Dark Star.” Details, audio samples, discussion boards, and ordering info at dead.net
Kearney Street Books, presenting The Storyteller Speaks: Rare and Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead – two dozen short stories inspired by the Grateful Dead’s music and community, including one penned by Robert Hunter. The Storyteller Speaks is available at amazon.com
More Missoula news: Grateful Dead Hour back on the air!
The Grateful Dead Hour returns to the airwaves in Missoula, Montana on October 10! KDTR, known to the world as The Trail 103.3, will air the GD Hour on Sundays at 10pm. Sponsored by Montana Ace Hardware stores.
Gans gig update: Rubber Souldiers, Deadtronica, solo shows, and “bootleg” CDs
Friends –
It is great to be at home after a thrilling summer on the road! I visited some favorite festivals, hit some new states and venues, played some wonderful house concerts, music festivals, and club gigs, and had an awesome time at Grand Teton National Park! My deepest thanks to all who attended my performances and to those who hosted house concerts, and to all who bought CDs at my shows, too.
Speaking of which: I am offering a “bootleg” CD of my September 4 house concert in Missoula, Montana (hosted by Stew and Meg Weis). These are hand-labeled CDs, but properly mastered from a high-res digital master recording. The set list and PayPal ordering link are here. UPDATE: This show is now available in high-res, CD quality, and MP3 from
My performance schedule is posted at dgans.com/gigs.html
CDs are available at cdbaby.com/all/dgans
I am planning to stay close to home in October, and just starting to make some plans for November. I’ll be looking for house concert and other solo-performance opportunities in the West in November, so please get in touch ASAP if you’re interested in hosting a show.
Thank you for your kind attention and support. I hope to see you soon!
– DG
Wednesday, September 29: Rubber Souldiers play a FREE outdoor show 6:30-8pm in Memorial Park, 1325 Portland Ave, Albany CA
Friday, October 1, 7-10pm: Dead Dreams (David Gans, Dave Stein, Jeff Faust, and Mark Corsolini) at Art House Gallery and Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley CA. $8. NOTE EARLY SHOWTIME!
Saturday, October 2, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers’ Market, at Lake Park and Grand Avenues in Oakland. Free! Think global, eat local!
Sunday, October 3, 9 am to 1 pm: Marin Farmers’ Market, at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael CA. Free!
Friday, October 8: Rubber Souldiers perform at the Mill Valley Film Festival in celebration of a film called “Nowhere Boy,”about John Lennon’s early years.
Friday, October 29, 8pm: Deadtronica! Bob Bralove, Tom Constanten and David Gans. Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Avenune, Sebastopol CA. 707-829-7300. $25. Ages 21+. We’re hoping to take this act on the road soon.
Sunday, December 12, 7pm: The Poster Room (upstairs bar) at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Pre-show and between-sets entertainment. Black Crowes on the main stage.
January 4-9, 2011: Jam Cruise, sailing from Ft Lauderdale
More info and links at dgans.com/gigs.html
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As always, I’m in the market for house concert opportunities. If you see an open spot on my schedule in your general vicinity, let’s try to make something happen! And remember: word of mouth is pretty much all we have these days, so if you like my music, please spread the word about these gigs and these recordings – the free ones as well as the for-sale ones.
“Life Is a Jam” is a studio recording with me on guitar and vocals, Mark Karan (Jemimah Puddueduck, Ratdog) on lead guitar, Mookie Siegel (David Nelson Band) on keyboards, Joe Kyle, Jr (The Waybacks) on bass, Dave Brogan (ALO) on drums, and Zac Matthews (Hot Buttered Rum) and Bear Kittay on background vocals. The download package and promo CD contain three versions of the song, each with a unique jam – a total of about 27 minutes of music for your money! dgans.com/liaj/download – and we still have a few copies of the limited-edition promo CD available at dgans.com/liaj/
“Life Is a Jam/After Break” – the “A” side – is now available for download from CDBaby for a mere 99 cents.
Enough with the anti-gay bigotry
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has taken a deserved beating in the courts recently, but the posturing, pandering putzim in DC aren’t gonna give up any time soon. I’m talkin’ to you, John “I Never called myself a Maverick, except in the title of my autobiography and a few zillion campaign ads” McCain.
Jon Carroll in today’s San Francisco Chronicle:
Senators live in Washington, D.C., most of the time. They mix with rich people and powerful people at private cocktail parties and dinners. They are aware that some of the people they socialize with are gay. They are aware that some of their colleagues, and the aides to their colleagues, are gay. They no more believe that gay people are a threat to unit cohesion than they believe that aliens have established villages on Jupiter.
And yet they have to pretend for their people. Their constituents, their base, still believe that one gay guy in a shower room is going to panic the other soldiers. It’s not true, of course, but the panderers have to keep their base happy in this election year – one-third of the Senate is up for re-election – so they get all misty-eyed about manly showers with manly men. Or something.
Also, they seek to convince voters that gay people are a threat of the American family.
Read the whole column, please.