Inkwell: Authors and Artists

    
That's my day job.
  

    
My 3/26/11 Rollinsville CO show is currently the #1 download at Festivalink!

<http://flink.livedownloads.com/home.asp>
  

    


Happy holy daze, everybody!

I've got a show in the South Bay tomorrow night, sharing the stage with my
good friends Jeff Pehrson (The Fall Risk) and Mario DeSio (The Secret
Identities) at Don Quixote's in Felton (see below for details).  We did this
last week at the Ashkenaz and had a ball (I opened the show solo and sat in
with both bands).

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Just released:  My solo electric show of 3/26/11 at the Stage Stop in
Rollinsville CO (opening for Moonalice) is now available from Festivalink in
MP3, FLAC, or CD.  You can audition it and (I hope) buy it at
http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=6977

This show is also available from livedownloads.com, which offers CD on demand
and also individual tracks.  I recommend "Quarter to Five (For Tina Loney)"
and the first released version of "Therapy Blues" (co-written with Joe Rut).
http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music/0,6977/David-Gans-mp3-flac-
download-3-26-2011-The-Stage-Stop-Rollinsville-CO.html

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Here is the schedule as it stands today.  More shows to be added soon!

Friday, December 16, 8pm: The Fall Risk, The Secret Identities, and DG at Don
Quixote's International Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton CA.
http://www.donquixotesmusic.info/

Wednesday, January 4, 8pm: Rubber Souldiers at the Iron Springs Pub and
Brewery in Fairfax CA. No cover! Great food and drink.

Thursday, January 5, 9:00 pm: Rubber Souldiers at The Ashkenaz, 1317 San
Pablo Ave, Berkeley CA. with Robin Sylvester on bass, Peter Lavezzoli on
drums, and J. Raoul Brody on keyboards!

Saturday, January 7, 8:30 pm: Rubber Souldiers at Rancho Nicasio, in
beautiful west Marin CA. with Robin Sylvester on bass, Peter Lavezzoli on
drums, and J. Raoul Brody on keyboards!

Saturday, January 14, 2-3:45 pm: Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, Fairfax CA.
Free! (But you have to eat and/or drink, of course.)

Sunday, January 22, 9am to 1pm: Marin Farmers' Market, at the Marin Civic
Center in San Rafael CA. Free! Great produce and prepared foods, too.

Saturday, February 4, 9 am to 1 am: the annual KPFA Grateful Dead fund-
raising marathon. Webcast all over the universe! Details to come.

Friday, February 10: House concert in Placitas NM. Email me for info.

Saturday, February 11: Top Dead Center and DG at Low Spirits, 2823 2nd Street
NW, Albuquerque NM. 505-344-9555. http://www.lowspiritslive.com

Sunday, February 12: House concert in Flagstaff, Arizona. Potluck dinner at
4, music at 6. Email me for details/reservations.

Monday, February 13: Normal Bean, DG, and Top Dead Center at the Rialto
Theater, 318 E. Congress St., Tucson AZ. Tickets: $10 for Rialto and KXCI
members, $12 general public (and at the door)

July 19-22, 2012: Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT.
http://www.govibes.com

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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 CDs are available at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dgans

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





David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.com
Blog:  http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com
Music: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dgans
  

    

New release:

DESERT WIND, ROLLIN' RIVER
<http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7136>
  

    

Now downloading.
  

    

Thanks!

More info (including song list) here:
<http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/5094>
  

    
David and Eric, together again!
  

    

Very nice.
  

    


BTW, the initial announcement was for FLAC and MP3 only, but they have now
added the CD option.

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

    

Tennessee Jedi perform "New Speedway Boogie":

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWukFNpNx8M>
  

    
Looks and sounds great, almost like I'm hiding im the corner. 
  

    
Good day, friends!

Tonight is the public debut of the Sycamore Slough String Band! This is an
acoustic quartet doing Grateful Dead-ish music, with Bay Area bluegrass
luminary David Thom on mandolin, "Fiddle Dave" Muhlethaler, and Roger Sideman
on bass.

We posted a clip of "New Speedway Boogie" from our first rehearsal in the
Dead Covers Project - please visit <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoZfxawvKeQ>
and click on LIKE!

Our new web site is (blessedly short URL) <http://s3b.us> , and you can find us
on Facebook at <http://www.facebook.com/SycamoreSlough>.

On Monday we will finish mixing a CD's worth of material, which we are
planning to release soon via <http://festivalink.net (where I recently 
released a live show recorded 3/26/11, and "Desert Wind, Rollin' River" 
- a duo record with my dear friend Eric Rawlins).

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The gig schedule is filling in nicely, and I am expecting to have a couple of
new festival appearances to announce very soon.


THE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, February 23, 8pm: Sycamore Slough String Band at Murphy's Pub, 464
First St. East, Sonoma CA. 707.935.0660

Wednesday, February 29: Sycamore Slough String Band opens for Greensky
Bluegrass at Sweetwater in Mill Valley CA

FLORIDA IN MARCH:
Thursday, March 8: Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa FL with John
Zias et al.
Friday, March 9: TBA
Saturday, March 10: 8th Avenue Pub, 103 8th Ave N, Safety Harbor FL with John
Zias et al.
Sunday, March 11, 4pm: The Ale and the Witch, 111 Second Ave NE, St
Petersburg FL with John Zias et al. Roy Jay Band opens.
Monday, March 12: house concert in Boca Raton FL. Email me for info and
reservations.
Tuesday, March 13: solo electric show at 8th Avenue Pub, 103 8th Ave N,
Safety Harbor FL

Saturday, March 31, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm: Grand Lake Farmers' Market, across
from the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland CA. No cover! Great produce, prepared
foods, etc.

Saturday, April 7, 9 am to 1 pm: Hayward Farmers' Market, Hayward City Hall
Plaza, at 777 B Street. Free! Great produce, prepared foods, etc.

Wednesday, April 18, 8pm: Sycamore Slough String Band at Iron Springs Pub and
Brewery, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax CA. No cover!

Friday, April 27: Grandpa Banana's Band and Sycamore Slough String Band at
Aubergine After Dark, Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol CA. 707-827-3460

Friday, May 4: French Broad River Festival, Hot Springs NC

July 4-7: Grateful Fest at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson/Garrettsville OH

July 19-22, 2012: Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT.
http://www.govibes.com

August 17-18: A Bear's Picnic, Laurelton PA http://www.abearspicnic.com

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My performance schedule is posted at <http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html> and
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/>
  

    
Congrats on the new band project!
  

    


DESERT WIND, ROLLIN' RIVER
David Gans and Eric Rawlins
aka <tnf> and <woodman>
Acoustic guitars and vocals only

Recorded by Stephen Barncard

Now available in high-res!

<https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD0639444120
94>
  

    


FIRST REHEARSALS, the debut of Sycamore Slough String Band, is now available
for sale from festivalink.net at
<http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7293>

> Sycamore Slough String Band is an acoustic quartet founded on a mutual love
> of Grateful Dead music. Instigator David Gans had the brilliant idea of
> holding the band's first rehearsals in a recording studio in order to cap-
> ture the magic that everyone knew would transpire. The song list has al-
> ready jumped the fence into other works, but the repertoire will remain
> Deadcentric for the most part. The Dead's "concerted sense of quest" in-
> forms SSSB's musical interactions, and a powerful vocal ensemble rides high
> atop those grooves. These tracks are a little rough around the edges, as
> first rehearsals tend to be, but the ground has been broken on what is al-
> ready proving to be a fertile and fruitful musical collaboration.

New Speedway Boogie
Scarlet Begonias
Bird Song
Midnight Moonlight
Cassidy->
Within You Without You->
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Jackaroe
Stella Blue
Row Jimmy


Available in FLAC (CD quality), MP3, and CD on demand.  Soon to be
offered in 96/24 via HDTracks, too.
  

    <scribbled by tnf Thu 29 Mar 12 16:27>
  

    


HDTracks just put "First Rehearsals" by the Sycamore Slough String Band up in
audiophile quality (96/24):
<https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD0639444121
17>


David Gans - guitar and vocals
David Thom - mandolin, guitar and vocals
Fiddle Dave Muhlethaler - fiddle, mandolin and vocals
Roger Sideman - bass

Sycamore Slough String Band is an acoustic quartet founded on a mutual love
of Grateful Dead music. Instigator David Gans had the brilliant idea of
holding the band's first rehearsals in a recording studio in order to capture
the magic that everyone knew would transpire. The song list has already
jumped the fence into other works, but the repertoire will remain Dead-
centric for the most part. The Dead's "concerted sense of quest" informs
SSSB's musical interactions, and a powerful vocal ensemble rides high atop
those grooves. These tracks are a little rough around the edges, as first
rehearsals tend to be, but the ground has been broken on what is already
proving to be a fertile and fruitful musical collaboration.

New Speedway Boogie
Scarlet Begonias
Bird Song
Midnight Moonlight
Cassidy->
Within You Without You->
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Jackaroe
Stella Blue
Row Jimmy


Available in FLAC (CD quality), MP3, and CD on demand from festivalink.net
<http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7293>
Audiophile 96/24 from HDTracks
<https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD0639444121
17>


Video clips:
"New Speedway Boogie" - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoZfxawvKeQ>
"Jackaroe" - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY8tyO-_7Ik>

More info on SSSB at <http://www.sycamoresloughstringband.com>
  

    

Hello, friends! This month is all about Sycamore Slough String Band in the
Bay Area, but my schedule for spring and summer is starting to fill up nicely
with festivals. I'll add more house concerts and club gigs in and around the
big events; stay tuned.

For those who haven't heard us yet, 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, "Fiddle Dave" Muhlethaler, and bassist Roger Sideman. Everybody
sings! 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

We hope to be able to tour with this thing eventually!

Readers of this list who are outside the Bay Area can check out SSSB on
Thursday, May 26, 7pm PDT - we're doing a live webcast from TRI Studios.
http://www.tristudios.com

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/


THE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, April 12: Boris Garcia and Sycamore Slough String Band at the
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley CA

Friday, April 13: Boris Garcia and Sycamore Slough String Band at Don
Quixote's International Music Hall, Felton CA

Wednesday, April 18, 8pm: Sycamore Slough String Band at Iron Springs Pub and
Brewery, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax CA. No cover!

Thursday, April 26, 7pm PDT: Sycamore Slough String Band performs live at TRI
Studios. Free stream at http://www.tristudios.com

Friday, April 27, 9pm: Grandpa Banana's Band and Sycamore Slough String Band
at Aubergine After Dark, Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol CA. 707-827-3460

Sunday, April 29, 4-7pm: Sycamore Slough String Band and Ragged Glory at the
Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA. All ages! Sliding scale
$6-10

Thursday, May 3, 10 pm: DG and Friends (Bobby Miller, Jay Sanders) and Galen
Kipar Project at the One-Stop Deli and Bar, 31 Patton Avenue, Asheville NC.
$5, 21+
Friday, May 4: French Broad River Festival, Hot Springs NC
Saturday, May 5, 9 pm: DG and Bobby Miller at the Moonshadow Tavern, 3976
Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker GA. $5. 678-879-0808
Sunday, May 6, 4-6pm: DG and Bobby Miller at Luella's Bar-B-Que, 501 Merrimon
Ave., Asheville. No cover!

Friday, May 27: Champaign IL. Benefit for WEFT community radio. Details TBA
Saturday, May 28: Summer Camp Festival, Chillicothe IL
Sunday, May 29: House concert in Vernon Hills IL (near Chicago). Potluck
dinner at 6, music at 7:30. Suggested donation $15

Thursday, June 7, 8pm: DG and Garrin Benfield at the Freight and Salvage, 202
Addison Street, Berkeley

Sunday, July 1: Love Fest in the Midwest, Omaha NE

July 4-7: Grateful Fest at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson/Garrettsville OH

July 19-22, 2012: Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT.
http://www.govibes.com

August 17-18: A Bear's Picnic, Laurelton PA http://www.abearspicnic.com

August 31-September 3: Dark Star Jubilee at Legend Valley, Thornville OH.
Dark Star Orchestra, 7 Walkers, Mickey Hart Band, Donna the Buffalo, and many
more.

September 6-9: Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival, Harrodsburg KY
http://www.terrapinhillfarm.com/festival/

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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/>
  

    

SYcamore Slough String Band sang "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" for
Levon Helm last night at Iron Springs Pub:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn_XGh_Xbug>
  

    

The Dedicated Maniacs have been doing my song "Headin' Home Already."

<http://ia600800.us.archive.org/0/items/dm2012-03-11/dm2012-03-11d01t02.mp3>
  

    

Sycamore Slough String Band's FREE LIVE WEBCAST happens TONIGHT,
7-8 pm PDT at <http://www.tristudios.com>

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, "Fiddle Dave" Muhlethaler, and
bassist Roger Sideman. Everybody sings!

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>
  

    

The Sycamore Slough String Band's debut CD, "First Rehearsals," is now
available the old-fashioned way: on CD by direct mail.

<http://sycamoresloughstringband.com/?page_id=132>

Also available via download in a variety of formats:
<http://flink.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=7293>
  

    

TONIGHT!!!

Thursday, June 7, 8pm: DG and Garrin Benfield at the Freight and Salvage, 2020
Addison Street, Berkeley. http://www.freightandsalvage.org/david-gans-garrin-
benfield . Live webcast! http://www.concertwindow.com/thefreight

Garrin and I played live on Sing Out! with Larry Kelp last night.  Starts
just a few minutes into this archive: <http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/81252>
  

    
Sad I always miss these.
  

    
Gee, tonight at the Freight...  I have all this work to do, but that
sounds so great.