David Gans is on the way!

Upcoming shows:

Sunday, March 1, 7pm MST: "House" concert at KZMU in Moab, Utah. Live performance at the radio station (1734 Rocky Road, Moab) and streaming online. It's the Kokopelli Coffee House with host Backofbeyondananda. Suggested donation $10 and some food to share.

Monday, March 2, 6:30pm: House concert in Salt Lake City. Suggested donation $10 and some food to share. Email wickenden@gmail.com for more info.

Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 pm: Flagstaff Brewing Company, 16 E. Route 66, Flagstaff AZ. No cover!

Saturday, March 7, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market at Splash Pad Park (across from the Grand Lake Theater) in Oakland CA. Free! Great produce, crafts, and prepared foods.

Saturday, March 7, 6pm: Rubber Souldiers and Batacha play a benefit and auction for the Nonesuch School. Masonic Center, 373 N. Main, Sebastopol CA. $20, or $15 if you bring 3 cans of food for the food bank. 707-696-6800.

Saturday, March 14, 3-5pm: Saturday Casual & Cozy winter time Music Series at Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax CA. No cover!

March 26-29: Suwannee SpringFest, at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak FL (just across the Georgia line). DG plays solo and with Rubber Souldiers! Plus Donna the Buffalo, Emmitt Nershi Band, The Duhks, The Lee Boys, Darrell Scott, Darol Anger & Mike Marshall with Väsen, Blueground Undergrass, Dread Clampitt, more TBA. http://www.magmusic.com

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

Time to get your David Gans on!

David Gans -

Time for another update!

My new studio CD, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, is being played on radio stations all over the country. Our promotional campaign is just getting started - you can help with this effort by calling your local station and asking for it!

The web page, designed by my friend and sometime musical partner Eric Rawlins, is up and humming at dgans.com/weirdest - cover art, lyrics, reviews, ordering information, all that good stuff.

Before I get to the performance listings, there are a couple of other items I'd like to let you know about.

Tonight on Dead to the World: a wonderful band from Philly, Boris Garcia, will perform live for the full two hours, 8-10pm Pacific. Mark Karan of Ratdog will be joining the band for part of the show, and we may have another surprise guest as well. KPFA is heard at 94.1 FM in northern California, and tonight's program is also available on the web via kpfa.org, kfcf.org, and nugs.net

Rubber Souldiers - the "Beatles jam band" with Chris Rowan, Lorin Rowan, and me - will sing one song at the Rex Foundation benefit in San Francisco this Saturday. Big brother Peter Rowan is the headliner, and Chris and Lorin have graciously invited me to share their guest spot to show off our fun new band. The event takes place in the Grand Ballroom of the Regency Center in San Francisco. Lots more info at rexfoundation.org - see you there!

We've got a rudimentary web site up for the band - rubbersouldiers.com - and we're making plans to play lots of gigs in the new year.

And now, the GIG SPAM! More information, links to the venues, etc. always up to date at dgans.com/gigs.html

Thursday, December 11, 7:00 pm: Moon News Bookstore, 315 Main Street, Half Moon Bay CA. Free!

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 13, 1-3pm: Rubber Souldiers play live on the Saturday Ham Jam with Tim Lynch, heard only on 1510 AM in the San Francisco area. Also appearing: Stu Allen & Sandy Rothman, and Tim Bluhm and Jackie Greene (aka The Skinny Singers).

Friday, December 19 in Santa Rosa CA: Words and Music: The Benefit for Michelle McFee. David Nelson, Pete Sears, Bill Cutler, Dave Getz, Robin Sylvester, Rubber Souldiers (Chris Rowan, Lorin Rowan, David Gans), Mark Karan, Pat Campbell, Peter Albin, Jimmy Sanchez, David Perper, and others. kinkaidfoundation.org

Saturday, December 20, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, at Splash Pad Park (Lake Park and Grand Avenues, across from the Grand Lake Theatre), Oakland CA. Free! Great produce, preared foods, and crafts, too.

Saturday, December 27, 7:30-9:30pm: Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. (at 65th), Oakland CA. Admission is free, but you have to buy some food and/or drink.

Sunday, January 4, 8:30pm: Rubber Souldiers (aka Paul Knight and Friends) at the Station House Cafe, downtown Pt Reyes Station CA. No cover! 415-663-1515

Tuesday, February 10, 7-9pm: Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, 4045 NW Cornelius Passage Road, Hillsboro OR. Free! All ages. 503-640-6174

Wednesday, February 11, 8-11pm: Boon’s Treasury, 888 Liberty Street Northeast, Salem OR 97301. Free! 21+. 503-399-9062

Thursday, February 12, 7-10pm: Grand Lodge, 3505 Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove OR. Free! All ages. 503-992-9533

Friday, February 13, 9pm: Eagles Ballroom, 805 4th Avenue East, Olympia WA. 360-239-9907

Saturday, February 14, 9:30pm-12:30am: White Eagle, 836 N Russell Street, Portland OR. $7. 21+. 503-282-6810

Sunday, February 15: Sam Bond's Garage, 407 Blair Blvd, Eugene OR.

Sunday, March 1: "House" concert at KZMU in Moab, Utah. Details to come.

Monday, March 2: House concert in Salt Lake City. Details to come.

Thursday, March 5, 9pm: Rubber Souldiers Review at the Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley CA.

I still don't understand how to make my blogger behave if I did, I'd have Tahoe Jimbo's 420 blog among my links.
Fans of Albert Hoffman and Mt Girl will want to check out his latest blog-
http://tahoejimbo420s.blogspot.com/


Well, this was interesting.
A podcast
"How to contain my grateful head"

http://www.timothyjordanshow.com/shows/how-to-contain-my-grateful-head/

Warning- Super annoying DJ radio banter thru the first 11 minutes.



Good stuff going on in the Bay Area this coming Wednesday!


In Fairfax at The Iron Springs Pub & Brewery:
Rubber Souldiers
You might remember the last time they played at the Pub and all 3 Rowan Brothers showed up to play.  This particular line up {Chris & Lorin Rowan, David Gans & now Robin Sylvester from Ratdog} is sure to dazzle & delight...



In San Francisco at Yoshi's:
The Big Mix
Original Beat icon Michael McClure, who penned Janis Joplin’s immortal “Mercedes Benz,” and Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who created one of rock’s most memorable instrumental lines (think “Light My Fire”), join forces with saxophonist George Brooks (Summit, Bombay Jazz, Etta James), bassist Rob Wasserman (Lou Reed, Aaron Neville, Rickey Lee Jones), and drummer Jay Lane (Charlie Hunter, Bob Weir) for a evening of sophisticated anti-politics, elegant improvisation, American haiku, and jazz-drenched dharma boogie. (This past summer BIG MIX took the stage in Golden Gate Park for the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love, thrilling the crowd of 80,000 with their performance of "The God I Worship Is a Lion," which was first performed at the Human Be-In in 1967.) 

From David Gans:


Tomorrow is the annual KPFA Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon.
Please pass this info along to your communities everywhere!

Saturday, February 9, 2008, 9 am to 1 am pacific time.

It'll be webcast via http://www.dead.net/kpfa and http://nugs.net and
http://www.gdradio.net and of course http://www.kpfa.org - tune in if
you can, and please spread the word!

Pledge phone numbers: 510-848-5732 and 1--800-439-5732. You can also
pledge online at http://www.kpfa.org/support


The playlist and program notes will be updated in real time at
http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com

We'll be using the DeadNet chat room.

DeadNet is providing some great premiums: Road Trips vol 1 no 2 (Fall
1977); a DeadNet Store gift card; the Vault Box; and they're also
donating 10% of all Dick's Picks sales for the day to KPFA, so it's a
good time to fill in some gaps in your collection. We'll have some
other CDs, books, DVDs, and concert tickets, too.

As for the music, I have some uncirculated live GD from 1972, 1977,
and 1980; highlights of last monday's Deadheads for Obama show (and
the press conference Phil, Bob, and Mickey did before the show); and
more surprises to be determined as I finish my pre-production work
today.



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David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.com
Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
Blog: http://logblog.gdhour.com
Web site: http://www.dgans.com

From David Gans

Greetings from dank, drippy Oakland CA!

It's been a quiet couple of months musically, but I have been busy! The Sirius Satellite Radio gig is great fun ( If you'd like to check it out, can get a free three-day online trial at http://www.sirius.com/gratefuldead - and that's good for all channels, of course!), and I have also been working on several musical projects that (if all goes well) will yield happy results in the year to come.

My Bay Area dance card is filling up all of a sudden, and touring plans for the year are just starting to take shape. I'll post more festival gigs soon, and if all goes well there will be some interesting collaborations as well. And who knows? Maybe even a club tour - it's been a while!

As always, the gig info is kept current at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html

I also post about my performances, along with news of my various creative endeavors and other stuff you might find worthwhile, on my blog Cloud Surfing (formerly known as the logblog).

I hope to see you at one or more of these events. Your help is greatly appreciated - tell your friends about these shows, print out the posters and pass 'em around. Word of mouth is everything in this bizniz!

Fri 2/1, 7:30 pm: Moon News Bookstore, 315 Main Street, Half Moon Bay CA. Free! But of course, it would be great if you bought a book. Some of mine will be available... 650-726-8610 P.S. Wanna help us draw a crowd? Download the poster ( http://www.dgans.com/pressroom/MoonNews_poster.pdf ) , print some out, and spread 'em around. Thanks in advance!

Sun 2/3, 3-4pm: DG, Ira Marlowe and TBA at Songs of Sonoma. Ordinary Miracles, 8280 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati CA. Larry Murante follows at 4pm. Ordinary Miracles, 8280 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati CA. For reservations call 707-795-2462

Sat 2/9, 9am-1am PST: The annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon! WE'll be webcasting via nugs.net, kpfa.org, and possibly dead.net as well. http://dttw.gdhour.com http://www.kpfa.org

Fri 2/15: house concert in Placitas NM. Email david-at-trufun.com for details.

Sun 2/17: Flagstaff Brewing Company, 16 E Route 66, Flagstaff AZ. Details TBA. http://www.flagbrew.com

Fri 2/22, 8pm: David Gans, Ira Marlowe, and Mario DeSio at The Belrose Theatre, 1415 5th Ave, San Rafael. Tickets: 415-389-5072 or http://www.MurphyProductions.com Poster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans/2207675185/

Sat 2/23, 9:30am-1:30pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, at Lake Park and Grand Avenues in Oakland. Free! http://www.splashpad.org

Sat 3/8, 7:30pm: David Gans, Mario DeSio, Vanessa Lowe, and Wendy Beckerman at Spud's, 3290 Adeline, Berkeley.

Wed 3/12, 8pm: Rubber Souldiers (Chris Rowan, Lorin Rowan, David Gans, Paul Knight) play Beatle songs and other favorites at Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Bl, Fairfax. No cover! Poster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans/2219645889/

Sat 3/15, 8pm: Left Coast Concert Series presents Celebrating Songwriters: Caren Armstrong, David Gans, + TBA Left Coast Cyclery, 2928 Domingo, Berkeley. Tix: 510-204-8552 or http://www.leftcoastcyclery.com/concerts.htm

March 27-30: Suwannee SpringFest at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak FL. http://www.magmusic.com

Sat 4/12: Benefit for Greenaction at the Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA. Details TBA. http://www.greenaction.org

Mon 4/14, 6:40-8:30pm: David plays live on KWMR (90.5 Pt. Reyes Station, 89.3 Bolinas, kwmr.org) with host The Hippie from Olema. Fund-raiser for the station: http://www.kwmr.org

Fri 4/18, 9:30pm: The Old Western Saloon, Pt Reyes Station. http://www.myspace.com/oldwesternsaloon

David Gans be airing his 12/19 interview with Mark on KPFA Wednesday evening (January 2) between 8 and 9pm PST. Streaming online at http://www.kpfa.org
You may shop for DG merch at David Gans at www.zazzle.com/davidgans