Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    

spiffy! Looks good, David.
  

    
Nice! 
  

    
I'd drink from that!
  

    

I have three gigs this weekend, in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania:

 Thursday, July 3, 10pm: Casey's, 136 N. Whittaker Street, New Buffalo MI.
 $5.  269-469-5800. http://caseysbargrill.com

 Friday, July 4: Rhythmfest Revival at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garret-
 tsville OH. Mickey Hart Band, moe., George Clinton and P-Funk, many more. DG
 plays late-night after Mickey. http://www.nlqp.com

 Sunday, July 6, 8pm: Thunderbird Cafe, 4023 Butler Street, Pittsburgh PA.
 It's Dead Night - David will alternate with DJ Tom Donaldson.
 http://www.thunderbirdcafe.net
  

    


Had another great session with Jim LeBrecht on the "Cloud Surfing" project.
We edited "Afterbird," an improvisation I did with John Skehan at a house
party on 8/11/06.  Jim loved it.

Here's a taste of the piece, with visuals I took with my Canon 800 at the
studio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1SQP1WaIts
  

    


I played a street party in my neighborhood yesterday. Here’s a fun half-hour
that starts with an original loop piece and then proceeds through three
favorite covers.

Brown-Eyed Jersey Girl->
Ship of Fools->
In Another World->
Rocket Man 7/20/08

Lots more music - audio and video - on the tunes page:
http://www.dgans.com/tunes.html
  

    
Saw your name on a festival in Connecticut next weekend. What's it
like, and is it accessible to folks without a Deadhead background?
  

    

Heh.  It's not for Deadheads only!  That would be Gathering of the Vibes, in
Bridgeport 7/31-8/3.  I'll be there Saturday evening on the Solar Stage, and
possibly also on Sunday.

Lineup and more info at http://www.gatheringofthevibes.com
  

    

Yeah, the Gathering of the Vibes its roots in Deadheadism, and always
features a fair amount of GD-related music, but it has evolved into a
much broader event with an impressively diverse lineup of talent. It's
also of a reasonable scale (IOW, not one of those half-a-million-
hippies-in-the-mud nightmares), and is one of the better-run, most
audience-friendly festivals around. Plus, Seaside Park in Bridgeport
(bequeathed to the city by its most famous resident, P.T. Barnum), is
just a wonderful setting.
  

    


Greetings!

Here is the schedule as it stands today. I hope to see all of you soon!
Details on these performances at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html

(P.S.  The new CD is going to the pressing plant very soon! More on that
asap.)


Wednesday, July 23, 8pm: Rubber Souldiers (DG, Lorin Rowan Chris Rowan, Paul
Knight) at the Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax CA. No
cover! ironspringspub.com

Saturday, July 26: Brundage Mountain Jam II, McCall ID. Donna Jean and the
Tricksters, Melvin Seals, and more! idarockfest.com

Monday, July 28, 7:30pm: DG, Jim Rothermel, and other musicians play Steve
Goodman songs at a signing by Clay Eals, author of Steve Goodman: Facing the
music. Moe's Books, on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley CA. clayeals.com

July 31-August 1: Grateful Garcia Gathering at Legend Valley, near Columbus
OH. Melvin Seals, Jackie Greene, Moonalice, Boombox, many more!
GratefulGarciaGathering.com

August 2-3: Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT. gatheringofthevibes.com

Wednesday, August 6, 4-8pm: Fairfax Farmers' Market, in Bolinas Park, Fairfax
CA. Free! Great produce, prepared foods, and crafts, too.
marincountyfarmersmarkets.org

Friday, August 8: Poster Room at the Fillmore, San Francisco. Zero on the
main stage, DG plays before the show and between sets.

August 9: Private event.

August 14 (tentative) Wildflower Cafe, Bethlehem PA
myspace.com/wildflowercafe

August 15-16: A Bear's Picnic, New Columbia PA. New Riders of the Purple
Sage, Melvin Seals & JGB, Moonaice, Donna Jean and the Tricksters, Splintered
Sunlight, and more. http://www.abearspicnic.com

August 23: private event, San Jose CA

August 29-Sep 1: Grateful Fest at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garrettsville
OH. Dark Star Orchestra, Keller Williams, emcee Wavy Gravy, and more.
http://www.nlqp.com

Thursday, September 4: Angelica's Bistro, Redwood City CA. With Rachel
Sedacca. rachelsedacca.com

Thursday, September 18: Puckett's Grocery, Leiper's Fork TN
Friday and Saturday, September 19 and 20: Terrapin Hill Harvest FEstival,
Harrodsburg KY. terrapinhillfarm.com/festival/

Saturday, September 27: Private event, North Fork CA

Thursday, October 2: Poster Room at the Fillmore, San Francisco. Dark Star
Orchestra on the main stage, DG plays before the show and between sets.

Saturday, October 4: Spuds, Oakland CA.

Friday, October 17: Chattanooga TN
Saturday, October 18: House concert near Atlanta GA
Sunday, October 19: afternoon house concert in Tallahassee FL
Monday, October 20, 5pm Central Time: DG plays live on Wildman Steve Radio,
based in Auburn AL. wildmansteve.com
Tuesday, October 21: house concert in Birmingham AL.

October 23-26: MagnoliaFest, at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live
Oak FL. Bill Kreutzmann Trio, Donna the Buffalo, Melvin Seals and JGB, The
Duhks, Peter Rowan, many more! http://www.magmusic.com

Saturday, November 15: with Mr Smolin at Taix, Los Angeles
Sunday, November 16: afternoon house concert in San Diego CA
Saturday, November 22, 7:30-9:30pm: with Kurt Huget at Nomad Cafe, 6500
Shattuck Avenue, Oakland CA

Satuday, December 20, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, Oakland
CA
Saturday, December 27, 7:30-9:30pm: omad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland
CA
  

    
Hey, David, I caught your set at the Gathering of the Vibes a month or
so ago. It was as enjoyable as I expected, and I was glad to hear my
old favorite "Down to Eugene."

I wanted to mention that about halfway in, a younger audience member
came up to me and asked "Who is this guy? He's really good" so I told
him (and agreed with his opinion). Thought you'd like to hear it.
  

    
Hey, thanks!  I wish we'd have a chance to meet, after being WELL neighbors
all these years.
  

    
I guess shyness plus guilt over being absent from the Well for a long
time got the better of me. I wasn't one of the more demonstrative fans,
but I was singing along a lot of the time.
  

    
Don't be so shy next time, please!
  

    



Two farmers' markets this weekend, a benefit for DEMOCRACY next Tuesday in
Oakland, and then I'm off to Tennessee and Kentucky.

Details and hot links at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html




# Saturday, September 13, 9:30am-1:30pm:  Grand Lake Farmers' Market, at
Splash Pad Park (Lake Park and Grand Avenues) Oakland CA. Free! Great
produce, prepared foods, art, jewelry, soaps, etc.
http://www.marincountyfarmersmarkets.org/oakland.htm

# Sunday, September 14, 9am-1pm:  Marin Farmers' Market, in the beautiful
Marin Civic Center, off US 101 at San Pedro Road in San Rafael, California.
Glorious produce, fine prepared foods, olive oil, bread, chocolate, and much
more!  http://www.marincountyfarmersmarkets.org/sanrafael.htm


# Tuesday, September 16, 6:30-10 pm:Oakland Rocks for Change! Hot Buttered
Rum w/ Michael Kang; Maria Muldaur; Tommy Castro; David Gans; MC Marga Gomez.
Silent auction, VIP reception, etc. Benefit for Barack Obama and Music for
Democracy. Malonga Casquelourd Center, 1428 Alice Street, Oakland CA

http://oaklandrocksforchange.com/
http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/



# Thursday, September 18, 8:30 pm:  Puckett's Grocery, 120 Fourth Avenue
South, Franklin TN. $10 cover; reservations 615-794-5527
http://www.puckettsgrocery.com/

# Friday - Sunday, September 19-21:  Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival,
Harrodsburg KY  http://www.terrapinhillfarm.com/festival/
  

    
What good gigs.
  

    

I love the farmers' market gigs, but I usually book them a week apart
because four hours on my feet two days in a row can be tough.  But then the
Kentucky festival offer came in, so I rearranged my Bay Area dates, and
voila: sore feet come Monday!
  

    


Richard Selleseth's recording of my set at the Ashkenaz 9/25.  I was VERY
happy with this performance.

<http://www.archive.org/details/dgans2008-09-25.m300s.selleseth";>


Band/Artist: David Gans
Date: September 25, 2008
Venue: Ashkenaz
Location: Berkeley, CA

Source: Microtech Gefell onstage x/y aprox 4' high > Tascam DA-P1 (DAT
16/44.1)
Lineage: Sony R-500 > Audiophile USB > Samplitude 6.0 > CDWav > flac 6
Taped by: Richard Selleseth
Transferred by: Richard Selleseth

t01 introduction
t02 Down to Eugene
t03 Lazy River Road
t04 banter
t05 Like a Dog >
to6 Terrapin >
t07 Cassidy's Cat >
t08 An American Family
t09 banter
t10 The Bounty of the County
  

    
Wonderful performance. Subtle and patient in threading out the notes
and words and winding them around each other. Loops.
  

    

Here ar esome highlights from a show in Florida last month by RUBBER
SOULDIERS, a "Beatles jam band" I play in with the Rowan Brothers:


 Rubber Souldiers 10/25/08
 MagnoliaFest, Live Oak FL

 Lorin Rowan: guitar, mandolin, vocals
 Chris Rowan: 12-string guitar, vocals
 David Gans: guitar, vocals
 Mark van Allen: pedal steel guitar
 Byron House: bass
 Wildman Steve: drums

 Girl->
 Things We Said Today

 Doctor Robert

 Two of Us->
 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da


 <http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=1104>
  

    


 Thursday, November 20
 ASHKENAZ, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley

 Beatles Jam Band/Americana/Roots
 THE RUBBER SOULDIERS REVUE WITH CHRIS & LORIN ROWAN AND DAVID GANS

 Doors at 8:30 p.m.; Show at 9:00 p.m.  $10

Making their Ashkenaz debut, the Rubber Souldiers headline a night of
folk, rock, and a bit of jamming. After the Rowan Brothers (Chris and
Lorin) and David Gans open with separate sets, they come together as
the Souldiers, harmonizing and expanding on classic Beatles songs. As
Gans explains, Rubber Souldiers is a Beatles jam band. The Beatles made
all these great songs with kick-ass grooves, and then they quit em
after three minutes! So in the grand San Francisco tradition, were
stretching them out and stringing them together. And of course, with
the Rowan Brothers at the microphone, you know the vocals are going to
be top-notch as well.

With Gans and the Rowans on guitars, the Souldiers are rounded out by
bassist Paul Knight and drummer CC Dawson. The group was born a few
years ago at Berkeley's KPFA-FM, where Gans hosts the Dead to the World
show, and the Rowans were performing on air. All three began
harmonizing on Beatles songs during the soundcheck, and after the show
they continued to sing for the fun of it. The Rubber Souldiers have
since performed everywhere from San Franciscos Jerry Garcia
Amphitheater to Floridas MagnoliaFest.

The original Rowan Brothers date back to the early 70s as Chris and
Lorin put their close brother harmonizing to work on both old and new
folk and rock songs. They were later joined by their older brother,
bluegrass star Peter Rowan. All three have led separate musical lives,
but Chris and Lorin tour regularly, and in 2004 issued a two-CD set,
Now and Then, that contained one disc of new recordings and a second of
older material. Their sound is a potent mixture of bluegrass-flavored
folk and Everlys/Louvins/Stanleysinspired rockabilly.
<http://www.rowanbrothers.com>

David Gans, singer-songwriter-guitarist-radio
producer/host-author-journalist- record producer-photographer, features
material from his recent Twisted Love Songs and other CDs. When not
performing in clubs and at festivals around the country, he can be
heard hosting his weekly Dead to the World program and producing his
nationally syndicated Grateful Dead Hour. Onstage he mixes his own
compositions with favorites by an array of folk and rock artists, often
with social and political underpinnings.  <http://www.dgans.com>
  

    

Oh yeah, I also have a new CD out!


David Gans
THE ONES THAT LOOK THE WEIRDEST TASTE THE BEST
Produced by Tim Carbone

1. Shove in the Right Direction (David Gans-Lorin Rowan)
2. Down to Eugene (Jim Page)
3. An American Family (David Gans)
4. That's Real Love (Gans-Skehan-Carbone-Goessling-Grubb)
5. Save Us from the Saved (David Gans)
6. The Bounty of the County (David Gans-Rita Hurault)
7. Echolalia (David Gans)
8. Headin' Home Already (David Gans)
9. Autumn Day (David Gans)
10. Like a Dog (Robert Hunter-David Gans)
11. It's Gonna Get Better (David Gans)

David Gans - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, loop guitar, vocals
Tim Carbone - violin, baritone violin, drums, harmonica, special violin,
  prepared piano, fire extinguishers, harmony vocal, background vocals
John Skehan III - mandolin, special mandolin, piano, background vocals
Andy Goessling - autoharp, banjo, acoustic guitar, ukulele, clarinet, bass
  clarinet, 12-string guitar, National steel guitar, baritone saxophone, 
  background vocals
Zac Matthews - mandolin, harmony vocal on "The Bounty of the County"
Buck Dilly - electric guitar, lap steel, pedal steel guitar, tremolo 
  guitar, organ
Robert Matarazzo - harmony vocal on "Headin' Home Already"
Johnny Grubb - string bass
Lindsey Horner - string bass
Paul Knight - bass on "The Bounty of the County"
Ned Stroh - drums, bowed cymbal

Cover art, audio samples, and ordering info here:

<http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=1081>
  

    
I should say that I took out a dub of your Plunderphonics CD for a long road
trip last month (along with Infrared Roses, natch) and found it quite a
pleasure, still full of laughter and pathos and, I daresay, a peek into your
echoing brain. And a good accompaniment to the Salinas Valley.
  

    
Thanks!
  

    


Hello friends!

The CD, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, is here, but the web
page isn't quite ready for prime time.  For now, you can see the cover art,
read the credits, listen to audio samples, and click to order at
http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=1081

It's also available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dgans6 and it should be in
the iTunes Music Store soon, too.

I'm staying in California for the rest of the year (unless a cool New Year's
Eve gig comes up somewhere). I'll be in the Northwest in mid-February and in
Utah around the first of March. More on those gigs, and whatever else lies
ahead, in a few weeks.


Here's what I have so far for November and December. Email me for info on the
house concerts, or visit the web page for more information and direct links
to the hosts and venues. http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html

Friday November 14, 8pm: Linnaea's Cafe, San Luis Obispo CA. No cover!
Saturday, November 15, 10:30pm: with Mr Smolin at Taix, Los Angeles. No
cover!
Sunday, November 16, 2pm: house concert and potluck in San Diego CA

Thursday, November 20: Rubber Souldiers, Rowan Brothers, and DG at the
Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA. Here are a few selections from the show we played at
MagnoliaFest in Florida on October 25: http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=1104
- and here's the blurb about the band on the venue's site:
http://ashkenaz.com/html/list.php?offset=#2218

Friday, November 21: DG opens for Donna the Buffalo at the Great American
Music Hall, San Francisco. DTB doesn't come to the west coast nearly often
enough, so please come hear this great band, dance your buns off, and make
sure they have the inventive to return soon. http://www.donnathebuffalo.com

Saturday, November 22, 7:30-9:30pm: with Kurt Huget at Nomad Cafe, 6500
Shattuck Avenue, Oakland CA

Friday, December 12: The Poster Room at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
Ozomatli on the main stage; DG plays before the show and during the break.

Saturday, December 20, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market,
Oakland CA

Saturday, December 27, 7:30-9:30pm: Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland
CA