Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
DG 11/29/08 show: audio online
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1056
Week of December 15, 2008
Part 1 20:03
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no 1: MSG September 90
MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP
TO LAY ME DOWN
Part 2 36:22
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no 1: MSG September 90
DARK STAR->
THROWING STONES->
TOUCH OF GREY
The Grateful Dead played six shows at Madison Square Garden in September 1990, introducing their new permanent keyboardist, Vince Welnick, and with pianist and accordionist Bruce Hornsby along for the ride to help Vince get oriented. All my friends who attended were really impressed with what they heard, and my friend Dan Levy has been saying for years that the whole run should be released. That hasn’t happened yet, but the new Road Trips release takes a nice deep drink from this musical well.
“Mississippi Halfstep” and “To Lay Me Down” are from the bonus disc, recorded on 9/18/90. Some of disc 1 is from 9/19; and the rest of disc 1 and all of disc 2 (excerpted in the second part of this week’s program) is from the second set of September 20, the last show of the 6-night run.
Here’s an excerpt from the liner notes, written by the aforementioned Dan Levy:
After the interplanetary “Dark Star,†I stood there completely stunned—not just by that explosion of spacey creativity, but by the cumulative effect of all I’d experienced that week. I had been throughly shaken out of my sometimes jaded Dead Head torpor. No doubt about it: Something new and promising was happening.
The set closed on a very energetic note, with “Throwing Stones†unexpectedly charging into a triumphant “Touch of Grey.†The long instrumental section in the second half of “Throwing Stones†had never sounded more like a new American anthem than it did with the addition of Bruce Hornsby’s piano, steeped in the songbooks of Stephen Foster and John Philip Sousa. And “Touch of Grey†could not have been a more appropriate way to close this epic series—after Brent’s tragic death, the Grateful Dead’s survival suddenly seemed assured.
I’ll have more samples from this amazing compilation in next week’s Grateful Dead Hour.
Support for the GD Hour comes this week from:
Reclaim Media.com, converting your cassettes and records to digital CD and MP3 files. More information on how to transfer your cassette tape and LP collection is available at reclaimmedia.com.
Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips volume 2 number 1, MSG September 90: two CDs and a bonus disc with great musical moments from the 7-man lineup with Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick on keyboards. More information, sample audio, and ordering link on the official web site, dead.net.
Dead to the World 12/10/08
Peter Rowan and Boris Garcia rehearse a couple of songs for the live show that’s about to start on KPFA.
Boris Garcia live in the KPFA performance studio, with special guests Mark Karan and Peter Rowan.
Through the Window
Scootch
She’s Still Laughing
Holiday
Other Shoe
She Wasn’t Born to Follow
Lover Tonight
All for the Best->
Radio Song
Captain Jack
Cuckoo Bird w/ Peter Rowan
Midnight Moonlight w/ Peter Rowan
Go
The Other Side
Beautiful Again
Whiskey Canadian
Shady Grove
Schwenksville Town
Mark Karan
This show is archived on KPFA’s web site. DTTW 12/10/08. Index of all archived DTTW shows.
Gans gig spam
Time for another update!
My new studio CD, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, is being played on radio stations all over the country. Our promotional campaign is just getting started – you can help with this effort by calling your local station and asking for it!
The web page, designed by my friend and sometime musical partner Eric Rawlins, is up and humming at dgans.com/weirdest – cover art, lyrics, reviews, ordering information, all that good stuff.
Before I get to the performance listings, there are a couple of other items I’d like to let you know about.
Tonight on Dead to the World: a wonderful band from Philly, Boris Garcia, will perform live for the full two hours, 8-10pm Pacific. Mark Karan of Ratdog will be joining the band for part of the show, and we may have another surprise guest as well. KPFA is heard at 94.1 FM in northern California, and tonight’s program is also available on the web via kpfa.org, kfcf.org, and nugs.net
Rubber Souldiers – the “Beatles jam band” with Chris Rowan, Lorin Rowan, and me – will sing one song at the Rex Foundation benefit in San Francisco this Saturday. Big brother Peter Rowan is the headliner, and Chris and Lorin have graciously invited me to share their guest spot to show off our fun new band. The event takes place in the Grand Ballroom of the Regency Center in San Francisco. Lots more info at rexfoundation.org – see you there!
We’ve got a rudimentary web site up for the band – rubbersouldiers.com – and we’re making plans to play lots of gigs in the new year.
And now, the GIG SPAM! More information, links to the venues, etc. always up to date at dgans.com/gigs.html
Thursday, December 11, 7:00 pm: Moon News Bookstore, 315 Main Street, Half Moon Bay CA. Free!
Friday, December 12: The Poster Room at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Ozomatli on the main stage; DG plays before the show and during the break.
Saturday, December 13, 1-3pm: Rubber Souldiers play live on the Saturday Ham Jam with Tim Lynch, heard only on 1510 AM in the San Francisco area. Also appearing: Stu Allen & Sandy Rothman, and Tim Bluhm and Jackie Greene (aka The Skinny Singers).
Friday, December 19 in Santa Rosa CA: Words and Music: The Benefit for Michelle McFee. David Nelson, Pete Sears, Bill Cutler, Dave Getz, Robin Sylvester, Rubber Souldiers (Chris Rowan, Lorin Rowan, David Gans), Mark Karan, Pat Campbell, Peter Albin, Jimmy Sanchez, David Perper, and others. kinkaidfoundation.org
Saturday, December 20, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers’ Market, at Splash Pad Park (Lake Park and Grand Avenues, across from the Grand Lake Theatre), Oakland CA. Free! Great produce, preared foods, and crafts, too.
Saturday, December 27, 7:30-9:30pm: Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. (at 65th), Oakland CA. Admission is free, but you have to buy some food and/or drink.
Sunday, January 4, 8:30pm: Rubber Souldiers (aka Paul Knight and Friends) at the Station House Cafe, downtown Pt Reyes Station CA. No cover! 415-663-1515
Tuesday, February 10, 7-9pm: Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, 4045 NW Cornelius Passage Road, Hillsboro OR. Free! All ages. 503-640-6174
Wednesday, February 11, 8-11pm: Boon’s Treasury, 888 Liberty Street Northeast, Salem OR 97301. Free! 21+. 503-399-9062
Thursday, February 12, 7-10pm: Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove OR. Free! All ages. 503-992-9533
Friday, February 13, 9pm: Eagles Ballroom, 805 4th Avenue East, Olympia WA. 360-239-9907
Saturday, February 14, 9:30pm-12:30am: Â White Eagle, 836 N Russell Street, Portland OR. $7. 21+. 503-282-6810
Sunday, February 15: Sam Bond’s Garage, 407 Blair Blvd, Eugene OR.
Sunday, March 1: “House” concert at KZMU in Moab, Utah. Details to come.
Monday, March 2: House concert in Salt Lake City. Details to come.
Thursday, March 5, 9pm: Rubber Souldiers Review at the Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley CA.
KBM in SF 2/13/09
On sale this SUNDAY:
BILL KREUTZMANN of the GRATEFUL DEAD Featuring OTEIL BURBRIDGE (ALLMAN BROTHERS) and SCOTT MURAWSKI (MAX CREEK)
Friday, February 13th, 2009
The Independent (San Francisco)
Doors 8:30pm / Show 9:00pm
Tickets – $25
21 & up
Tickets for this show go on sale this Sunday, 12/14 at 10am through The Independent’s website, theindependentsf.com
I would think this portends more west coast dates for this hot trio!