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Adam: WE're webcasting at 8pm PDT <http://www.concertwindow.com/thefreight>
  

    
Gail, I hope we see you there!  Obviously this is a major gig for me, and if
we do well it will mean more visibility and success everywhere.
  

    
Oh, great! I'll check the webcast. Thanks.
  

    
Ellen and I will be there!
  

    
Sweet - thanks!
  

    



I have two performances this weekend: a solo show co-billed with the
songwriter Ira Marlowe in his new venue in Berkeley (tonight), and a charty
event on College Avenue to benefit arts education in Oakland public schools
(Sunday):



Friday, July 27, 7:30-10 pm: DG and Ira Marlowe at The Monkey House, Berkeley
CA. Email for reservations. Tickets are $10-20 sliding scale. The Monkey
House is an unmarked storefront at 1638 University Ave, near Sacramento
Street, three blocks from North Berkeley BART.  Street parking is usually
easy and the area is safe and well-lit.  <http://www.monkeyhousetheater.com>

Sunday, July 29: 51Oakland Presents A Fundraiser & Silent Auction with Music,
Comedy & More - Benefiting Arts & Music Education in Oakland Public Schools!
| NOON-9PM. Toast, 5900 College Ave (at Chabot), Oakland CA. DG performs 6-
7pm. More info at <http://www.51oakland.org>
  

    

This just in: Sycamore Slough String Band will be joined by Danny Carnahan of
Wake the Dead next Wednesday, September 19, at the Freight and Salvage.
Other guests still the works...

Advance tickets are available here:
<http://www.thefreight.org/sycamore-slough-string-band>

The show will be webcast, starting at 8pm Pacific time.  Sign up here:
<http://www.concertwindow.com/shows/sycamore-slough-string-band> Only $3 a
pop!
  

    

P.S.  We'll give every ticket holder a free copy of our debut CD, "First
Rehearsals"
  

    <scribbled by tnf Wed 5 Jun 13 20:50>
  

    


Greetings on the eve of my trip to the Mountain Time Zone! I start (still in
the Pacific time zone) with a house concert in Las Vegas on Saturday, and
then I'm off to Utah, Idaho, and Montana for six performances in eight days,
interspersed with awesome sightseeing and spiritual refreshment.

On June 21, I will play in two bands at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley:
Acoustic with the Sycamore Slough String Band, and Electric with Dogpatch
Junction.

July takes me east twice: Buffalo and Nelson Ledges over the July 4 weekend,
and then a longer trip later in the month that will include three festivals,
several house concerts, and "Dark Star High School," a midweek retreat at the
Full Moon Resort in New Your with the Dark Star Orchestra, Donna Jean
Godchaux-Mackay, and Betty Cantor-Jackson.  More info on that at
http://www.darkstarorchestra.net

I'm still working on a few more things for late July, possibly including gigs
in western New Jersey, Connecticut, and/or Long Island. Check
http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html  for updates.

And before we get to the complete list of gigs as it stands today, please
check out this interview I did, joined by the Rumpke Mountain Boys, right
after our thrilling set at the Dark Star Jubilee on May 27:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmaFkimYckE

*

The schedule as it stands today:

Saturday, June 8: House concert in Las Vegas NV. Potluck dinner at 6:30,
music at 7:30. Email me for info/reservations.
Sunday, June 9, 6pm: Boulder Mesa Cafe, Boulder UT
Monday, June 10, 7pm: Robber's Roost Book Store, Torrey UT
Wednesday, June 12: House concert in Salt Lake City. Email
kasidybaker@gmail.com for info/reservations.
Friday, June 14, 7pm: Alpine Wines Bistro, 15 S Main St, Driggs ID
Saturday, June 15: Live from the Divide! Peach Street Studios, 627 E. Peach
Street, Bozeman MT. http://livefromthedivide.com/shows/david-gans
Sunday, June 16: House Concert at "Club Meg," Missoula MT. Email me for info.
Monday, June 17: Symes Hot Springs, 209 Wall Street, Hot Springs MT

Friday, June 21, 8pm: Sycamore Slough String Band and Dogpatch Junction at
the Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley CA. DG will play with
both bands.

Thursday July 4: House concert near Buffalo NY. Email me for
info/reservation.
Friday and Saturday, July 5 and 6: Grateful Fest, at Nelson Ledges Quarry
Park, Nelson/Garrettsville OH

Sunday, July 14, 9 am to 1 pm: Marin Farmers' Market at the Marin Civic
Center, San Rafael CA. Free! Great local produce, etc.

Saturday, July 20: House concert in Staten Island NY. Email me for info
Sunday, July 21, 1pm: The Folk Project presents a house concert in Rockaway,
New Jersey. Email concerts@folkproject.org for info/reservation. Suggested
donation $15
Wednesday, July 24: House concert at Neverdun Farm, Kennebunkport ME.
July 25-28: Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park, Bridgeport CT

Friday, August 2: Fletch Fest, Westernville NY
August 3-4: A Bear's Picnic, Pennsylvania
August 5-9: "DSO High School" at the Full Moon Resort, Big Indian NY. Dark
Star Orchestra, Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, Betty Cantor-Jackson, David Gans.
Music, conversation, storytelling, and more!

Sunday, August 11: Sycamore Slough String Band at the Beloved Festival,
Tidewater Falls OR. http://www.belovedfestival.com/

Thursday, August 15: Berkeley CA (details TBA)
Sunday, August 18: Oakland CA (details TBA)

September 7-8: Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival, Harrodsburg KY
Tuesday, September 10 (tentative): Rumpke Mountain Boys and DG at Stanley's
Pub, Cincinnati OH
Friday, September 13: Solo and with the Rumpke Mountain Boys at Pink Moon
Festival
Saturday, September 14 (very late at night!): With the Rumpke Mountain Boys
at The Werk Out, at Legend Valley in Thornville OH

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My performance schedule is posted at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html - new
gigs are being added all the time.

As always, I'm in the market for house concert opportunities. If you see an
open spot on my schedule in your general vicinity, let's try to make
something happen! And remember: word of mouth is a gigantic part of
musicians' promotion and publicity these days, so if you like my music,
please spread the word about my gigs and recordings.

My recordings are available at http://www.dgans.com/discography/

Great thanks to Jim Dunlop for providing me with first-rate strings for all
my guitars! http://www.jimdunlop.com/

Thanks also to Rick Turner for creating the amazing guitar I play on tour,
the Renaissance RS-6.  http://www.renaissanceguitars.com

If you want to be removed from this list, please send email to
david@trufun.com and I'll take care of it ASAP.

SYCAMORE SLOUGH STRING BAND:
Sycamore Slough String Band is an acoustic quartet focusing on the music of
the Grateful Dead, with other fine songs popping up occasionally as well.
With me are mandolinist/guitarist David Thom and bassist Roger Sideman. We
held our first rehearsals at Megasonic Studio in Oakland in January,
confident that magic would be made, and we did indeed wind up with releasable
music. "First Rehearsals" is available in FLAC, MP3, and CD on demand from
festivalink.net - http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7293 and in
audiophile (96/24) from HDTracks -
https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD0639444121
17

Here are two videos from "First Rehearsals":
Jackaroe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY8tyO-_7Ik
New Speedway Boogie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoZfxawvKeQ


DAVID GANS AND ERIC RAWLINS:
I'm also hawking "Desert Wind, Rollin' River," a studio recording of
Americana type songs (including several originals) with my dear friend Eric
Rawlins. We've been singing together, mostly at private gatherings, for more
than 20 years. The recording was done in my living room by the great Stephen
Barncard, who recorded "American Beauty" and David Crosby's "If I Could Only
Remember My Name...") It's available in FLAC, MP3, and CD on demand from
Festivalink - http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7136
And in audiophile (96/24) from HDTracks:
https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD0639444120
94%3E

More info on these and other releases at http://www.dgans.com/discography/
  

    

Very favorable review of "Life Is a Jam" from a British friend (posted on the
Eurotraders list):

<http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/6904>
  

    

A cuple of nice performance clips (from last week) in this piece:

<http://www.indyweek.com/scan/archives/2013/11/21/grateful-dead-expert-david-ga
ns-plays-the-pour-house>
  

    
What great coverage!
  

    

That's so great!  Nice to see the clips after having been there. You guys 
are great together and separately!
  

    
Yeah, I am enjoying the collaboration.
  

    

I've got seven gigs in California this month:

Friday, December 6, 7:30 pm: Jeff Pehrson (w/ Mike Sugar), David Gans, and
Ira Marlowe at the Monkey House Theater in Berkeley. Email
reservations@monkeyhousetheater.com for info/reservations. $10-20 sliding
scale

Saturday, December 7, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, Oakland
CA

Sunday, December 8, 9am to 1pm: Marin Farmers' Market, San Rafael CA

Thursday, December 19: House concert in Santa Clarita CA (near Los Angeles).
Potluck at 6, music at 7:30. Email me for info/reservation.

Friday, December 20: Cubensis with DG at Golden Sails Hotel, 6285 E. Pacific
Coast Hwy, Long Beach CA

Saturday, December 21, 4pm: Cubensis with DG at Lighthouse Cafe, 30 Pier Ave,
Hermosa Beach CA

Sunday, December 22: House concert in Hollywood CA. Potluck at 5, music at 6.
Email me for info/reservation.




More info and more gigs at <http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html>
  

    
Gonna be a little cold at the farmers markets this week.
  

    
Yes, it is. I heard there's only a 20% chance of rain, so I expect I'll be
there.
  

    

From yesterday's gig, a loop improv that came up out of nowhere and sent me
to "I Know You Rider": <https://soundcloud.com/dgans/hand-warmer-jam-rider>
  

    
Nice!
  

    

Tomorrow night (Fri 2/28/14) I am playing the second "Free-Form Fridays" gig
with Phil Savell, guitarist of The Fall Risk, and Zach Partain on bass. The
idea is to start with pure improvisation and see where it goes.  Cubby
Sedgwick opens.

Here's a sample of what we did at the first one, last month:
<https://soundcloud.com/dgans/first-jam-1-31-14>

Showtime is 7:30pm, at the Monkey House in Berkeley.$10-20 sliding scale.
Email reservations@monkeyhousetheater.com
for the exact location.
  

    <scribbled by tnf Tue 22 Apr 14 16:42>
  

    


<https://archive.org/details/rumpkemb2014-01-17.withdavidgans>

Complete show - Rumpke Mountain Boys and David Gans 1/17/14
Moustrap, Indianapolis
  

    

The Free-Form Friday band played on Thursday in June of 2014: June 12, to be
exact, at the Monkey House in Berkeley.

Phil Savell and David Gans, guitar and vocals; Bob Bralove, keyboard and
vocals; Zach Partain, bass; Neil Hampton, percussion.

Here is a link to the whole show, in three parts:
<https://soundcloud.com/dgans/sets/free-form-friday-on-thursday-61214>
  

    
Posted on the Eurotraders list and reposted here with the author's
permission:



The many faces of David Gans: Gans and Rawlins – Desert Wind,
Rollin’ River

by Chris Jones 

It’s amazing how many different approaches David takes to music.

Desert Wind, Rollin’ River is not as muscular as Gans’ Stage Stop
solo show (which I reviewed earlier): rather it’s more of a gentle,
lyrical journey – across America and through different decades – by
a couple of old friends, and listening to it, I can picture them
swapping yarns round the camp fire along the way.

There’s nothing challenging about the music – it’s not a dramatic
symphony, more of a gentle serenade – but sometimes that’s just what
you need. Something warm, friendly and familiar; two people in
perfect harmony on vocals and guitar accompaniment.

Each of the songs tells a story, and most of them are on the theme
of travelling, whether it’s “Waltzing Across Texas”, “Going Back to
Georgia”, or “Leavin’ Louisiana”, and each of them is delivered with
just the perfect amount of joy or pathos.

Gans and Rawlins have been “making music together, mostly at parties
and occasionally in public, for more than 20 years” and it’s clear
that over this time they’ve developed the strongest of musical
relationships. They fit together like a pair of fine silk gloves,
with a similar shape and style and supremely comfortable together,
but complementary – each one working with the other to provide a
balanced whole.

One of the songs strays further afield – to “Kilkelly” in Ireland.
It tells a sad story which reminds us that we didn’t always have
modern communications, and those people who emigrated from Ireland
or the UK to the other side of the world (America or Australia)
would probably never see their homeland and their parents again.

There’s one cover that I’m familiar with – the superb “Wheels” by
Chris Hillman of the Flying Burrito Brothers (from their 1968 album
The Gilded Palace of Sin) – and, appropriately, that’s about
travelling, too.

The last Track, “What’s Your Name,” is pure doo-wop and could have
been written in the fifties (and possibly was)

It’s such an intimate recording that it sounds as if they could be
playing in your own front room – and, as it happens, the recording
was made in David Gans’ living room, and that’s an immense
contribution to its considerable charm. The album was recorded by
Stephen Barncard and, as you can imagine, it’s of the highest
quality.

You can find out more and read other feedback here:

<http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7136>

And you can buy it (and all David’s other releases) at
<http://www.dgans.com/discography> and also in the iTunes store,
HDTracks.com, <http://CDBaby.com/all/dgans>, and other online
retailers.

This is probably my favourite of all David’s many recordings, and I
do urge you to give it a listen – and to buy it too!

CJ