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Guest hosts: Tim Lynch and Phil Osegueda Cold Rain and Snow Mama Tried Row Jimmy Cassidy Brown-Eyed Women Big River Might as Well Lazy Lightning-> Supplication Tennessee Jed – Grateful Dead 6-14-76 Beacon Theater, NYC, NY – If You Don’t Get It At Home – Greg Brown, Further In Sweet Honey Fountain – Hot Buttered Rum, Well-Oiled Machine Wine, Women and Song – Umphrey’s McGee, Safety in Numbers – Chilly Water-> Come Together-> Chilly Water – Widespread Panic 7/10/05 Greek Theater Berkeley, CA Spy – Disco Biscuits, The Wind at Four to Fly Sweet Hands – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Nothing But the Water
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Grateful Dead Hour #915

Week of April 3, 2006

Part 1 32:32
Bob Weir and Ratdog 3/1/06 KPFA Performance Studio
JAM->
JACK STRAW->
DARK STAR->
ODESSA

Part 2 24:48
Papermill Creek Rounders 1/28/06 KPFA Performance Studio, Berkeley CA
HIPPIE FROM OLEMA
GIRL AT THE CROSSROADS BAR
DRIFTIN’ WITH THE TIDE
LOVERS’ LANE
I’M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL
MY WALKIN’ SHOES DON’T FIT ME ANY MORE

Here’s a photo from the Papermill Creek Rounders’ live show on KPFA 1/28/06.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from MerleFest 2006, the 19th annual festival in celebration of the music of the late Merle Watson and his father Doc Watson. MerleFest 2006 takes place in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on April 27 – 30. Featured performers include Doc Watson, Richard Watson, The Waybacks with special guest Bob Weir, Hot Tuna, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek, Peter Rowan, and dozens more. Complete lineup and tickets are available at 1-800-343-7857 and online at www.merlefest.org.

And from Fantasma Productions, presenting the Wanee Festival April 15 and 16 at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Two stages will feature music by the Allman Brothers Band, Government Mule, The Derek Trucks Band, Medeski Martin & Wood, O.A.R., The Wailers & over a dozen more. The Wanee Festival happens April 15 and 16 in Northern Florida and more information can be found at www.waneefestival.com.

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Jammin’ in Jamaica (1)

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(photo by Rita Hurault)
The music business is a great way to not make a living, but what adventures!
Just got back from Jamm in Jamaica, a week in Negril with several of my favorites: Donna the Buffalo, Railroad Earth, Hot Buttered Rum, the new/revived edition of eKoostik Hookah, The Big Wu, Matt Butler’s Everyone Orchestra, and Vince Herman. This wasn’t a frenetic festival with multiple stages – there were several sets each day, with every act having days off in between performances until the final day, when we all performed in one long and splendid show. Each band brought fans from their region and elsewhere, so we all got to hang out on the beach with old and new friends, and we all got to play for each other’s audiences. There was plenty of time for hanging out and jamming, too.
I had the pleasure of sitting in with Donna the Buffalo (see photo above), Railroad Earth, Hot Buttered Rum, and Hookah, and in my sets I was joined by members of all those bands as well. And I played in the Everyone Orchestra, too – a highlight was singing “That’s the way uh-huh uh-huh I like it” with Jeb Puryear of DTB.
And when Tara Nevins of DTB had a problem with her acoustic guitar, I happily lent her mine:
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More photos on my flickr page: Blue Sunset, Tim Carbone Plays the Drums, and more to come.
Big thanks to Jeff Spencer and his partners for inviting me to this excellent event, and I hope we get to do it again next year!

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