Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Today on “Tales from the Golden Road”
GDH leaving KKFI, probably
We are about to lose our longtime Kansas Ciy affiliate. From local program host Rick Chael:
As some would say, “All good things must come to an end.”
I come to you today to let you know that the final airing of the Grateful Dead Hour on KKFI in Kansas City will be Friday July 4th.
Due to some monetary issues the manager of the station will not be renewing the contract with David Gans, the facilitator of the Grateful Dead Hour.
I made the announcement of the show coming to a close last Friday, June 27, and received an outpouring of support from several listeners and fans. In the 2 hour show I received 15 or so calls from listeners asking what could be done. I explained that it was partially a monetary issue and if the fans of the GDH REALLY wanted that the show continue, that there would really need to be serious support in the next week.
I received from some guys in Lansing (in one of the penitentiaries) a pledge of 120 dollars, and these guys listen, record and listen to the recording all week long!!!!!!
I also received some other support from listeners that said that they would call the office and pledge in order to keep the GDH going.
So there may be a chance that the show will continue, but it will be contingent on some monetary decisions and some other legal issues, and an ok from the station manager.
On September 1 2006, a dream came true for me. Hopefully the dream will continue, as I love being a programmer for the Grateful Dead Hour.
So tune in and see what happens on Friday night
This could be really interesting………….
Thanks all……………….Its a Great Day
Rick Chael
Piano Technician
Programmer
Grateful Dead Hour #1032
Week of June 30, 2008
Part 1 31:50
Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA
TERRAPIN
MINGLEWOOD
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
ESTIMATED PROPHET
Part 2 24:05
Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA
SUGAREE
Donna Jean and the Tricksters (unreleased studio track)
TILL THE MORNING COMES
Donna the Buffalo, Silverlined
BIGGIE K
I DON’T NEED A RIDDLE
The Grateful Dead went to southern California early in 1977 to record an album with big-time producer Keith Olsen, who had made a huge name for himself by producing the 1975 breakthrough album by Fleetwood Mac. The Dead had some very interesting new material, plus a new arrangement of an old favorite, “Dancin’ in the Streets,” and Bob Weir’s powerful interpretation of Reverend Gary Davis’ “Samson and Delilah,” which debuted when the Dead returned to touring in June of 1976 after a 20-month hiatus. This 2/26/77 show was the first concert the Dead played after spending several weeks in the studio, and I think you can hear it in the clarity and dynamics of their performance. This was the public’s first exposure to a pair of Grateful Dead masterpieces – Hunter and Garcia’s “Terrapin Station,” which opened the show, and Bob Weir and John Barlow’s “Estimated Prophet.” The rest of the set is pretty damn fine, too, as you’ll hear over the next few weeks.
Also in this program are two tracks from a new studio CD by Donna the Buffalo, Silverlined, and a sweet new studio single of “Till the Morning Comes” – which originally appeared on the Grateful Dead’s 1970 studio masterpiece American Beauty – from Donna Jean and the Tricksters. From the DJ&T web site:
Dear DJ&tT-heads:
As you may have heard, the band recently recorded the song “Till the Morning Comes†– call your local station and tell them to play it! Meantime, we’re in a situation in which we REALLY want to include it with the debut CD, but since there are physical CDs out there in stores and such, we can’t, immediately. Sooo this is what we’ve worked out. If you buy the digital album online, you’ll get the new song automatically. If you buy the CD in a store after July 1st, you can download “Till the Morning Comes†for free. You should find a coupon in the CD that tells you what to do – and if not, email us at band@donnajeanandthetricksters.com, and we’ll tell you how to do it. If you just want the new song, you can buy that one too as a download. Either way, remember to support live music of all kinds, especially Donna Jean and the Tricksters!
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Grateful Dead Productions, announcing the release of Road Trips volume 1 number 3. Summer ’71 has a full CD of music from July 31 ’71 at the Yale Bowl and a full disc recorded August 23 of ’71 at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, plus liner notes and rare photographs. There’s also a bonus disc with two more tracks from the Yale Bowl, and eight more songs from August 4 and 6, 1971. Information, cover art, reviews and message board are online at dead.net
GD photo site
Paul Stanley posted this link in a comment elsewhere in this bog.
Grateful Dead on the Backstage Gallery.
Allman Bros. house in Macon GA
Stay and Play in Macon Concert Series
Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance in Concert
The Inaugural Event of the “Stay and Play in Macon” concert series.
Presented by Cox Capitol Theatre
and
The Big House Foundation
Proceeds benefit the Cox Capitol Theatre and The Big House Foundation, which is developing The Allman Brothers Band Museum.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Doors at 7:00 p.m.
Show at 8:00 p.m.
General Admission $10 In Advance / $15 Day Of Show
20% military discount on general admission with military ID
Reserved Seating:
Cocktail $20 (Adv) / $25 (Day Of)
Tables for six $250 (includes 2 buckets of beer)
Boxes for six $250 (includes 2 buckets of beer)
Bring your Cox Communications bill to get a $1 discount on the ticket price and a slice of pizza.
Equal parts psychedelicized Allman Brothers and boogiefied Grateful Dead (with a dash of Commander Cody thrown in), Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit capitalized on the nuevo-hippie movement that swept through America in the early ’90s. The Atlanta-born Hampton has been kicking around the Southern music circuit since the early ’60s; as the Hampton Grease Band, he released Music to Eat on Columbia Records in 1969. … for remainder of bandography see here.
In connection with the Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance concert, the Macon Film and Video Festival (MAGA) and the Big House Foundation will present a special screening of Billy Bob Thornton’s 1996 cult classic
“Sling Blade” (R)
followed by commentary and Q&A by Col Bruce Hampton
Sunday, May 29, 4:00 pm
In “Sling Blade” Col. Bruce Hampton plays Morris, a song writing band manager. Set in rural Arkansas, the film, written and directed by Thornton, tells the fictional story of a simple man named Karl Childers, played by Thornton, who is released from a psychiatric hospital where he has lived since murdering his mother and her lover at age 12. Childers befriends a young boy, begins a friendship with the boy’s mother and must confront the mother’s abusive boyfriend, Doyle, as well as his own dark past. Hampton got to know Thornton in the ’70s when Thornton was a drummer for the Arkansas band Los Tres Hombres. Twenty years later, Thornton created the Morris character based on Hampton and asked him to play the role. Following the screening, Hampton will participate in a question and answer session.
Tickets $5 (includes movie and Q&A). In keeping with the movie French fries and mustard will be served.