Cloud Surfing

Week of November 30, 2009

Part 1 24:19
Introduction
Grateful Dead 1/17/79 New Haven Coliseum
SCARLET BEGONIAS->
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

Part 2 31:06
Galen Kipar Project, Why It’s Needed
SLOW DOWN
Interview: TONI BROWN
Toni Brown and Ed Munson, State of Mind
IT’S NOT A.D.D.

My friend Erin Scholze gave me a handful of CDs (mostly musicians she works with in her publicity and promotion business, Dream Spider) when I was in Asheville NC in October. The two that I got hooked on are Found a Reason by Mad Tea Party, and Why It’s Needed by Galen Kipar. I just had to share one of Galen’s songs with you.

I made contact with Galen via Facebook, and when I heard he was coming to Northern California to visit his sister for Thanksgiving I invited him to appear on my KPFA show, Dead to the World. Here’s the audio.

Toni Brown was the editor and publisher of Relix Magazine for many years. She has just published Relix: The Book – The Grateful Dead Experience, a compilation of articles, photos, and other material from the Deadhead publication’s long history. Toni and her partner, Ed Munson, are also touring behind a CD titled State of Mind. We crossed paths a couple of times in October, and I grabbed this interview with her at MagnoliaFest in Live Oak, Florida.

Last but certainly not least, big thanks to Charlie Miller for passing along a recently-unearthed soundboard recording from the winter of 1979. For decades, this tour was the stuff of legends because of the great performances that were available only on audience tapes. And what fine audience tapes they are! It’s interesting to hear soundboard recordings after all these years.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Jerry Garcia Family LLC, presenting Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 – Let It Rock. This is the first edition of the Jerry Garcia Band, recorded in November 1975 with the great Nicky Hopkins on keyboards. And from Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1 – the complete show from December 28, 1979, with Brent Mydland at the keyboards. More information on both of these new releases, sample tracks, discussion board and more online at dead.net. And from damnfineday.com, building your music collection one song at a time.

And by the way, we post a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archive on Dead.Net every Wednesday. You can browse or search the GD Hour playlists here – and feel free to request a show!

Galen Kipar came to KPFA this week for some music and talk. He’s from North Carolina, visiting his sister in Sonoma County. I was given a copy of his CD Why It’s Needed by Erin Scholze of Dream Spider (who also put together a great gig for me while I was in Asheville in October – thanks again for that!), and I was hooked right away.

I was a few seconds late in getting the recording started (which is just as well because the vocal microphone was turned up too high at the beginning of the song anyway) so we join the performance in progress. You’ll hear (most of) “October Snow,” plus “Ebb and Flow,” “For Frieda,” and some conversation. Enjoy! (Approximately 24 minutes)

Las Vegas, Nevada, KUNV-FM : The GD Hour, and George Lyons’ excellent radio show The Lyons Den, have moved to Sundays. The Lyons Den airs Sundays 7-11pm Pacific Time, followed by the Grateful Dead Hour from 11pm to midnight.

Week of November 23, 2009

Part 1 20:28
Introduction
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 3 no. 1 (12/28/79)
ALABAMA GETAWAY->
GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Donna the Buffalo (with David Gans) 10/25/09 MagnoliaFest, Live Oak FL
FENNARIO

Part 2 36:27
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 3 no. 1 (12/28/79)
TERRAPIN->
PLAYING IN THE BAND

Tara Nevins, the multi-instrumentalist with the beautiful singing voice who co-founded Donna the Buffalo, took little side trip with Bill Kreutzmann‘s trio a few months ago and came away from the experience with a deeper regard for the music we all love so much. I was honored to join Donna the Buffalo onstage twice this fall – at Shakori Hills and again at MagnoliaFest – and among the songs we performed together was the great ballad “Fennario,” also known as “Pretty Peggy-O,” which Tara performed while on tour with BK3.

Support for this week’s Grateful Dead Hour comes from:

Backbeat Books, presenting Relix, The Book: The Grateful Dead Experience, Grateful Dead Gear: The Band’s Instruments, Sound Systems, and Recording Sessions from 1965 to 1995, Woodstock Vision (featuring an introduction by Jerry Garcia) and the Levon Helm Midnight Ramble book. All titles are available at www.backbeatbooks.com and wherever books are sold.

The Jerry Garcia Family LLC, presenting Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2 – Let It Rock. This is the first edition of the Jerry Garcia Band, recorded in November 1975 with the great Nicky Hopkins on keyboards. And Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1 – the complete show from December 28, 1979, with Brent Mydland at the keyboards. More information on both of these new releases, sample tracks, discussion board and more online at dead-dot-net.

damnfineday.com, building your music collection one song at a time.