Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Sirius GD channel launches September 7
STARTING SEPTEMBER 7 SIRIUS will launch the Grateful Dead Channel on channel 32 with a rare concert broadcast of the band’s 1974 performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. The concert will be followed by a special show hosted by Bob Weir. On The Grateful Dead Channel, you’ll hear music spanning the band’s career with unreleased concert recordings, original shows hosted by band members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann, and even rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia! The channel will also feature contributions from Grateful Dead expert David Gans and Dead archivist David Lemieux. Not yet a SIRIUS subscriber? Get a free online three-day trial to sample SIRIUS. But wait til September 7 to do it. Be Part of The Grateful Dead Channel “This is gonna be one fun channel. We, the guys in the band, get to be involved as much as we can and we’ll make sure it’s fun. We want to fans to be involved as well.” – Bob Weir The Grateful Dead Channel is going to take form based on your suggestions… and your favorite Grateful Dead memories. Call 877-33-SIRIUS, hit 17, and share your thoughts on what should happen on The Grateful Dead Channel. Plus, tell us about your favorite Dead show… or your favorite Dead song… and keep listening because The Grateful Dead Channel will be ever evolving.
Grateful Dead Hour #988
Week of August 27, 2007
Part 1 33:19
Grateful Dead 3/9/81 Madison Square Garden, New York City
DRUMS/SPACE->
THE OTHER ONE->
STELLA BLUE->
GOOD LOVIN’
Part 2 22:36
Grateful Dead 3/9/81 Madison Square Garden, New York City
US BLUES
Jerry Garcia, Garcia
BIRD SONG
Garcia, Grisman & Rice, from 100% Handmade Music
LOUIS COLLINS
Old and In the Way
WHITE DOVE
I was on the air at KPFA on August 1, which would have been Jerry Garcia’s 65th birthday. I pulled out some of my favorite mournful Jerry performances for that broadcast, and I thought I’d share some of them with the national audience.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Camp Zoe in Southern Missouri, presenting the Schwagstock festivals held year round and headlined by the Grateful Dead tribute act The Schwag. Camp Zoe features shaded camping, river floating, swimming beaches, hiking, and more, and has presented such acts as Keller Williams, String Cheese Incident, George Clinton, Hot Tuna and dozens of nationally touring bands.
DeadNet jam in Chicago 9/20-21
Press release:
Musicians from around the nation will join together in a celebration of the Grateful Dead’s music and community at the third DeadNet Jam in Chicago on September 20th and 21st at the Kinetic Playground. The two shows will feature Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten and Grateful Dead Hour host and singer/songwriter David Gans as special guests.
In 1996, Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter started a message board on the band’s official website (www.dead.net) and called it DeadNetCentral, better known as DNC. Through DNC, fans were able to share their thoughts with Robert Hunter and other members of the band as well as like-minded deadheads — to swap stories, voice their opinions and meet new friends.
Some of the musicians on DNC came together to jam in 2006 in Tampa Bay at the first DeadNet Jam. The event was hosted by Chris Kelley and the popular local Grateful Dead tribute band Uncle John’s Band at Skipper’s Smokehouse and was such an overwhelming success it paved the way for a second Tampa DeadNet Jam in April 2007.
The third DeadNet Jam will take place in Chicago and will feature former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten as a special guest. TC (as he is known) was an integral part of the band during their most creative period from 1968 to 1970. His keyboard mastery is present on three of the Dead’s most revered releases: Anthem of the Sun, Aoxomoxoa and their first live album, Live Dead.
Another special guest will be singer/songwriter and Grateful Dead Hour host David Gans. Over the past decade, David has been making waves as a musician, performing his original material at festivals and clubs across the country. Gans has also been involved in the online commmunity for more than twenty years having co-founded the deadhead community on the internet with a discussion site called The Well. He is also a long-time member of DNC.
Both Gans and Constanten will perform short solo sets and jam with well-known local and national musicians including Pat Mallinger, Ruby Harris, Mike Lawson and current and former members of Vince Welnick & Friends, Melvin Seals & JGB, Terrapin Flyer, Soft Monkey, Cornmeal, The Dark Star Orchestra, Grinning Mob, Jack Straw, Ultrasonic Project, Ghost Pilot and many more. The event will be emceed by former Boulevard Cafe owner John Glynn.
The two shows will be approximately eight hours each, beginning at 8:00 PM and lasting until early morning and featuring a wide variety of combinations of musicians and music. Mark your calendars and save these dates for this very special event.
The DeadNet Jam is not an official presentation of dead.net or the Grateful Dead.
DeadNet Jam: Thursday and Friday, September 20 and 21, 8:00 pm til ??? at the Kinetic Playground, 1113 W. Lawrence, Chicago IL. 773-769-LIVE
Another old GD photo
Bob Weir and his dog Otis in the front door of Club Front, November 1981.