Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1133
June 4 gig cancelled
I came home from Utah with a sore finger, and over the last couple of days it got uglier and more painful. I went to the doctor this morning, thinking “spider bite” but fearing MRSA. Neither appears to be the case, but the middle finger of my fretting hand was sliced open so this purple debris could be squeezed out and the area cleaned. Now I am bandaged and under orders to soak it in hot water three times a day, and various fluids are being analyzed to see if there’s anything more worrisome happening.
In the meantime, I am unable to play and so I must, with regret, cancel my scheduled performance at Pasta Moon in Half Moon Bay tomorrow night.
I expect to be back at full strength in a few days.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1132
Week of May 31, 2010
Part 1 30:24
Grateful Dead 11/15/72 Music Hall, Oklahoma City
CANDYMAN
BIG RIVER
SUGAREE
EL PASO
BOX OF RAIN
Part 2 25:01
Interview: Sam Cutler
Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead
NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE
Sam Cutler was the tour manager for the Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour, documented in the film Gimme Shelter and the live album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (recently reissued in a deluxe package with some video footage and additional tracks). He was intimately involved in the planning and execution of the free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, where things went so horribly wrong, and after the Stones left him to face the authorities (and the Hell’s Angels) in the aftermath, Cutler went to ground at Jerry Garcia’s house and then went to work for the Grateful Dead.
Cutler, who has lived in Australia for many years, was in the States recently to promote his memoir, You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates – a terrific book.
This interview will conclude in next week’s program.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from the All Good Festival July 8-11 in Masontown, West Virginia. Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Widespread Panic, Umphrey’s McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, Dark Star Orchestra, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Old Crow Medicine Show, George Clinton and P Funk, Keller Williams, Railroad Earth, Dr. Dog, and dozens more – with no overlapping sets. Information and tickets are available at allgoodfestival.com
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1131
Week of May 24, 2010
Part 1 26:25
Grateful Dead 11/15/72 Music Hall, Oklahoma City
BERTHA
BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
BIRD SONG
JACK STRAW
Part 2 29:30
David Gans
LIFE IS A JAM->
AFTER BREAK
Great American Taxi, Reckless Habits
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Hot Tuna, Live at New Orleans House 09/69
DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY
Keller and the Keels, Thief
MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The Mighty High Festival May 28-30 at the Tuxedo Ridge Ski Area in Tuxedo New York, about 40 miles Northwest of New York City. Dark Star Orchestra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, From Good Homes, Peter Rowan, Commander Cody, The Felice Brothers, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Quest Theory and more. Details and tickets are available at createavibe.com
The Furthur Festival May 28-30 at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp, CA featuring two nights of Furthur with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, performing the six complete Grateful Dead’s albums including the 40th anniversaries of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty. Additional artists include Hot Tuna, Jackie Greene, Galactic, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, and more! More information and tickets are available at furthurfestival.com.
Lambert, Kaye, Brightman, et al to talk GD in NYC 5/27
Tales of the Grateful Dead and New York
Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society
From the free concerts in Tompkins Square and Central Park to Filmore East and Madison Square Garden, the Grateful Dead considered New York a second home for much of the band’s 30-year touring career, and enjoyed a special relationship with New York Deadheads. Fans and experts share their memories and stories of one of the most innovative bands of our time.
Date: Thursday, May 27 2010, 6:30 PM
Full Price Ticket (Non-Members): $20.00
Member Cost: $10.00
Gary Lambert (moderator) is the co-host of “Tales from the Golden Road,” a weekly talk show on the Grateful Dead Channel (Sirius 32 and XM 57). He is the editor of the Grateful Dead Almanac. Surprise guests to be announced.
Pete Fornatale was one of the architects of Progressive Rock FM in the 60’s and has been a fixture on New York radio for 40 years. He is the author of several books, including The Rock Music Source Book, The Story of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock.
Carol Brightman is the author of Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead’s American Adventure and a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biography of Mary McCarthy. She is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.
Lenny Kaye is the lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Band, as well as a record producer, author, and musical historian. He is the author of You Call It Madness: The Sensuous Song of the Croon and co-author of Waylon: An Autobiography. He first saw the Grateful Dead at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York in 1967.
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