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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1054

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Week of December 1, 2008

Part 1 26:18
Grateful Dead 6/22/74 Miami Jai-Alai Fronton
PROMISED LAND_>
BERTHA->
GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
DEAL
ME AND BOBBY McGEE

Part 2 29:07
Grateful Dead 6/22/74 Miami Jai-Alai Fronton
SCARLET BEGONIAS
JACK STRAW
LOOSE LUCY
MEXICALI BLUES
Grateful Dead, In the Dark
THROWING STONES

Yes, I know that 6/23/74 is the superior performance, with the only GD “Let It Rock” and that amazing “Dark Star-> Spanish Jam-> US Blues.” But every 1974 show is worth hearing!

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Photos: GD at Vanderbilt 10/21/72

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Noah Weiner found these images; he’s not the photographer. But they’re some very nice photos of the Grateful Dead in Nashville on October 21, 1972.

While desperately clawing through old boxes in search of an audience cassette that isn’t stored chronologically where it should be, I happened across a three CD set of a show sent to me by an old taper from the east coast many years ago. For each jewel case he had used scans of pictures from another show, Vanderbilt University on 10-21-72 (perhaps shots he took himself). I scanned the covers into the PC, and only had to do a bit of photoshop work to cover up the front label lettering that covered three of the shots. These survived my poor photo editing skills well enough, and they and the others make for an awesome collection of pics from this concert.

Now if I could only find the tape I was really looking for…

A sample:
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Gary Greenberg’s “The Noble Lie”

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Two of the smartest and most empathetic guys I know are having a conversation online that you should take a look at. In the WELL’s Inkwell author forum:

Now featuring…
A conversation with Gary Greenberg

Is someone’s weight, sexual orientation, or addiction a problem because they suffer and feel anguish? Or are they value-neutral, objective truths?

In the West, we believe in science. Science feeds our faith by creating new explanatory categories. But some of these cross the line from describing to moralizing.

That’s the focus of Gary Greenberg’s fascinating new book, The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reasons. In it, he explores debates around issues such as brain death, sexual orientation, and addiction, incisively and provocatively. Join the conversation with him in the Inkwell.

The interviewer is Steve Silberman, co-author of Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads, Wired Magazine contributing editor, and soulful and articulate chronicler of beat and hippie culture.

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Rex Foundation benefit in SF December 13

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Sweet Music Everywhere
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2008
Warfield Theater, San Francisco

Featuring
Peter Rowan
with Friends & Family, including The Rowan Brothers, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Crucial Reggae with legendaries Fully Fullwood & Tony Chin, and the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Michael Kang with Panjea
Jackie Greene
The Brass Mafia
and more…

Bring your friends and family and let’s do some dancing in the streets to celebrate what the Grateful Dead started 25 years ago and all that we can do together the next 25 years.

Sweet Music Everywhere will be another special gathering in the tradition of Rex Foundation’s Warfield events. These began on December 1, 2001, with the benefit concert The Healing Power of Music which launched the Rex Foundation’s renewal.

On December 13th, The Warfield will yet again be filled with people enjoying new and old connections, incredible music not heard anywhere else, and the spirit of helping the Rex Foundation launch another 25 years of grassroots giving.

To purchase special pre-concert party and premium concert seating tickets call 415-561-3135 or download the ticket order form.

Reserved balcony tickets of $40 available through Ticketmaster and GDTSTOO, with limited availability through the Rex Foundation.

PLEASE JOIN US!

6:00 – 7:30 Pre-concert reception party: dinner and drinks, plus goodie bags
7:00 Doors open for concert
7:45 Concert

Special Hotel rates for Rex Foundation supporters on December 12th & 13th at:
 Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. 415-433-4434. $175 per night Queen (discount rate good through November 19th) Group Name: REXFOUND

For reservations, call 1-800-433-4434, or make an online reservation.

Take a look at two videos at RexFoundation.org:

One is an invitation from Carolyn Garcia inviting people to attend the Rex Benefit.

The other is an interview Rex Foundation executive director Sandy Sohcot did with Stanley Mouse about the poster he created for the benefit. There is an interesting quip he makes about Jerry at the end of the video.

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Dead to the World 11/26/08

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

First hour: part 1 of Paul Ingles’ three-hour “White Album Listening Party.” Here’s a transcript of the program.

I’ll play hours 2 and 3 on December 3 and 17, respectively.

Promised Land->
Bertha->
Greatest Story Ever Told
Deal
Me and Bobby McGee
Scarlet Begonias
Jack Straw
Loose Lucy
Mexicali Blues
Sugaree – Grateful Dead 6/22/74 Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL

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Austin Lounge Lizards public service vid

Monday, November 24th, 2008

The Austin Lounge Lizards have a new song and video for the Consumers Union. This one is about credit card reform.

They did one a few years ago called “The Drugs I Need” – it’s a scream. And it deals with an important issue, too.

If you’re not already a fan of the Austin Lounge Lizards, do yurself a favor and check ‘em out. I was hooked from the first time I heard their CD Lizard Vision, which included their own “Jesus Loves Me (But He Can’t Stand You)” and a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Brain Damage.” A sampling of song titles from their catalog:

The Dogs, They Really Miss You
Toast the Earth with ExxonMobil
Banana Slugs! Racing Down the Field (Proposed UC-Santa Cruz Fight Song)
Forty Years Old And I’m Livin’n In My Mom’s Garage
Rasputin’s HMO
Stupid Texas Song
Leonard Cohen’s Day Job
Teenage Immigrant Welfare Mothers on Drugs
Put the Oak Ridge Boys In The Slammer
Going to Hell in Your Heavenly Arms
Grandpa’s Hologram

One of my most favoritest of all the Lizards’ songs is “Pflugerville,” but the title doesn’t do it justice. You just have to hear it. It’s on Creatures from the Black Saloon.

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Photos of Rubber Souldiers at the Ashkenaz

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Gordon Whiting has posted some B&W pix from our show last Thursday:

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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1053

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Week of November 24, 2008

Part 1 26:57
Interview: Merl Saunders
Merl Saunders and Friends, Keepers
MYSTERY TRAIN
Interview: Merl Saunders
Merl Saunders and Friends, Keepers
GEORGIA ON MY MIND

Part 2 28:58
Interview: Merl Saunders
Merl Saunders and Friends, Keepers
GEE, BABY, AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU
Interview: Merl Saunders
Merl Saunders Live: Still Havin’ Fun
SUGAREE
Interview: Merl Saunders
Merl Saunders, Fiesta Amazonica
AYAHUASCA ZONE

San Francisco keyboardist Merl Saunders was a musical partner of Jerry Garcia’s starting in 1970. As you’ll hear in this interview, their work together was tremendously enriching to the guitarist. The recorded output of their collaboration is quite impressive, as the discography on deaddisc.com attests.

When Jerry was recovering from his diabetic coma in 1986, it was Merl who went to his bedside every day to help him recover his musical consciousness and retrain his nerve paths.

Merl suffered a stroke in 2002 that put an end to his performing career. Complications from an infection ended his life on October 24, 2008. See Jef Jaisun’s photo of Merl in this earlier post.

A damn fine musician and, in my experience, a gentle and generous man.

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“The Bounty of the County” on iTunes

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

David Gans - The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best - The Bounty of the County

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“Weirdest” web site

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

The official web site for my new CD, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, is now up and running! Designed by my friend and musical buddy Eric Rawlins.

http://www.dgans.com/weirdest

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