Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1739
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. On February 11 and 12, Dead & Co bassist Oteil Burbridge performs with Eric Krasno, Jason Crosby, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, James Casey, and more! On Saturday, February 26 legendary guitarist Steve Vai brings his iconic playing to The Cap. On March 4 and 5, two nights of soulful rock tunes with The Marcus King Band. The Disco Biscuits return for a 3-night run of psychedelic jams starting on March 31! Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1738
Week of January 10, 2022
Part 1 28:54
Grateful Dead 10/2/72 Civic Center Arena, Springfield MA
SUGAR MAGNOLIA
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UNCLE JOHN’S BAND
JOHNNY B. GOODE
Dave McMurray, Grateful Deadication (Blue Note)
ESTIMATED PROPHET
Part 2 26:38
Grateful Dead 6/4/70 Fillmore West, San Francisco
NOT FADE AWAY->
IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. On Saturday, January 22 Greensky Bluegrass plays with The Infamous Stringdusters. On Friday, January 28 David Bromberg Celebrates 50 years of music with Steve Earle, Bettye LaVette, John McEuen, and Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. Saturday, January 29, it’s Pink Talking Fish with special guests Dogs In A Pile. On February 11 and 12, Dead & Co bassist Oteil Burbridge plays with friends Eric Krasno, Jason Crosby, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, James Casey, and more! And we have weekly Grateful Dead nights at Garcia’s. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com
A 1968 story from Phil Lesh
From my 11/9/84 with Phil Lesh:
We worked for about six months at Columbus Recorders, putting all these two-track tapes of gigs together. We used stuff from the Great Northwest tour with Quicksilver, where we played out asses off with this material – really hot. Some of the tapes were terrible…
One of the gigs that’s like the core tape of Anthem of the Sun was that gig Garcia talked about in the movie, where he “threw me down the stairs” because I stopped playing for a while. I was lost – I couldn’t figure out what the fuck was going on. He said, “Motherfucker, you play” – mumble mumble. He just kinda pushed me out of the way. There were three steps up to a narrow door. I had my bass, and I just wanted to get past his ass and get out there, put my bass in the case and go home.
That was one night we weren’t high on acid. I don’t remember being high on acid that night. We were just playin’. If you’re not on drugs and you play shit like that, I dunno – maybe it… it makes you wireder, more edgy. It’s the kind of thing where people could take cocaine just to come down. Don’t laugh.
That was the first act of violence that any one of us had ever directed toward another one. It blew my mind, for about six or eight hours…. “You ever touch me again… “ You know how it is. And of course, the first thing he said to me the next day was, “Hey, I’m sorry,” and I said, “Hey, forget it.” That’s all you can really say.
The tape was so hot that we didn’t connect that incident with those tapes for a while. I think Jerry was the first one that connected that. He told me about it, and I said, “Are you shittin’ me?” Even after all that misunderstanding, we used those tapes of that night: St. Valentine’s Day, 1968, Carousel Ballroom. We used that for the core of “The Other One,” and “Alligator,” too.
This is the episode Jerry referred to in The Grateful Dead Movie. Remember? Those tapes turned out to be “crackling with energy.”
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1737
Week of January 3, 2022
Part 1 34:16
Grateful Dead 10/2/72 Civic Center Arena, Springfield MA
TRUCKIN’->
NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE JAM->
DRUMS->
JAM->
MORNING DEW
Part 2 21:38
Dead & Company 10/23/21 Fiddler’s Green, Englewood CO
CRAZY FINGERS->
HERE COMES SUNSHINE
Dead & Company live shows are available in a variety of audio and video formats from livedead.co
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. Mihali of Twiddle plays Garcia’s at The Cap January 13 and 14! On Friday, January 28 David Bromberg Celebrates 50 years of music with special guests Steve Earle, Bettye LaVette, John McEuen, and Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. Saturday, January 29 it’s Pink Talking Fish. On February 11 and 12 Oteil Burbridge performs with friends Eric Krasno, Jason Crosby, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, James Casey, and more! Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com