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Nice article indeed.  
  

    



Greetings, friends and fans.  Here's the latest info on my performances over
the next two months.

But first, some other news:

I have a new CD, "Solo Electric" - all original material, including a song I
co-wrote with Robert Hunter and another that I co-wrote with Lorin Rowan.
Track list, sample audio, and ordering information are online at
http://www.dgans.com/perfectible .  In the next few days it will be available
at http://www.cdbaby.com/dgans as well.

BLOG:  I've started a blog, for political commentary, notes from the road,
pointers to interesting articles and information, etc.
http://playback.trufun.com

PHOTOS:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans - recent images and newly-
unearthed items from the archive (thanks to Christina Florkowski for the gift
of a very fine SCANNER!)


*

Here are the gigs.  As always, more info on these events, plus dates that are
farther in the future, can be found at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html


• Wednesday, September 21, 8pm: Eddie's Attic ( http://www.eddiesattic.com ),
515-B North McDonough St., Decatur GA. w/ Ralph Roddenbery. $10. 404-377-4976

• NOTE NEW VENUE! Thursday, September 22: The Kodiak (
http://www.thekodiak.com ), 151 Central Street, Rutherfordton NC. $5.
828-287-1305

• Saturday, September 24, 8:00 pm: Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival (
http://www.terrapinfestival.com/2005 ). DG plays on the Pavilion Stage. Also
appearing (festival runs Fri-Sun): Donna the Buffalo, Railroad Earth, Garaj
Mahal, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers, The Duhks, and many more.
Terrapin Hill Farm, 3696 Mackville Road (Rt. 152 West), Harrodsburg,
Kentucky. 859-621-2479

• Sunday, September 25, 8pm: Windows on the Cumberland (
http://www.windowsonthecumberland.com ), Nashville TN. $5 (18 and older).
Jason Graumlich opens.

• Thursday, September 29, 8:30 pm: The Invitational at Sweetwater (
http://www.sweetwatersaloon.com), 153 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley CA. $10.
415-388-2820. DG, Chris Rowan, Joshua Zucker, Paul Cicco; more TBA.

• Sunday, October 16, 4:00 pm: Mojo Cafe, 9890 Bodega Hwy (CA-12, 3 miles
west of downtown) Sebastopol CA. $8. 707-829-3065

• Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm: With Earth Bombs Mars at Java Junction (
http://www.myjavajunction.com ), 705 Frankllin Street, Clearwater FL.
727-799-1100

• October 20-23: MagnoliaFest ( http://www.magmusic.com ) at the Spirit of
the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak FL. Donna the Buffalo, Peter Rowan,
Railroad Earth, The Duhks, The Gourds, and many more. 904-249-7990

• Friday, October 28, 9:00 pm:  The Invitational moves to its new home! My
longest-running (30 years!) musical collaboration, The Reptiles (
http://www.dgans.com/reptiles.html ) at the Hotel Utah (
http://thehotelutahsaloon.com ), 500 4th Street (at Bryant), San Francisco.
$7. 415-546-6300
  

    <scribbled by tnf Fri 14 Oct 05 10:50>
  

    






Very nice review (by Randy Ray) of my new CD, SOLO ELECTRIC:

http://www.jambands.com/CDReviews/content_2005_10_14.02.phtml

Excerpt:

“Dawn’s Early Light” (a two-minute mystery trance) and “Labor Day Jam” (ten
minutes of unadulterated and wonderfully weird Gans guitar mastery) further
his deep commitment to music that questions authoritative structures. Robert
Hunter’s lyrics make an appearance on “Like a Dog” and spin a new yarn about
the woes of the broken, beaten everyman with Gans throwing in a “Lady With A
Fan” tease at song’s coda. Similarities to the work of the Grateful Dead are
easy and obvious but Gans is an artist testing new talking blues formats via
voice and guitar with a dash of psychedelics mixed with modern urban rage.



You can get it direct from Perfectible Recordings:
http://www.dgans.com/perfectible
There are four sample tracks online there.

or from CDBaby:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dgans3
All tracks are sampled there, too.
  

    
Very, very nice.
  

    


The REPTILES!

Friday 10/28 9pm at the Hotel Utah, 500 4th Street (at Bryant), San Francisco

Saturday 10/29, 10:30pm at the Wonders of Cannabis Expo, in the SF County
Fairgrounds bldg at 9th and Lincoln in SF.

Details at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html
  

    



Greetings!

I'm off the road for the rest of the year (except for a possible trip north
for New Year's Eve).  There's plenty going on here at home, and we're already
working on plans for 2006.  I'm going to do my best to get back to the
midwest - it's been way too long!

The monthly Invitational has moved to the Hotel Utah in San Francisco.
Tonight's event features bassist Kurt Ribak and Lemon Juju.  I saw Richard
Thompson playing acoustic with Danny Thompson in Portland last month, and I
was inspired to ask Kurt to join me for a set.  Lemon Juju is a ukulele duo -
Alyn Kelley and Cynsa Bonorris, formerly of the great a cappella group Mary
Schmary.  I love their songs and their singing, and you will, too.  We'll do
a few numbers together at some point in the evening.  Showtime is 9:00.
Hotel Utah, 500 Fourth Street (at Bryant), San Francisco. $7. 415-546-6300


*

SOLO ELECTRIC has been very well-received. Check out Randy Ray's review on
jambands.com: http://www.jambands.com/CDReviews/content_2005_10_14.02.phtml
(excerpt: "Gans builds his storybook scenes with patient confidence that
require a fair bit of attention to detail.  His guitar work is complex yet
easy on the ear; his lyrics, fleeting bursts of Dylan Thomas “quiet
desperation”-slugfests that are neither preachy nor mundane.")

The CD is available from http://www.dgans.com/perfectible and/or
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dgans

*

Also of interest on the web are my blog, http://playback.trufun.com , and my
photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans

Below is the schedule for the rest of the year.  The web site is always up to
date at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html


TONIGHT!!!  Thursday, November 17, 9:00 pm: The Invitational, with Kurt Ribak
and Lemon Juju.  Hotel Utah, 500 Fourth Street (at Bryant), San Francisco.
$7. 415-546-6300

Saturday, November 26, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, at
Lake Park and grand Avenues (across from the Grand Lake Theater) in Oakland.
Free!


Sunday, November 27, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Marin Farmers' Market, at the Marin
Civic Center in San Rafael CA. Free!

Saturday, December 3:  The Great Gilroy Gobbler Gathering, sponsored by the
California BBQ Association. Live music and cooking demonstrations all day.
The turkeys will be donated from various sources or purchased through
donations, and distributed to needy families by the Second Harvest Food Bank
and St. Joseph's Church. DG plays 1:00-2:00 pm.   http://www.cbbqa.com

Thursday, December 15, 9:00 pm:  The Invitational, with Chris Rowan, Joshua
Zucker, Josh Kaye, and Adam Perry.  Hotel Utah, 500 Fourth Street (at
Bryant), San Francisco. $7. 415-546-6300


Friday, December 16, 7:30-9:30pm:  DG, Mario DeSio, and Jeff Pehrson at the
Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. (at 65th St.), Oakland CA. Freem but you have
to buy something!


Saturday, December 17, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, at
Lake Park and grand Avenues (across from the Grand Lake Theater) in Oakland.
Free!


Sunday, December 18, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Marin Farmers' Market, at the Marin
Civic Center in San Rafael CA. Free!



Coming in January: SOUTHEAST TOUR with Ralph Roddenbery. Details TBA ASAP.

And in the spring, two wonderful events: The Suwannee SpringFest, March 23-26
in Live Oak FL, and Jamm in Jamaica, March 28-April 1 in Negril.  Details at
http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html
  

    


Nice China Doll -> jam w/ Johnny Downer of Free Peoples, recorded 10/16/05 at
the Mojo Cafe in Sebastopl.  A poor recording, but a sweet session.

http://www.gdhour.com/music/chinadoll-jam.051016.mp3
  

    

Coming events:  I'm on tour in the Bay Area this weekend, and the ticket
prices are way affordable (i.e. 0) at three of these gigs!


Thursday, December 15, 9:00 pm: The Invitational, with David Gans,
Chris Rowan, Joshua Zucker, Josh Kaye, and Adam Perry. Hotel Utah, 500
Fourth Street (at Bryant), San Francisco. $7. 415-546-6300.  Chris' big
brother Peter has promised to drop in, too!

Friday, December 16, 7:30-9:30pm: DG, Mario DeSio, and Jeff Pehrson at
the Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. (at 65th St.), Oakland CA. Free, but
you have to buy something!

Saturday, December 17, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market,
at Lake Park and Grand Avenues (across from the Grand Lake Theater) in
Oakland.  Free!

Sunday, December 18, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Marin Farmers' Market, at the Marin
Civic Center in San Rafael CA. Free!
  

    

Tonight's Invitational is a gathering of smart, funny songwriters.

* Thursday, January 26, 9:00 pm: The Invitational:  David Gans, Mario DeSio,
* Ira Marlowe, Joe Rut, Michael Stadler.  Hotel Utah, 500 Fourth Street (at
* Bryant), San Francisco. $7. 415-546-6300.

http://thehotelutahsaloon.com


<hollyt> and I rehearsed up a short set of country duets w/ <kurtr> on bass,
but Holly called in sick so we'll do those songs at a future event.
  

    
Oh, drat... didn't see that til today.
That's a fun venue, and on my way home.
  

    <scribbled by tnf Sat 13 May 06 11:24>
  

    


Recorded yesterday: a new studio performance of "Quarter to Five."

http://www.trufun.com/audio/Quarter-to-Five_v1.mp3


I recently bought some new gear, and now I am able to run two independent
loops. My first application of this facility is to create what I call
"lenticular clouds": using an overdrive to create a rich, sustained tone, and
a volume pedal, using a loop of arbitrary duration, I create multiple layers
of notes that fade in and out, overlapping at random times and in random
combinations of harmonious and dissonant intervals.

Having created a cloud layer, I switched to the other looper and started a
piece called "Quarter to Five" and developed two or three distinct sections,
using different guitar tones and effects.

I recorded the entire mess into the Microtrack and then loaded it into the
Sonic Solutions digital editing system, where I was able to edit out the
boring/sloppy/distorted parts and then build the final composition by
crossfading between the two main sections of "Quarter to Five" (one simpler,
with more discernable "acoustic" guitar and the other fuller, with several
layers of legato guitar melody).  I also made multiple copies of the cloud
bed and arranged them on four tracks, out of sync, creating new areas of
dissonance and complexity.

Now I'm trying to decide if I'm going to schlep all this gear over to the
Larkspur Cafe for tonight's show - which has to do with whether I feel I'm
ready to use it in public after only one day of rehearsal at home.
  

    
Very nice David.  I love the direction you are going right now.
  

    

Thanks, Peter!
  

    

I'm performing tonight in Larkspur, California, with the Rowan Brothers head-
lining.  In between my set and theirs, we're doing a set of Beatle songs as
Rubber Souldiers.  As I had hoped, we're taking some of the songs in groovy
new directions while still paying tribute to their greatness.  And singing
three-part with a brother act is a great treat!

  The Rowan Brothers, David Gans, and Rubber Souldiers

  Saturday, May 13, 8:30pm
  Larkspur Cafe Theater, 500 Magnolia, Larkspur CA.  Showtime is 8:30pm.
  http://www.larkspurcafetheatre.com
  

    
Beautiful new stuff, David. I love your loopy solo, "Looking Into the
Next World". Would you post a link?
  

    <scribbled by davadam Sat 13 May 06 19:12>
  

    
That's a terrific track, David.  Very evocative.
  

    

Steve, you'll find "Looking Into the Next World" on this page:

http://dgans.com/tunes.html - in the "Loop Jams" section in the lower half of
the page.
  

    
Danka! Diggin' the Dark Star jam right now, actually. I'm so easily
distracted! Yummy :-)
  

    

And here is the Rubber Souldiers set from last night:

http://dgans.com/audio/souldiers/index.html
  

    
Wow - Girl from last night is wonderful
but I'm a sucker for Beatles anyway...
You seem to be doing many differnt things right now in your music.
are they all playing out together or do you find them seperate and
distinctive?
  

    

It all seems to be flowing pretty naturally.  I'm enjoying the variety of
opportunities.

But hey: the conversation has moved to <inkwell.vue.275>
  

    
opps..