Bob Bralove and Henry Kaiser: Space Is the Place on Ultraviolet Licorice

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Way back in 1991, Bob Bralove produced one of the more interesting discs in the entire Grateful Dead canon: Infrared Roses is a fantastic and trippy CD of “Drums” and “Space,” tailored by Bralove, who was one of the Dead’s primary electronics gurus from the late ’80s until the end. It was Bralove who eased the band, one by one, into the modern marvel of MIDI sounds, and who, in the their last several years, often participated in creating some of the sonic landscapes of the “Drums” and “Space” segments from his offstage perch near Mickey and Bill’s Drum World.

Mark Karan: RatDog Guitarist Walks Through the Fire to Put Out First Solo Album

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It might have taken Mark Karan 30 years, give or take a few, to put out his first solo album, but that’s OK—it was definitely worth the wait for his many fans.
Walk Through the Fire, on the Dig Music label (run by Jackie Greene’s manager), is a wonderful and uplifting slice of rock and soul music that reveals much about Karan as both a supremely ta

Everybody’s Dancin’! Some Reflections of The Dead’s Spring Tour

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Back in the mid- and late 1980s, when my wife, Regan, and I used to put out a Grateful Dead fanzine called The Golden Road, our day jobs prevented us from going on the road as much as we liked, so we used to rely on friends to call and give us blow-by-blow show reports. We’d be working at our drafting tables putting together our magazine at 11 or midnight and the phone would ring: “It’s The Call!” And sure enough, there would be one our buddies, at 2 or 3 a.m. Philly time, on the other end.

Summertime Is Comin’ On (My, Oh My)! One Dead Show, Lots of Solo Stuff in the Offing

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If you’re kicking yourself because you didn’t get to see The Dead on their red-hot spring tour, you have one last chance to see them—at the Rothbury Festival in beautiful rural Michigan, on July 4. After that, it’s highly unlikely the group will perform together again in 2009, though most of the band members will all be criss-crossing America in different groups this summer.

On the Road Again: Rockin’ for the Faithful (And Good Causes), A Few Minutes with Phil Lesh

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On the day I catch up with Phil Lesh for a few final pre-tour thoughts—Sunday, April 5—he’s about to go into yet another rehearsal for The Dead’s April-May tour.

Yikes! Bob, Rob and Jay Are Scaring the Children!

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Here is the set list for the most recent show by Scaring the Children, featuring Bob Weir, his ol’ bass buddy Rob Wasserman, and RatDog drummer Jay Lane:


The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Thursday March 26, 2009


Opening set: Band of Brotherz
(Jay Lane, Gabby La La, Chris Burger, Zacariah Mose, Andre Marshall,
M. Blake, M. Mcdaniels & Y. Alexandrine):
(about 30 minutes)

Scaring the Children (Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, and Jay Lane):
Easy To Slip
Fever