Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Rex event in SF 12/15
We’ve added a special stop along the Rex Community Caravan of events – Saturday, December 15th, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco: The Music Never Stops – A Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball featuring Bob Weir and RatDog, Little Feat and The Waybacks. Tickets for the concert go on sale November 4th. You can order tickets now for the pre-concert reception with the artists that includes dinner, beverages and premium table seating, as well as the concert-only loge tickets by calling the Rex Foundation at 415-561-3135,downloading the special pre-sale order form, or contacting GDTS,TOO.
Another journalist “Gets it”!
From Gary Lambert:
Excellent article (with input from yrs truly) in the recently web-revived version of the pioneering rock mag Crawdaddy!, about becoming a Deadhead in spite of one’s self, getting over the hippie-stigma aspect of it all, and coming to accept the GD as the proto-punk, proto-alt, proto-indie icons they are.
Are You Grateful for the Dead?
The author, Denise Sullivan, was a fixture on the Bay Area scene before relocating to the Pacific Northwest, then to SoCal, and has an acclaimed bio of R.E.M. among her writing credits.
There are some cool comments on the page, too.
Tim Lynch on KPIG!
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Tim “Da Flower Punk” Lynch, who just started a live music show on KPIG-AM in San Francisco. The “Saturday Ham Jam” airs from 1:00 to 3:00 Pacific Time at 1510 on the AM dial in San Francisco.
Tim has been filling in for me on Dead to the World while I’m on the road, and will continue to do so (including this Wednesday and also Halloween night).
Congrats, Tim – it’s a great gig for you, and I was thrilled to be a guest on your seconod broadcast.
Grateful Dead Hour #996
Week of October 22, 2007
Part 1 28:36
Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
ESTIMATED PROPHET->
EYES OF THE WORLD->
WHY DON’T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?
Part 2 27:49
Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
DRUMS->
SPACE
Donna the Buffalo, Life’s a Ride
ROCK OF AGES
THESE ARE BETTER DAYS
Donna the Buffalo is one of my favorite bands, and I’m happy to say that I’ll be playing a Rex Benefit with DTB and another fine American band, Ollabelle, in New York City on Saturday, November 17. See the story on DeadNet, “Roots, Rock, Rex.”
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
U Mass Amherst, presenting the public symposium ‘Unbroken Chain: the Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory‘ November 16-18 with scholars, artists, performers, students and members of the extended Grateful Dead family gathering for the event – more than 50 presenters including Dennis McNally, Dan Healy, Carolyn Garcia, and David Gans. Also featured will be musical performances by the American Beauty Project and Dark Star Orchestra, as well as exhibits of artwork and photographs by Jerry Garcia and others. More information and tickets are available at www.umassconnections.com.
Rock the Earth – environmentalists and music lovers working together and defending the planet, one beat at a time.
DeadNet interview re Sirius
Blair Jackson did an interview with me about the Sirius GD channel, and it just went up on DeadNet.