Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour #908
Mystic Hot Springs
I’m performing tonight at Mystic Hot Springs in Monroe, Utah. These bathtubs are on a ledge above the old resort, with hot water running through them and a grand view of the Sevier Valley. Monroe is a few miles north of where I-70 meets I-15. Well worth a stop for a soak if you’re passing through the area, and they have campsites, too.
I’ll be playing on the indoor stage tonight, and Mike and his crew will do a three-camera video shoot. In the summer, they have concerts on the outdoor stage.
Here’s a picture of my wife, Rita, in another of the hillside tubs.
Dead to the World Feb 8
I’m on the road, so Tim Lynch and Phil Osegueda will host Dead to the World this week – and they’ll be taking over Lary Kelp’s Sing Out time slot from 10 pm til midnight, too. Here’s what they have on tap:
Join us Wed. night February 8 on KPFA FM for some special programming in support of the station’s Winter Fund Drive.
From 8pm -10pm Pacific Time on Dead to the World it’s “4 Bay Area Jambands: Tea Leaf Green, ALO, Hot Buttered Rum, and New Monsoon.” We’ll feature music from their latest studio releases as well as some live recordings from 2005. These bands represent the best of what some are calling “The New San Francisco Sound.”
From 10pm-12 midnight Pacific Time on Sing Out it’s “Somethings Old & Somethings New” featuring new music from Yonder Mountain String Band, Derek Trucks and David Gans, and older (but newly) remastered music The Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra, and early Jefferson Starship will be added to the mix.
KPFA is broadcast on 94.1 FM in the Bay Area, 88.1FM (on KFCF) in the Fresno area, and on kpfa.org and kfcf.org everywhere else. Turn on, tune in, DONATE!
Grateful Dead Hour #907
Week of February 6, 2006
Part 1 24:39
Grateful Dead 12/12/72 Winterland, San Francisco
SUGAR MAGNOLIA
GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD->
ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT
JOHNNY B. GOODE
Part 2 32:11
Grateful Dead, Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings
ST. STEPHEN->
THE ELEVEN
Keller & The Keels, Grass
GOOF BALLS
DUPREE’S DIAMOND BLUES
This performance of “St. Stephen” is the one that appears on Live Dead (along with the “Dark Star” that precedes it). At some point in the jam coming out of “William Tell,” Live Dead cuts over to a different performance for “The Eleven.” I’ve been enjoying the hell out of the remixed recordings of this legendary run of shows, and the 2/27/69 “Eleven” is really great.
I’ve seen Larry and Jenny Keel in The Larry Keel Experience, and Larry in the Big Daddy Bluegrass band with Steve McMurry. He is an amazing acoustic guitarist, and Jenny is a fine bassist. Keller Williams is a whole nother kind of brilliant guitarist, using looping devices to fill his performing space with delighful sounds. The collaboration of Keller and the Keels is a delightful surprise.
Railroad Earth “Elko” giveaway
I’ve got a few copies of Railroad Earth‘s excellent new live double CD, Elko, left over after the KPFA marathon.
I’ll send copies to the first four people who send email to me with the name of RRE’s first CD. Include your snailmail address, please. Please put “logblog” in the “subject:” line of your email so I’ll know it’s a contest entry.
Update – the winners!
Thanks for paying!