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

DeadCo/GDH ticket giveaway: June 22-23

Winners for June 22 are Susan and Greg; winners for June 23 are Anne and John. Dead & Company summer tour ticket giveaway! I’ve got two pairs for each show on the upcoming tour. We’re gonna offer them one show at a time. Note: this is admission only. Just a pair of tickets. You have to get yourself to the show and all that. Next shows are Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at the Alpine Music Center in East Troy, Wisconsin. You may enter for both shows but you can only win one. Send email to deadco@well.com with the show date in the Subject line and your name, address, and phone number in the body of the message. We’ll pick our winners at random in a couple of days, and then I’ll announce the next giveaway. I have the tickets, and will mail them out well in advance of the show. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. Posting a reply here on the blog does not get you entered in the contest. And PLEASE NOTE: We’re doing one show at a time, in chronological order. Entries for other shows will be discarded.

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1549

Week of May 28, 2018

Part 1 18:10
Jerry Garcia, Before the Dead (Round Records)
INTRODUCTIONS
ROVING GAMBLER

Joe Craven and the Sometimers, Garcia Songbook (Blender Logic)
RUSSIAN LULLABY
The Barton Hills Choir, Dead Songs vol. 2 (bartonhillschoir.org)
ATTICS OF MY LIFE

Part 2 37:15
Grateful Dead 6/9/90 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA
GOOD TIMES
FEEL LIKE A STRANGER
FENNARIO
ME AND MY UNCLE->
MEXICALI BLUES
LOSER

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. Just announced at The Cap is Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band on Thursday, September 6, featuring special guests Eric Krasno and Nicki Bluhm. There’s nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile when Phil returns to his home away from home, Port Chester’s The Capitol Theatre! Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Peter Shapiro’s Dayglo Presents. The music of the Grateful Dead will ring out this summer in New York City’s parks! On Thursday, July 19, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead plays Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. And on Wednesday, September 5, Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band return to Central Park SummerStage. For tickets and more info at bricartsmedia.org and cityparksfoundation.com/summerstage

DeadCo/GDH ticket giveaway: June 20

Winners are Nancy and Timothy!

Dead & Company summer tour ticket giveaway!

I’ve got two pairs for each show on the upcoming tour. We’re gonna offer them one show at a time. Note: this is admission only. Just a pair of tickets. You have to get yourself to the show and all that.

Next show is Wednesday, June 20 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls OH.

Send email to deadco@well.com with the show date in the Subject line and your name, address, and phone number in the body of the message. We’ll pick our winners at random in a couple of days, and then I’ll announce the next giveaway. I have the tickets, and will mail them out well in advance of the show.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. Posting a reply here on the blog does not get you entered in the contest.

And PLEASE NOTE: We’re doing one show at a time, in chronological order. Entries for other shows will be discarded.

DeadCo/GDH ticket giveaway: June 19

Winners for June 19 are Dan and Lisa.

Dead & Company summer tour ticket giveaway!

I’ve got two pairs for each show on the upcoming tour. We’re gonna offer them one show at a time. Note: this is admission only. Just a pair of tickets. You have to get yourself to the show and all that.

Next show is Tuesday, June 19 at Darien Lake Amphitheater in Darien Center NY.

Send email to deadco@well.com with the show date in the Subject line and your name, address, and phone number in the body of the message. We’ll pick our winners at random in a couple of days, and then I’ll announce the next giveaway. I have the tickets, and will mail them out well in advance of the show.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. Posting a reply here on the blog does not get you entered in the contest.

And PLEASE NOTE: We’re doing one show at a time, in chronological order. Entries for other shows will be discarded.

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1548

Week of May 21, 2018

Part 1 22:25
Grateful Dead 5/6/89 Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto CA
SPACE->
I WILL TAKE YOU HOME->
THE WHEEL->
I NEED A MIRACLE

Part 2 31:56
Grateful Dead 5/6/89 Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto CA
WHARF RAT->
AROUND AND AROUND->
NOT FADE AWAY
~
BLACK MUDDY RIVER

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Dead and Company – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – on tour from May 30 through July 14. Complete details and ticketing at deadandcompany.com. That’s Dead and Company, on tour in June and July.

The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. Groundbreaking banjoist, composer, and bandleader Béla Fleck brings the original Flecktones to The Cap on Saturday, June 30. And every Wednesday is Grateful Dead night at Garcia’s, featuring Westchester’s premier Grateful Dead tribute bands. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.