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Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.

Planet drum tour details

See GDTSTOO for ordering info. Planet Drum featuring Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo will perform on the following dates: Wednesday, September 20 at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Showtime is 8:00 PM. All seats are reserved. Mail order tickets are available at $ $53.00 per ticket. Friday, September 22 at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Showtime is 8:00 PM. General admission. All ages are welcome. Mail order tickets are available $40.00 per ticket. Saturday, September 23 at the Nob Hill Masonic in San Francisco, CA. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Showtime is 8:00 PM. All seats are reserved. Will Call on the night of the show only. Mail order tickets are available at $ $63.00 per ticket. Sunday, September 24 at the Van Duzer Theatre in Arcata, CA. Showtime is 8:00 PM. All seats are reserved. Mail order tickets are available at $ $48.00 per ticket. Friday, September 29 at the Aladdin Theatre in Portland, OR. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Showtime is 8:00 PM. General admission. All ages are welcome. Mail order tickets are available $42.50 per ticket. A taper section will be provided for all reserved only shows.

Grateful Dead Hour #936

Week of August 28, 2006

Part 1  37:33
Grateful Dead 4/19/82 Civic Center, Baltimore MD
ESTIMATED PROPHET->
TERRAPIN->
DRUMS->
“RAVEN” SPACE

Part 2  18:47
Kettle Joe’s Psychedelic Swamp Review 6/8/06 Shoals Theater, Florence AL
FRANCE
New Riders of the Purple Sage 4/8/06 Mystic Theater, Petaluma CA
RIPPLE with Robert Hunter

This week’s underwriters:

MagnoliaFest, a festival of American roots music October 19th through 22nd at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, just across the Georgia line. Performers include Donna the Bufalo, the Sam Bush Band, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Duhks, The Waybacks, and many many more. Information is available at 904-249-7990 and www.magmusic.com 

eDeadshop, an online store offering t-shirts, hats, stickers, tie-dyes, gifts, and other officially icensed merchandise from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, and many others.

Grateful Dead Hour #935

Week of August 21, 2006

Part 1  26:47
Grateful Dead 10/31/70 SUNY Gym, Stony Brook NY
TIL THE MORNING COMES
HARD TO HANDLE
MAMA TRIED
DIRE WOLF
COLD RAIN AND SNOW

Part 2  29:03
Grateful Dead 10/31/70 SUNY Gym, Stony Brook NY
ME AND MY UNCLE
DARK HOLLOW
VIOLA LEE BLUES->
CUMBERLAND BLUES
UNCLE JOHN’S BAND

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from the Fool’s Paradise Festival, September 8 and 9 at Camp Minglewood in Central Southern New York – an all-inclusive outdoor festival including RV, tent camping and meals, as well as a limited number of VIP packages. Fool’s Paradise Festival includes Les Claypool, Particle, Jazz Mandolin Project, Herring Rodgers and Sipe, The Machine, and many more.

And from BackstageAuctions.com, presenting a 2006 Rock Art Poster Auction featuring hundreds of original Bill Graham and Family Dog posters, dozens of vintage Grateful Dead posters, as well as the private collection of the art director who designed posters for Bill Graham since the 1980s. The auction begins August 20 and runs online for a week.Â