Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
First isue of Relix posted online
My song on Angie’s radio show
Angie Coiro, whose progressive talk show airs on Green 960 in San Francisco weekdays 3-4pm, has been using my song “It’s Gonna Get Better” as her signoff music every day for the past week or so, and I think she’s planning to continue using it until further notice.
The song will be released very soon on my CD The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best. I sent the materials off to the pressing plant last Friday, so it’s just a matter of a few more weeks.
Here’s a previous blog entry about Angie’s return to the Bay Area airwaves last spring. Her program was called “The Green Show” at first, but it’s now known as “The Angie Coiro Show.” I have been an admirer of her radio work since she was the host of Friday Forum on KQED-FM a few years back.
You can listen to The Angie Coiro Show online as it happens, or download it after the fact from the Green 960 web site. The number to call in during the show is 866.960.5753. And they live-blog the program, too.
This Friday, October 3, Angie will have San Francisco Chronlcle columnist Jon Carroll on the show. Jon just received the Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Gans 9/25 performance on archive.org
Richard Selleseth has posted his recording of my 9/25 set at the Ashkenaz in Berkeley:
Band/Artist: David Gans
Date: September 25, 2008
Venue: Ashkenaz
Location: Berkeley, CA
Source: Microtech Gefell onstage x/y aprox 4′ high > Tascam DA-P1 (DAT 16/44.1)
Lineage: Sony R-500 > Audiophile USB > Samplitude 6.0 > CDWav > flac 6
Taped by: Richard Selleseth
Transferred by: Richard Selleseth
t01 introduction
t02 Down to Eugene
t03 Lazy River Road
t04 banter
t05 Like a Dog >
to6 Terrapin >
t07 Cassidy’s Cat >
t08 An American Family
t09 banter
t10 The Bounty of the County
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1045
Week of September 29, 2008
Part 1 27:27
Interview: Richard Loren
Rocking the Cradle: Grateful Dead Egypt 1978
OLLIN ARAGEED->
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Part 2 27:58
Interview: Richard Loren
Rocking the Cradle: Grateful Dead Egypt 1978
LOOKS LIKE RAIN
Interview: Richard Loren
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love
IF I HAD THE WORLD TO GIVE
Interview: Richard Loren
Richard Loren was the manager of the Grateful Dead at the time of the Egypt trip, and he was also instrumental in its conception. A full-length (35-minute) audio file of this interview is posted on DeadNet.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978, two audio CDs and a DVD with 13 songs plus a bonus feature called “The Vacation Tapes,” all in a deluxe package. Orders placed via dead.net by September 29 will receive a bonus CD packed with more music from the legendary Egypt shows. More information and sample audio at dead.net
GDP also announces 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 can be found on the official web site, dead.net.
MagnoliaFest, a festival of American roots music October 23rd through 26th at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, just across the Georgia line. KBM with Bill Kreutzmann, Melvin Seals, Donna Jean and the Tricksters, Peter Rowan, Donna the Buffalo, David Gans, and many many more. Information and tickets at 904-249-7990 and magmusic.com, where you will also find information on Music Farmers, a documentary about MagnoliaFest, available on DVD. magmusic.com
recent listening
I’ve been listening to Join the Band, a new CD by Little Feat and Friends. Some really wonderful stuff. And I interviewed Bill Payne on the phone today – a thrill after being a fan for upwards of thirty years.
Also in heavy rotation in my iPod:
Sex and Gasoline by Rodney Crowell
The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson. Buddy Cage turned me on to this CD. So many great songs.
Creatures of Habit by Chuck McCabe
Ain’t Never Been Plugged by Mike Agranoff. I encountered him at a campfire at the Philadelphia Folk Festival last month and was knocked out by the songs he sang.
Silverlined by Donna the Buffalo. “Forty Days and Forty Nights” is such a great song. Who else but Jeb Puryear could come up with a line like “melted the hearts of the opposing army”?
Calypso by Harry Belafonte. Someone mentioned it in the WELL‘s media conference the other day. My parents played it constantly when I was a kid, so I bought it on the iTunes store and revisited some favorite musical memories.
I, Flathead by Ry Cooder. The man is a national treasure.
I’m the Man, Look Sharp!, and Night and Day by Joe Jackson. I heard “Breaking Us in Two” in a store a while back and it inspired me to revisit these three great records.
An advance copy of Once More Into the Bliss by Boris Garcia. My current favorite song from the CD is “Scootch,” Eugene Smith’s song from the POV of a cat. Produced by Tim Carbone. Pre-order now.