Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Weekly downloads from the new DeadNet
One of the most intriguing short tours in Grateful Dead history took place in the first two weeks of December, 1971, and featured the return of Pigpen, who had been resting himself the previous couple of months, allowing Keith to work his way into the band’s sound on the October, 1971 tour. The short December run included many shows Dead Heads can merely refer to by name and be greeted with a smile: Felt Forum; Ann Arbor; Boston Music Hall; Fox Theatre. Unfortunately, the vault doesn’t contain all of the shows from this tour, but what is there includes some of the best material, including the terrific “Run Run Rudolph†(MP3 5.17 MB), heard here from 12/4/71 in New York. There were also a few surprises on this little tour, including the return of “Smokestack Lightning†and the only performance of “Muddy Water,†(MP3 6.55 MB), heard here from the 12/5/71 show also at the Felt Forum in New York from the 10†reel-to-reel master.And he closes with an invitation to get in touch:
Feel free to get in touch with questions or comments, or if there is any particular show about which you’re curious about the vault source (if any), don’t hesitate to ask. We’ll try to address your curiosity in future entries, date-appropriate, of course. David Lemieux vault [at] dead.netThis is a wonderful development. The old DeadNet was static, stale, and hard to navigate. I am thrilled to see this new feature, and I look forward to more cool stuff in the future.
Grateful Dead Hour #950
Week of December 4, 2006
Part 1 26:39
Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
HELP ON THE WAY->
SLIPKNOT!->
FRANKLIN’S TOWER
Part 2 29:41
Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS->
SAMSON AND DELILAH
SHIP OF FOOLS
Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead
I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT
Support for the Grateful Dead hour this week comes from:
The Jam in the Dam music festival in Amsterdam, Holland March 18-19-20 at the legendary Melkweg music hall, where the Grateful Dead played 25 years ago. Performing will be Dark Star Orchestra, Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, and Galactic, each doing a two hour set each night. An intimate festival in one of the great cities of the world; more information, video clips, reviews, message board and tickets available at jaminthedam.com
Vanguard Records, presenting Joan Osborne’s new release Pretty Little Stranger, featuring the Grateful Dead’s “Brokedown Palace,” the first single “Who Divided,” and songs by Kris Kristofferson and Patty Griffin. Alison Krauss appears, along with many other friends. Joan Osborne’s audio tracks stream online at myspace.com/joanosborne, and the CD is available at retail outlets nationwide, iTunes and vanguardrecords.com.
eDeadshop.com, an online store offering t-shirts, hats, stickers, tie-dyes, gifts, and other officially licensed merchandise from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, and many others.
Jerry Garcia 12/31/76
Jerry Garcia 12/31/76. See also Bob Weir 12/31/76
The impending release of the Dead’s 12/31/76 show at the Cow Palace inspired me to dig out my photos from that night. Extra big thanks to John Rottet for scanning my negatives.
I also finally got around to organizing all the GD shots among my flickr images.
Me and the NRPS
I sat in with the New Riders of the Purple Sage on the radio last night, quite unexpectedly. They were playing on my show, and although I have sat in with them a couple of times recently, I didn’t have so much as a guitar pick with me when I got to the station. The invitation was issued, and a guitar and amp (and pick) were produced!
I played and sang on a few of their songs, and took the lead on “Four Strong Winds.” I had suggested it last month in Atlanta, because Buddy Cage played steel with Ian and Sylvia – and because it’s a great song, of course. David Nelson’s response was, “Oh, yes! Anything by Ian Tyson!” So we did it at Smith’s Olde Bar, and after the show some of the band members pronounced it
their favorite song of the evening. So we did it again last night. So sweet.
I’ve been invited to join the fun tonight at the Great American Music Hall, too. Other invitees include most of Ratdog, Peter Rowan, and I’m not sure who else. I’ll be there with my ’56 Les Paul Junior and brand new Fender amp!
Dead Net is getting a facelift!
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Pardon our mess…
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Dead.net is transitioning to a new hosting environment. For you, that means that some sections of the site will be temporarily offline, including Archives, Fan Photos, and GD Radio. The store will remain open.
We’ve also launched the new “Tapers Section†and opened new message boards for Official Grateful Dead discussion.