Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Photos from “Change Rocks”
10/13 on KPFA tonight
I downloaded one of the audience recordings of Monday’s Obama show, and I am VERY impressed with the music! I’ll play the first 75 minutes or so on KPFA tonight 8pm Pacific), and we’ll play the rest next week.
Here are some photos and a review from the Penn State student paper.
Rolling Stone‘s coverage.
Ratdog and Phil & Friends New Year’s run!
Bob Weir & Ratdog and Phil Lesh & Friends with Jackie Greene to support will perform on Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. Tickets for December 30th are available at $50.00 per ticket. Commemorative tickets for December 31st are available at $72.00 per ticket.
Mail order for these performances will be open from Thursday, October 16 through Friday, October 31, 2008. Orders will be filled on a first come first served basis. You may send in for both shows in one envelope but please send 2 money orders, one for each day. There is a 4 ticket limit per person.
Which band will open which night will be determined by a coin toss. We may ask our favorite President-elect to officiate. We’ll let you know the results.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1047
Week of October 13, 2008
Part 1 38:54
Bob Weir and Ratdog 8/23/08 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NJ
THE OTHER ONE->
STUFF->
MORNING DEW
BIRD SONG (REPRISE)
Part 2 17:01
Bob Weir and Ratdog 8/23/08 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NJ
ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT
Graham Nash, Songs for Beginners
I USED TO BE A KING
Interview: Graham Nash
Graham Nash’s 1971 solo album Songs for Beginners has just been rereleased in a deluxe package with a stereo remix and a surround-sound audio DVD. The interview is by Rich Mahan at Rhino. There’s a lovely Joel Bernstein photo of Graham Nash and Jerry Garcia in a green room somewhere, each with an acoustic guitar in hand and a cigarette dangling from his lips; there’s another acoustic guitar (Crosby’s?) in a chair between them.
Ratdog live shows are available at the gigs and also online from ratdoglive.com
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
SCI Fidelity Records, presenting Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll & Sipe LIVE, a double live CD plus a concert DVD, recorded during the winter 2007-2008 tour, with 17 tracks that span Keller’s career. Sound samples and online ordering at kellerwilliams.net.
Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips volume 1 number 4, From Egypt with Love – a companion release to the new Egypt set featuring highlights of the band’s October 1978 run at Winterland. Two CDs plus a limited edition bonus disc, with several special guests and a very rare live performance of “If I Had the World to Give.” You can order Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978 and From Egypt With Love together. More information, sample audio, and ordering link on the official web site, dead.net.
“Mystery Box” revisited
Steve Silberman posted this comment in the WELL‘s Grateful Dead conference; I agree with his sentiments, and I post here with his permission:
I’ve been relistening to Mystery Box, which I felt at the time wasn’t getting enough attention — “that Dead drummer guy? Who cares?” — and I’m re-impressed by not only how beautiful the music and singing are, but how devastatingly poignant, wise, and relevant to the post-Garcia era Hunter’s lyrics are. I think that was a classic batch of Hunter songs, presented in an astonishingly fresh setting. And the more I listen to lyrics I sort of just passed over at the time, like “bury the baby and strike the tent” — I mean, Hunter’s kid committed suicide! — they’re very profound and full of wisdom we still need now.