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Week of December 7, 2009 Part 1 25:50 Introduction Mickey Hart (unreleased) FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Interview: Evy McPherson The Stained Glass, from Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 MY BUDDY SIN Interview: Evy McPherson Copperhead A LITTLE HAND Part 2 30:05 Jim McPherson, A Promise Kept LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Interview: Evy McPherson High Noon 1981 (unreleased) CROSS THE BRIDGE Jim McPherson, A Promise Kept JOAQUIN MURIETA (AKA Dusty Rider) Interview: Evy McPherson High Noon 1981 (unreleased) LITTLE GIRL Interview: Evy McPherson Jim McPherson, A Promise Kept LETTER TO CARMINA Interview: Evy McPherson In this clip from the Jim McPherson web page, Mickey Hart talks about his good friend, who died in 1985 at the age of 40. They played together in the early ’80s in a band called High Noon, with Merl Saunders, Bobby Vega, Norton Buffalo, Vicki Randle, and Michael Hinton. In this week’s program, McPherson’s widow, Evy McPherson, plays some tracks from the album she worked 24 years to get released, and also brings along some unreleased music from High Noon.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: The Jerry Garcia Family LLC, presenting Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock. This is the first edition of the Jerry Garcia Band, recorded in November 1975 with the great Nicky Hopkins on keyboards. And from Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1, the complete show from December 28, 1979, with Brent Mydland at the keyboards. More information on both of these new releases, sample tracks, discussion board and more online at dead.net. Confessions of a Dead Head, the new book by Starburst Commander, veteran of nearly 300 Dead shows, written strictly from a fans perspective; an emotional and heartfelt journey into the music that defined an era and continues to define a philosophy that will not go away. Available at www.confessionsofadeadhead.com Grateful Dead Opoly – the authentic, band-authorized board game. Created with input from Bob Weir and Steve Parish and featuring Tim Truman’s incredible artwork, Grateful Dead Opoly lets you land at Red Rocks, advance to the Mars Hotel and more. From Discovery Bay Games. Grateful Dead Opoly is available now at Barnes & Noble, Barnesandnoble.com and dead.net.

Week of November 30, 2009

Part 1 24:19
Introduction
Grateful Dead 1/17/79 New Haven Coliseum
SCARLET BEGONIAS->
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

Part 2 31:06
Galen Kipar Project, Why It’s Needed
SLOW DOWN
Interview: TONI BROWN
Toni Brown and Ed Munson, State of Mind
IT’S NOT A.D.D.

My friend Erin Scholze gave me a handful of CDs (mostly musicians she works with in her publicity and promotion business, Dream Spider) when I was in Asheville NC in October. The two that I got hooked on are Found a Reason by Mad Tea Party, and Why It’s Needed by Galen Kipar. I just had to share one of Galen’s songs with you.

I made contact with Galen via Facebook, and when I heard he was coming to Northern California to visit his sister for Thanksgiving I invited him to appear on my KPFA show, Dead to the World. Here’s the audio.

Toni Brown was the editor and publisher of Relix Magazine for many years. She has just published Relix: The Book – The Grateful Dead Experience, a compilation of articles, photos, and other material from the Deadhead publication’s long history. Toni and her partner, Ed Munson, are also touring behind a CD titled State of Mind. We crossed paths a couple of times in October, and I grabbed this interview with her at MagnoliaFest in Live Oak, Florida.

Last but certainly not least, big thanks to Charlie Miller for passing along a recently-unearthed soundboard recording from the winter of 1979. For decades, this tour was the stuff of legends because of the great performances that were available only on audience tapes. And what fine audience tapes they are! It’s interesting to hear soundboard recordings after all these years.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Jerry Garcia Family LLC, presenting Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 – Let It Rock. This is the first edition of the Jerry Garcia Band, recorded in November 1975 with the great Nicky Hopkins on keyboards. And from Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1 – the complete show from December 28, 1979, with Brent Mydland at the keyboards. More information on both of these new releases, sample tracks, discussion board and more online at dead.net. And from damnfineday.com, building your music collection one song at a time.

And by the way, we post a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archive on Dead.Net every Wednesday. You can browse or search the GD Hour playlists here – and feel free to request a show!

Galen Kipar came to KPFA this week for some music and talk. He’s from North Carolina, visiting his sister in Sonoma County. I was given a copy of his CD Why It’s Needed by Erin Scholze of Dream Spider (who also put together a great gig for me while I was in Asheville in October – thanks again for that!), and I was hooked right away.

I was a few seconds late in getting the recording started (which is just as well because the vocal microphone was turned up too high at the beginning of the song anyway) so we join the performance in progress. You’ll hear (most of) “October Snow,” plus “Ebb and Flow,” “For Frieda,” and some conversation. Enjoy! (Approximately 24 minutes)