Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
New concert release series: Road Trips
With Road Trips we’re going to try something a little different. We want to plug in a few more pieces of the Grateful Dead puzzle by putting the spotlight on different tours and series of shows that have been neglected through the years. Take Road Trips Volume 1, Number 1, for instance. This two-disc set (plus a special Bonus Disc for a limited time only) was culled from the Dead’s blazing fall 1979 East Coast swing, when the band was just hitting its stride with new keyboardist Brent Mydland. You’ll find killer versions of “Dancing in the Street†> “Franklin’s Tower,†long exploratory jams on “Playing in the Band†and “Terrapin,†a rattle-your-brain “Shakedown,†and lots more, all pulled from the master tapes in the vault and expertly mastered in HDCD for maximum power and clarity by Jeffrey Norman. The Bonus Disc offers another hour-and-a-quarter of highlights from the tour. Every Road Trips release will come with a beautifully designed booklet containing an essay about how the music on the discs fits into the Dead’s long history, plus many rare and never-before-seen photographs. We think you’ll agree it’s a pretty cool package. But wait, there’s more (as they say)! When each “edition†of Road Trips is announced on this site, we will also give you a link to an affiliated site devoted to the series which will include such goodies as articles and reviews from the tour (See one reviewer after another mess up Grateful Dead song titles! See the band savaged by cretinous critics!); additional photos; and any other weird/cool stuff we come across.Here’s the track listing for volume 1 number 1 (Fall 1979): CD 1 1 Alabama Getaway-> 2 Promised Land Nov 10 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI 3 Jack Straw-> 4 Deal Nov 6 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 5 Dancing in the Streets-> 6 Franklin’s Tower Nov 9 Memorial Auditorum, Buffalo, NY 7 Wharf Rat-> 8 I Need A Miracle-> 9 Bertha-> 10 Good Lovin Nov 9 Memorial Auditorum, Buffalo, NY CD 2 1 Shakedown Street Oct 25 New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, CT 2 Passenger Nov 10 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI 3 Terrapin Station-> 4 Playing in the Band Nov 6 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 5 Not Fade Away-> 6 Morning Dew Nov 8 Capital Center, Landover, MD Bonus CD 1 China Cat Sunflower-> 2 I Know You Rider Oct 31 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3 Lost Sailor-> 4 Saint of Circumstance-> 5 Jam Nov 8 Capital Center, Landover, MD 6 Althea Oct 31 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 7 Estimated Prophet-> 8 He’s Gone-> 9 Jam Nov 9 Memorial Auditorum, Buffalo, NY Recordings by Dan Healy
Grateful Dead Hour #998
Week of November 5, 2007
Part 1 22:52
Grateful Dead 10/2/80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco
DARK HOLLOW
IKO IKO
THE RACE IS ON
TO LAY ME DOWN
Part 2 32:53
Ollabelle, Riverside Battle Songs
RIVERSIDE
Grateful Dead 10/2/80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco
CASSIDY
JACKAROE
SHE’S ON THE ROAD AGAIN
BIRD SONG
RIPPLE
Ollabelle will perform at the Highline Ballroom in New York City Saturday, November 17, in a benefit for the Rex Foundation. Also appearing are Donna the Buffalo and David Gans. Showtime is 7pm, and there’s a reception before the show, too. More info here.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, presenting the public symposium Unbroken Chain: the Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory November 16th through 18th with scholars, artists, performers, students and members of the extended Grateful Dead family. The symposium will feature more than 50 presenters including Dennis McNally, Dan Healy, Carolyn Garcia, David Gans, and many others, plus musical performances by the American Beauty Project and Dark Star Orchestra and exhibits of artwork and photographs by Jerry Garcia and others.
Island Girl Records, presenting the release of Postcards from the Road Volume 1, a new live album by keyboardist, guitarist and singer/songwriter Aaron Ferguson. Recorded live in Philadelphia, this 7-track CD features Aaron’s traditional acoustic songwriting and includes several extended experimental jams.
Healy in the IJ
Nice profile of Dan Healy in the Marn I-J, written by Paul Liberatore.
Healy will be at the Unbroken Chain symposium in Amherst MA November 16-18.
Grateful Dead Hour #997
Week of October 29, 2007
Part 1 33:29
Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
SPACE->
MORNING DEW->
THROWING STONES->
NOT FADE AWAY
Part 2 21:54
Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain, Global Drum Project
DANCES WITH WOOD
FUNKY ZENA
I CAN TELL YOU MORE
Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
BROKEDOWN PALACE
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, presenting the public symposium Unbroken Chain: the Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory November 16th through 18th with scholars, artists, performers, students and members of the extended Grateful Dead family. The symposium will feature more than 50 presenters including Dennis McNally, Dan Healy, Carolyn Garcia, and David Gans, plus musical performances by the American Beauty Project and Dark Star Orchestra and exhibits of artwork and photographs by Jerry Garcia and others. More information and tickets are available at www.umassconnections.com.
Island Girl Records, presenting the release of Postcards from the Road Volume 1, a new live album by keyboardist, guitarist and singer/songwriter Aaron Ferguson. Recorded live in Philadelphia, this 7-track CD features Aaron’s traditional acoustic songwriting and includes several extended experimental jams.
“Alive with the Dead”
After a car accident takes the life of a devoted Deadhead, a father discovers the healing power of his son’s music
Story in the Baltimore Sun about a man who got into the Dead after his Deadhead son died an untimely death. Jonathan Pitts wrote it; Ed Branthaver is the subject; Dan Branthaver is the son who died too young.