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

Exclusive Mark Karan performance on KPFA/GDH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Because live music’s what it’s all about… Jemimah Puddleduck will celebrate the release of Mark Karan’s Walk Through the Fire by playing on David Gans’ Dead to the World show on KPFA on July 1st, 2009, from 8 pm to about 9:30 pm. You can hear the program live on kpfa.org; it will also be on nugs.net and kfcf.org. Walk Through the Fire will be released June 30th on Quacktone Records and Dig Music and will be available at stores, iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and so forth, and at Jemimah Puddleduck and RatDog shows. The album features an outstanding cast of musicians, including Delaney Bramlett (in his first posthumous release), The Persuasions, Bill Payne (Little Feat), The Rowan Brothers, Mike Finnigan (CSN, Hendrix), Hutch Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt), Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship, Rod Stewart), Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, David Lindley), Jimmy Sanchez (Roy Rogers), and more. It also introduces “Jemimah Puddleduck” (JP), Mark’s collaboration over the last decade with John Molo (Phil Lesh & Friends) on drums, JT Thomas (Bruce Hornsby) on keys, and Bob Gross (Albert King, Delaney Bramlett) on bass. Dead to the World is heard Wednesdays 8-10pm on listener-sponsored KPFA 94.1 fm in Berkeley, California – hosted by musician/journalist David Gans, who will soon be celebrating his 25th anniversary in broadcasting. More information at cloudsurfing.gdhour.com Note: all or most of this performance will also be heard on the nationally-syndicated Grateful Dead Hour in the weeks to come.
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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1083

Week of June 22, 2009

Part 1 42:24
Introduction
Grateful Dead 11/8/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA
DRUMS->
SPACE->
THE OTHER ONE->
STELLA BLUE->
LOVELIGHT

Part 2 13:42
Grateful Dead 11/8/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA
JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES
TOUCH OF GREY

The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by:

Rhino Records, announcing the DVD release of Fillmore: The Last Days, with live performances by the Grateful Dead, Santana, Quicksilver, Jefferson Airplane, and others, plus backstage footage of Bill Graham and the musicians during the final week of San Francisco’s legendary music venue. Video clips, ordering information and more at rhino.com

Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in northeastern Ohio, presenting GratefulFest 10 July 3-6 – three nights of the Dark Star Orchestra, plus Keller Williams, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Jememiah Puddleduck with John Molo and Mark Karan, Donna Jean Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, BoomBox, David Gans, and dozens more. Camping, swimming, fireworks and more are included, complete festival information is available at https://NLQP.com

The Church of Universal Love and Music, presenting Freedom Fest July 4 weekend in southwest Pennsylvania featuring Project/Object performing the Music of Frank Zappa with a synchronized fireworks display, as well as the Willie Waldman Project with special guest Ray White who was Frank Zappa’s guitarist. Complete festival details are available at iLoveChurchMusic.com.

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1082

Week of June 15, 2009

Part 1 40:02
Introduction
Grateful Dead 11/8/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER->
I KNOW YOU RIDER->
LOOKS LIKE RAIN->
CRAZY FINGERS->
TRUCKIN’->
DRUMS

Part 2 15:23
Interview: Tom Davis
The Tom Davis Experience
FREE ZONE
THE DIFFERENCE
Interview: Tom Davis

The final installment of the Tom Davis interview. Here’s what I posted earlier: Tom Davis has a new memoir, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. I interviewed the Emmy-winning former Saturday Night Live writer/performer at my house a few weeks ago. Excerpts have aired on the Grateful Dead Hour and on KPFA’s Dead to the World, but you can hear it in its entirety right here (66 minutes). Tons of great Grateful Dead stories, too!

The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by Rhino Records, announcing the DVD release of Last Days of the Fillmore, with live performances by the Grateful Dead, Santana, Quicksilver, Jefferson Airplane, and others, plus backstage footage of Bill Graham and the musicians during the final week of San Francisco’s legendary music venue. Video clips, ordering information and more at rhino.com

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