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October: best tour ever!

My October southeast tour was a delight from start to finish (with one minor blip*).  I played my favorite festival (MagnoliaFest), broke into some new markets, made some of the best music of my career, and had the opportunity to play with many great musicians.

I played live with: Caroline Aiken and Satoshi Ueda, Ralph Roddenbery, and Mark van Allen (Decatur GA 10/13); Joe Craven and Mark van Allen (Athens GA 10/14); New Riders of the Purple Sage (MagnoliaFest 10/20); The Waybacks Joe Craven, and Bryn Davies (MagnoliaFest 10/21); Peter Rowan and Tony Rice (MagnoliaFest 10/22); Donna the Buffalo (MagnoliaFest 10/22); and New Riders of the Purple Sage and Mark van Allen (Atlanta 10/24).  I also collaborated with Arvid Smith on a looping workshop for the third time (MagnoliaFest 10/20).

I’ve posted some audio and video highlights in various places (all linked from https://www.dgans.com/tunes.html too, of course):

VIDEO:

“Afterbird” – Satoshi Ueda and DG at Eddie’s Attic 10/14/06

Mark van Allen and DG doing “River and Drown” at the same show

“Vassar’s Dream” – Joe Craven and DG 10/14/06 at the Melting Point, Athens GA

AUDIO:

“Positive Friction” – Donna the Buffalo and DG 10/22/06 MagnoliaFest mainstage

DG with Mark van Allen on pedal steel at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta 10/24/06, opening for the New Riders of the Purple Sage.  Jon Buffington’s audience recording of the whole set

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I’m off the road for the rest of the year, I’m pretty sure.  I am hoping to finish a CD of loop-based instrumentals, titled CLOUD SURFING, by mid-December.  Stay tuned.

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There may be some more Bay Area gigs in the near future, but as of this moment there are only three confirmed dates:

Sunday, November 12
HOUSE CONCERT – JIM PAGE and DAVID GANS
Forestville CA.  Starts at 3pm.

Jim Page is a true hero to me, a great songwriter and a committed humanitarian.  We’ve played many shows together in the last several years; I just love his music, so I always look forward to working with him.  I’ll be backing him up for part of his set, too.  More info:  https://www.myspace.com/seattlejimpage

This house concert is taking place in a wonderful space, a hay bale studio at Roger Karraker’s home in Forestville, California.  I’m thrilled to be doing a show with Jim here, and I hope you all will join us.  Email Roger Karraker ( rkarraker@gmail.com ) to reserve a ticket.
Download this flyer and spread the word!  https://www.trufun.com/061112.pdf

Also in Sonoma County in November, the third performance by the Honky Tonk Hippies.

Thursday, November 16, 9pm: Honky Tonk Hippies and Stevie Coyle (of the Waybacks) at the Last Day Saloon, 120 Fifth St. @ Davis St., Santa Rosa CA. $5 advance, $7 day of show. 707-545-2343

We’ll have my old friend Jennifer Jolly on keys this time – she did great work on the 1997 CD I did with Eric Rawlins, HOME BY MORNING, and she also played with the Broken Angels in ’97 and ’98.  I’m delighted to have her with us.  David Phillips will be on pedal steel again, and Joshua Zucker will play bass.  Drummer TBA.

And in December, right here in my home town:

Friday, December 22, 7-9:30pm: DG, Mario DeSio, and Mokai at the Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave (at 65th Street), Oakland CA. Admission is free, but you have to buy a coffee and/or some food.

As always, stay tuned to https://www.dgans.com/gigs.html for the latest news on live performances.

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* Regarding that “minor blip.”  There was a sound guy in Birmingham, Alabama who refused to allow me to record my set from the sound board.  “I’m a professional sound engineer,” he declared, “and I don’t allow recordings of my mixes to circulate.”  He was quite a dick about it, and came this close to threatening to mess up my sound if I persisted in arguing with him about it.  I refrained from telling him that I’ve been playing music in public longer than he has been alive and this is the first time I have ever been refused a board patch to record my own performance.  (There are two venues I’ve played where the sound guy tried to charge money for that audio connection, but I managed to avoid that bit of extortion.)  It’s always a little weird to run into people who insist upon abusing some tiny bit of power they have in the world; all the real professional sound people I have dealt with over the years have been much more friendly to, and supportive of, the musicians whose work they are an essential part of delivering to the audience.   Not that big a deal, but young Blake Loveless was unpleasant enough, and his attitude unusual enough, to make the episode noteworthy.  Aside from that, the gig at Zydeco with Earthbound was a pleasure.

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