Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
thumbs up for gansito!
My friend Emily snapped this photo in Mexico. I’ve been aware of these Mexican snack cakes since my band rehearsed in the Fruitvale district of Oakland 15 years ago and we’d find them in the bodegas. I’ve used “Gansito” as a nickname ever since.
Grateful Dead Hour #967
Week of April 2, 2007
Part 1 36:34
Interview: David Lemieux
Grateful Dead 12/27/89 Oakland Coliseum Arena
BIRD SONG
Interview: David Lemieux
Grateful Dead 4/16/84 War Memorial, Rochester NY
SHAKEDOWN STREET
Part 2 20:16
Interview: David Lemieux
Grateful Dead 2/1/78 Uptown Theater, Chicago
SUGAREE
Interview: David Lemieux
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, Quartet
SHADY GROVE
David Lemieux was the Grateful Dead’s archivist for many years, and he continues to work w/ GD music as we move into the next phase. He is posting The Tapers’ Section, a weekly essay with audio, on DeadNet every week. Check it out! All the entries, and all the music, are archived, so you can catch up now and read the new one every Monday.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The 10,000 Lakes Festival July 18 through 21 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. 10KLF features Bob Weir & RatDog, Trey Anastasio, Government Mule, moe., Umphrey’s McGee, Little Feat, The Disco Biscuits, Keller Williams, the New Riders, The Derek Trucks Band and over fifty additional acts. More information and tickets are at 10KLF.com
The Wanee Festival April 13 and 14 at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Allman Brothers Band, Government Mule, The Derek Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Keller Williams, Nickel Creek & many more, on two stages. The Wanee Festival, April 13 and 14 in Northern Florida. Information can be found at waneefestival.com
The State Theater of Ithaca, New York, where Dark Star Orchestra will recreate the Grateful Dead’s legendary five-eight-seventy-seven performance on its thirtieth anniversary, May 8. The State Theater is located in the same town as Cornell University, where the original show took place. DSO does 5/8/77 on 5/8/07 – More information and tickets are available at stateofithaca.com and darkstarorchestra.net
Marin County’s best guitar player
Paul Liberatore in the Marin Independent-Journal:
Who’s Marin’s greatest guitar player?It may seem too obvious a selection, but my vote would have to go to Jerry Garcia. I’ll go even further and say that he was our greatest musician.
Not only was he a distinctive lead player (you only have to hear a couple of seconds of his playing to know it’s him), but he also embodied the aesthetic of the San Francisco Sound – the spirit of improvisation within a solid song structure and the dedication to masterful technique in the service of risk taking and experimentation.
Garcia’s genius has been driven home for me lately as I’ve been listening to Rhino Entertainment’s excellent 2006 double disc set, The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, showcasing Jerry in both live and studio settings.
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As for who’s our greatest living guitar player, that’s a question worth exploring. I’d be interested in hearing who you think is worthy of the title.
I have some nominations of my own to get us started. Terry Haggerty, a founder of the Sons of Champlin, arguably Marin’s first homegrown rock band, would have to be at the top of my list.
Garcia had this to say about him: “Terry has always been a unique and original player and a lot of fun to listen to. He is highly inventive, incorporating the tone of rock and the harmonies of jazz.”
You can let him know who you think is Marin’s best living guitarist via email.
Ratdog and Keller Williams summer tour
Keller Williams and Bob Weir & RatDog Announce Sumnmer Tour
Bob Weir and RatDog and Keller Williams will cross the country this summer, sharing a stage both separately and together, making music and doing what they do best. The tour will begin in Atlanta on July 7th and end in Los Angeles on July 28th.
Bob Weir is a founding member of the legendary Grateful Dead. He founded RatDog as a duo in 1995, and over the succeeding years he has enlisted Jay Lane (drums), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), Mark Karan (lead guitar), Kenny Brooks (saxophone), and Robin Sylvester (bass). RatDog plays not only Bob’s various solo material but the complete Grateful Dead repertoire, and has evolved from an elegant duo to a snarling beast of a rock band that contains a jazz trio at its heart
Keller Williams has been called guitar’s mad-scientist and a one-man-band for the new millennium. Williams is considered by some, but not by himself, to be a master of the acoustic guitar, known for his ability to solo over layers of spontaneously created loops. He is a generous performer who plays down-to-earth acoustic music that defies any effort to find a convenient pigeonhole. If pressed for a definition, Williams, as adept with language as he is with a guitar pick, calls it solo, acoustic jazzfunk reggae technograss – or simply – solo acoustic dance music.
Sometimes musicians tour together purely because of business. These guys actually like each other, as evidenced by the tune “Cadillac†on Keller’s recently released new album on SciFidelity, Dream , a duet between Keller and Bob. Recorded at Weir’s home studio, it also features an appearance from Weir family retriever Jackson (see the tour advertising design and notice who’s driving the Cadillac!).
Or, as the inimitable Weir said of him, “Keller Williams is more fun than a frog in a glass of milk.â€Â Keller seems to like the idea, too: “I love this tour because I get to get in for free.â€
That positive vibe will be felt across the country this summer.
Tour Dates:
July 07Â Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta GA
July 09Â Summerstage, Central Park, New York City NY
July 10Â Bank of America Pavilion, Boston MA
July 11Â Lincoln Park, Lincoln RI
July13 All Good Festival, Marvin’s Mountaintop WV
July 14Â Charlottesville Pavilion, Charlottesville VA
July 16Â Tower City Amphitheater, Cleveland OH
July 17Â Promowest Pavilion, Columbus OH
July 19Â Aragon Ballroom, Chicago IL
July 20Â 10,000 Lakes Festival, Detroit Lakes MN
July 21 Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino, Council Bluffs IA
July 24Â Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO
July 25Â Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre, Santa Fe NM
July 27 Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, San Diego CA
July 28Â Greek Theatre, Los Angeles CA
Postcard
Postcard I received today:
