A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
I’m working for nugs.net on the Dead & Company tour* (through mid-July), so I play my daily livestream early on show days. Here’s my performing schedule for this week (all times Pacific): Monday, June 19: 4pm Tuesday, June 20: 4pm Wednesday, June 21: 3pm Thursday, June 22: 4pm Friday, June 23: 5pm (LATE start! I … Read more
I haven’t played every single day since April 3, 2020, but I haven’t missed very many! I play most days at 4 pm Pacific, but I am starting earlier on certain days because I am also working for nugs.net on the Dead & Company tour so I need to be finished in time to watch … Read more
Scott Guberman asked me if I’d like to try doing an online talk show with him. Being open-minded and adventurous, I said “Hell yes!” Rosemarie Inati, also open-minded and adventurous, invited us to do it on Streamstock, her new online performance “VenYou.” TITLE: Robin Sylvester is Shooting the Shit with Scott Guberman and David Gans … Read more
Streamstock Presents a Virtual House Concert with David Gans – Interpreting the ‘Ballads’ of Jerry Garcia Friday, November 27, 7-9:00 PM EST / 4-6PM PST in Streamstock’s new online VenYou – Go to Streamstock’s FB page for the link and a sample video of the party room. Enjoy a high-quality audio and video stream while … Read more
I play a live set every day! Tuesday through Sunday 4pm Pacific time on my FB page @dgansmusic Monday 3-4:15pm on Deadheadland’s FB page and deadheadland.tv I play for tips! Appreciating donations via PayPal and Venmo You can also support my music by buying books and music at perfectible.net Here’s a taste of my “solo … Read more
During the coronavirus lockdown, David Gans is playing a live set every day on Facebook. It usually happens on his music page, but occasionally it launches on another platform. Today’s performance happens at 4pm pacific (7pm eastern), at dgansmusic Welcoming donations at paypal.me/dgans and gdhour.com/support venmo: @David-Gans-9 Buy books and music at perfectible.net
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
Back on the road next week! Details and links at dgans.com Friday, April 19: Old Shoe and DG at Kenny’s Westside Pub, 112 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria IL Saturday, April 20: Deadfest at The Wire, Berwyn IL. Solo and with Old Shoe Sunday, April 21: House concert in Holt MI. Contact me for info/reservations. Tuesday, … Read more
We are at about 40% of goal on my new studio CD project, Drop the Bone Here’s a short sampler of the work in progress. Players on these tracks include Robin Sylvester (Ratdog), Holly Bowling, Bob Bralove, Jordan Feinstein, Eric & Suzy Thompson, Terry Haggerty, Neil Hampton, J Raoul Brody, and many more greats. The … 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