Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1148
The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible this week by: 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 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 www.jamcruise.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
“Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost” on DVD
See this old blog post about an excellent documentary on jug band music, Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost. It’s now available on DVD! You can get it from rediscovermusic.com
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1147
Week of September 13, 2010
Part 1 10:21
Bob Weir, Ace
GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
David Gans, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best
DOWN TO EUGENE
Part 2 46:04
Grateful Dead 12/31/81 Oakland Auditorium
DRUMS->
SPACE->
THE OTHER ONE->
NOT FADE AWAY->
GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD
The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible this week by:
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
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 www.jamcruise.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
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1146
Week of September 6, 2010
Part 1 34:20
Grateful Dead 12/31/81 Oakland Auditorium
PLAYING IN THE BAND->
TERRAPIN->
PLAYING IN THE BAND
Part 2 21:05
The Mother Hips, Pacific Dust
WHITE FALCON FUZZ
Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust
BRIDGES BURNING
Dark Star Orchestra (new studio recording)
RUN MARY
Hot Tuna Live at New Orleans House 09/69
I KNOW YOU RIDER
Los Lobos cover the Grateful Dead’s “West LA Fadeaway” on their new CD Tin Can Trust; “Bridges Burning,” included here, is a Robert Hunter-Cesar Rosas collaboration.
“Run Mary,” a new studio recording by Dark Star Orchestra, also features a Robert Hunter lyric.
“White Falcon Fuzz” is included here because Mother Hips guitarist Tim Bluhm is currently touring with Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann in the Rhythm Devils. Tim gave me a copy of his band’s most recent CD and I now feel like an idiot for having missed them completely over the last twenty years.
The new archival release by Hot Tuna is from the same set of live sessions that yielded their first release back in the day. Great to hear more from those shows, and of course “I Know You Rider” has been a staple of Grateful Dead shows since the band’s inception.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1145
Week of August 30, 2010
Part 1 25:30
Grateful Dead 12/31/81 Oakland Auditorium
BIG BOSS MAN
MINGLEWOOD
DON’T EASE ME IN
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IKO IKO
Part 2 30:25
Sam Cutler reading from You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Chapter 32: Garcia
Grateful Dead 7/16/70 Euphoria Ballroom, San Rafael CA
CUMBERLAND BLUES
NOT FADE AWAY->
ST STEPHEN
Big thanks to Simon Babbs for sending along this rare set from 1970.
Sam Cutler‘s memoir, You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and Other Wonderful Reprobates, is available as an audiobook and as an iPhone/iPad app with a ton of bonus material. Sam offered up his reading of the “Garcia” chapter in celebration of Jerry’s birthday – and of course, to drum up interest in the book. Mission accomplished, I’d say: I think You Can’t Always Get What You Want is a terrific read.