A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Photo by Ed Perlstein Producer Keith Olsen has died. Here is a partial transcript of the interview I did with him on August 9, 1977 at Sound City in Van Nuys CA, while he and Bob Weir were working on Heaven Help the Fool. [Talking about interview with San Francisco Chronicle’s Joel Selvin, which took … Read more
Last week on Tales from the Golden Road we had a caller asking about drumming – a topic about which this guitarist isn’t nearly as well-informed as I’d like. Later in the program we got a call from Dino English, one of Dark Star Orchestra‘s drummers, adding lots of useful information to the topic. And … Read more
Week of March 25, 2019 Part 1 16:43 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Acoustic on the Eel (Round Records) FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/28/19 State Theater, Ithaca NY BOMBS AWAY Part 2 38:23 Grateful Dead 12/2/81 U of I Assembly Hall, Champaign-Urbana IL BERTHA-> GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FENNARIO MAMA TRIED-> … Read more
Saturday, March 2, 2019, 9am to 1am Pacific Time Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1.fm Berkeley CA, KFCF 88.1 Fresno CA, and K248BR 97.5 FM Santa Cruz CA Streamed live on kpfa.org, gdradio.net, and nugs.net Hosted by Tim Lynch, David Gans, and David Ogilvy Featuring unreleased Grateful Dead concerts, miscellaneous audio treats, and live performances by … Read more
The 2017 KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon raised more than $30,000 for listener-sponsored, independent radio! Thank you! Innumerable kindnesses transpired all over the globe in service of this cause. This link will take you to a long list of people who contributed to the Marathon. Our thanks to all of them, and hooray for all of … Read more
KPFA’s annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon! Hosts: David Gans and Tim Lynch Saturday, March 11, 2017, 9am to 1am Pacific time Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 in northern California; streaming live at kpfa.org, nugs.net, and gdradio.net Call 1-800-439-5732 or donate online at kpfa.org Here’s some general info And here’s the playlist, updated as the day … Read more
Here are two photos of Bob Weir that I took at Club Front in November of 1981. I am offering them as 8×10 prints on Epson Ultra Premium Luster paper. You can order 1 for $30 or both for $50. They will be signed and numbered. Size of the edition will be determined by the … Read more
I ran across John Conroy‘s excellent photos the other day, and he was kind enough to share this one along with a link to more of his photos. This picture of Keith Godchaux was taken at the UC Santa Barbara stadium on May 25, 1974 (a show I also attended!); there are more images from … Read more
Week of August 15, 2016 Part 1 35:41 Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena HEY POCKY WAY BIG BOSS MAN GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FRIEND OF THE DEVIL MAMA TRIED-> MEXICALI BLUES Part 2 20:00 Dead & Company 7/29/16 Toyota Amphitheater, Wheatland CA MORNING DEW-> CASEY JONES Dead & Company live shows are available in … Read more
From maxim.com: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Grateful Dead Trip out with tasty nuggets from the new oral history of the Dead, This Is All a Dream We Dreamed. More on the book on the Macmillan web site.