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Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.

“Life Is a Jam” A-side on CDBaby

The “A” side of “Life Is a Jam” is now available for download at CDBaby for a mere 99 cents. Check it out, please! David Gans – guitar and vocals Mark Karan – lead guitar Mookie Siegel – keyboards Joe Kyle, Jr. – bass Dave Brogan – drums The song includes a unique jam. There are three versions available on a limited-edition CD (link at the bottom of this page), and you can download all three in FLAC and other formats here.

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1139

Week of July 19, 2010

Part 1 26:23
Grateful Dead 10/21/83 Centrum, Worcester MA
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED
LOSER
CC RIDER

Part 2 30:02
Grateful Dead 10/21/83 Centrum, Worcester MA
CUMBERLAND BLUES
CASSIDY
RAMBLE ON ROSE

Galen Kipar Project, The Scenic Route
OCTOBER SNOW
RUSHING OVER MY BONES

We’ll hear the entire unreleased concert recording of 10/21/83 over the next several weeks.

North Carolina singer-songwriter Galen Kipar has nothing to do with the Grateful Dead, but I’m really excited to turn you on to this music. The Scenic Route has been my favorite CD since it arrived in my mailbox a couple of months ago. My friend Erin Scholze works with Galen, and she gave me his CD Why It’s Needed when I visited Asheville last October. (Erin also brightened my days with The Mad Tea Party‘s Found a Reason – check it out!) That disc remained in the CD player of my rent-a-car for the rest of that tour, and I went online to pre-order the new CD right away. I hope you love it as much as I do!

The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by the Hoxeyville Music Festival August 20-22 in Wellston, Michigan. Rhythm Devils featuring Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead; Keller Williams; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe; The New Deal; Steve Kimock Crazy Engine; Todd Snider; Greensky Bluegrass; Moonalice; Cornmeal; and dozens more. Information on camping and tickets available at www.hoxeyville.com

Rubber Souldiers studio recordings

Just finished a three-song Rubber Souldiers demo, with engineer Jeremy Goody at his Megasonic studio in Piedmont CA.

It Won’t Please Me Long
Norwegian Boy
Here Comes the Sun

Please post a comment here – let us know how you like the music, and please spread the link around,too! We’re looking for gigs, a record deal, management, investors – whatever it takes to get this joyful music out into the world! Come hear us play and sing, and please spread the word and the music!

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1138

Week of July 12, 2010

Part 1 28:21
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 3 no 3 (5/15/70)
LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE
Grateful Dead 4/16/79 (rehearsal)
GLORIA->
LINDA LOU
BEGONIA JAM

Part 2 28:04
Grateful Dead 4/16/79 (rehearsal)
JAM->
NOT FADE AWAY->
JAM

This rehearsal took place a week before Brent Mydland’s first show as the Grateful Dead’s keyboardist.

“Long Black Limousine” was first recorded by Glen Campbell in 1962 and was also covered by Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Connie Smith, and others.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips volume 3 number 3, featuring music from an epic performance at the Fillmore East on May 15, 1970, including both acoustic and electric sets. Sample tracks, more information, discussion board and more at dead.net

Hoxeyville Music Festival August 20-22 in Wellston, Michigan. Rhythm Devils featuring Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead, Keller Williams, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, The New Deal, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Todd Snider, Greensky Bluegrass, Moonalice, Conrmeal, and dozens more. Information on camping and tickets available at hoxeyville.com

Singer-songwriter Roy Schneider, whose new CD Erleichda includes a cover of “Brokedown Palace” and 12 original songs. Information, sample tracks, tour schedule and more at royschneider.com