Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Gans on tour for Independence Day weekend
- Thursday, July 3, 10pm: Casey’s, 136 N. Whittaker Street, New Buffalo MI. $5. 269-469-5800
- Friday, July 4: Rhythmfest Revival at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garrettsville OH. Mickey Hart Band, moe., George Clinton and P-Funk, many more. DG plays late-night after Mickey.
- Sunday, July 6, 8pm: Thunderbird Cafe, 4023 Butler Street, Pittsburgh PA. It’s Dead Night – David will alternate with DJ Tom Donaldson.
Look who’s pitching “protection of marriage”
Two great ads promoting Republican “family values” – starring David Vitter
and Larry Craig.
Celebrity guest DJs on Sirius GD channel
NEW YORK–June 30, 2008– SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that SIRIUS’ Grateful Dead channel will launch a new weekly series of celebrity-hosted shows. The full-hour show will be hosted by various music icons, including Jimmy Buffett, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule and others.
Jimmy Buffett, who has his own SIRIUS channel, Radio Margaritaville channel 31, will host the first show in the series on Monday, June 30. Buffett will tell stories of his experiences with The Grateful Dead and introduce his favorite songs by the band.
The special celebrity-hosted shows will air on Mondays at 9:00 pm ET. The shows will be rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm ET, Wednesdays at 9:00 am ET, Fridays at 1:00 am ET, Saturdays at 8:00 pm ET and Sundays at 10:00 am ET.
The Grateful Dead Channel which launched exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio last year, features music spanning the band’s career with unreleased concert recordings and original shows hosted by band members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann. The channel also features rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia and contributions from Grateful Dead experts David Gans and Dead archivist David Lemieux.
For more information, visit www.sirius.com/gratefuldead.
Weir in a car mag (!)
Bob Weir interviewed in Motor Trend Magazine!
Quick Stats: Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead
Daily Driver: 2007 Lexus GS 450h (Bob’s rating: 8 on a scale of 1 to 10)
Other car: 1963 Corvette Stingray roadster (rating: wants to be buried in it)
Favorite road trip: San Francisco streets with Beat legend Neal Cassady
Car he learned to drive in: A tractor
First new car bought: 1969 BMW 2002
The old Stingray was showcased in an exhibit of rock stars’ wheels at the Petersen Automotive Museum seven years ago. “There were all these cars that you can actually shave looking at yourself in one of them — and then there was mine,” Weir says.
“They perched it right at the entrance. When they picked up the car, I told them if they washed it I’d have their asses in court. Because that’s not the way the car is supposed to look, as far as I’m concerned. It’s a number of shades of primer gray on top of the old — I don’t know what color it used to be — but it’s dark and dusty, and I kind of like it like that. It was the only car that had a picture in all the articles. I love the car, it’s a great car.”
Amusing article, worth a read even if you DGAS about cars.
BTW, I got to drive his Corvette once, 20-odd years ago. I was nervous, and probably a little too careful.