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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1072

Week of April 6, 2009 Part 1 26:49 Introduction Grateful Dead 5/27/93 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA SHAKEDOWN STREET THE SAME THING DIRE WOLF Part 2 29:36 Robert Hunter, Tales of the Great Rum Runners IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES ARIZONA LIGHTNING KEYS TO THE RAIN Grateful Dead 5/27/93 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE HIGH TIME WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Grateful Dead Productions, announcing a full show release titled To Terrapin: Hartford May 28, 1977, the complete concert mastered in HDCD from the original two-track reels. To Terrapin documents the final show of the much-praised spring tour. It’s available April 7. More information, audio samples, discussion board and more at dead.net
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American Beauty Project 11/16/07 on Festivalink

Now available as a download or on CD:

The American Beauty Project – Ollabelle and Friends
11/16/07 UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA

From the Festivalink web site:

FestivaLink.net presents The American Beauty Project

On Friday November 16th, 2007, a celebration of music from The Grateful Dead, The American Beauty Project was performed in its entirety at the Fine Arts Center on the campus of UMass, Amherst. In 1970, the Grateful Dead entered the studio to record two landmark albums, Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty. These albums have become legendary in the annals of music history and mark a departure from the band’s “original” jam sound toward an exploration of folk and bluegrass traditions.

Paying homage, a roster of acclaimed artists including Ollabelle, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Jim Lauderdale, and Catherine Russell recreate and perform songs from both these works.

I was fortunate to be a guest artist on this show, which was very well-received by the live audience and great fun to be part of! Listen to samples and/or order online here.

Disc 1
Friend of the Devil
Sugar Magnolia
Brokedown Palace
New Speedway Boogie
Till The Morning Comes
Candyman
Box Of Rain
Casey Jones

Disc 2
Dire Wolf
Black Peter
Ripple
Operator
Easy Wind
High Time
Cumberland Blues
Attics Of My Life
Truckin’
Uncle John’s Band
Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1071

Week of March 30, 2009

Part 1 35:55
Introduction
Grateful Dead, To Terrapin (5/28/77)
BERTHA->
GOOD LOVIN’->
SUGAREE
PASSENGER

Part 2 20:30
Jorma Kaukonen, River of Time
OPERATOR
Railroad Earth12/31/08 Aladdin Theater, Portland OR
WARHEAD BOOGIE

The excerpts from the new complete-show release To Terrapin in this week’s program don’t do justice to the excellence of the performance. You gotta hear this second set! Last show of a very long and productive spring tour introducing several songs recorded for Terrapin Station, including the title track and “Estimated Prophet,” both instant classics.

Jorma Kaukonen performed “Operator” in a wonderful two-day GD tribute, The American Beauty Project, that took place in New York City in January of 2007. (Read my report here.) It was a perfect match of performer and song, and Jorma obviously agreed because he has kept the song in his repertoire ever since. And now here’s a fine studio recording of “Operator.”

I raved about the recordings of Railroad Earth‘s New Year’s run a few weeks ago. “Warhead Boogie” is from the 12/31/08 show. All three of the year-end shows are great, and available for download. This band continues to deliver the goods – check ’em out!

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Grateful Dead Productions, announcing a full show release titled To Terrapin: Hartford May 28, 1977, the complete concert mastered in HDCD from the original two-track reels. To Terrapin documents the final show of the much-praised spring tour. It’s available April 7. More information, audio samples, discussion board and more at dead.net

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