A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Week of April 14, 2008 Part 1 30:51 The Waybacks with Bob Weir 12/15/07 Warfield Theater, San Francisco ST. STEPHEN The Waybacks, Loaded SAVANNAH CONJUGAL VISIT BLACK CAT THE RIVER Part 2 25:29 Grateful Dead 8/5/89 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT COLD RAIN AND SNOW WE CAN RUN STAGGER LEE The Weirbacks, … Read more
Here’s an interview with Jamie Howarth of Plangent Processes, who did some important work on both the new Winterland 1973 boxed set and Live at the Cow Palace: New Year’s Eve 1976. It’s a little under 19 minutes long, and a little under 13 megabytes.
From the Grateful Dead Hour mailing list, posted here with the permission of the poster, Darren Mason: Why do I think $10/CD is a good price? I have a number of reasons, in no particular order: 1. For almost all of the 30 years while the band was touring, they were the poster-child of generosity … Read more
One More Saturday Night Cold Rain and Snow We Can Run Stagger Lee Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Row Jimmy Let It Grow – Grateful Dead 8/5/89 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA Animal – Jackie Greene, Giving Up the Ghost Phone interview with Bradley Angel of GreenAction re benefit Saturday 4/12 at … Read more
It’s been pointed out by several astute observers that, contrary to what I wrote (since corrected) in a previous post, Jerry Garcia was playing his “Wolf” guitar and not a Stratocaster at Winterland in 1973. My point is unaffected, though: the pickups in the Wolf were similar in design and wiring to the Fender Stratocaster … Read more
This post contains some language cribbed from an earlier post on this blog, but there’s some new information, too. It was sent out to the press along with a digital sampler of the Winterland 1973 boxed set. Dear music lovers: My friends at Rhino asked me for some notes on the new boxed set Winterland … Read more
Dark Star-> Eyes of the World-> China Doll – Grateful Dead, Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings Cumberland Blues – Hot Buttered Rum 5/12/05 Santa Barbara CA (Live Sampler vol. 1) Old Joe Clark – Joshua Pinkham, Solo Mandolin Duets Black Cat – The Waybacks, Loaded Pancho and Lefty-> Prophet and Loss-> Save Us from the … Read more
This list is evolving and probably incomplete. More names will be added as the day goes on and the memory sends messages to the mind. Grateful Dead Productions/Rhino Records: Peter McQuaid, Matt Abels, Jason Spitz, Analise Dubner, Ben Trask, Jonathan Lane, Carmie Casal, Jason Turner, Mary Eisenhart, Molly Thrash John Whalen/gdradio.net Brad Serling/nugs.net KPFA: Michael … Read more
Playlist and program notes… Down to Eugene – David Gans (unreleased) Barack Obama on video tape Playing in the Band-> Brown-Eyed Women – Deadheads for Obama 2/4/08 Smokestack Lightning – Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks vol. 30 (3/25/72) The DeadNet store is donating 10% of all Dick’s Picks sales to KPFA today. Click here to browse … Read more
DeadNet will stream the entire KPFA marathon on Saturday! GDP and DeadNet have kindly offered several gifts to listeners who support KPFA on that day: $50 gift cards for the DeadNet store Road Trips vol 1 no 2 – October 1977 highlights 10% of all sales of Dick’s Picks during the marathon will be donated … Read more