Dead to the World

Dead to the World

8:00 PM Pacific Time: Wednesdays

Dead to the World features the music of the Grateful Dead and the wide world of musics that inspired the Dead — folk, jazz, blues, rock, country, noise, and more — and the musicians who were inspired by the Dead. Live performances from the KPFA Studio are featured as often as possible, and host Tim Lynch — like emeritus host David Gans before him — enjoys interviewing creative people as well as sharing their works.

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Dead to the World

Dead to the World – November 7, 2018

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The Ace of Cups drop by with their long-overdue debut album (overdue by fifty years!). Did you know Denise Kaufmann was “Mary Microgram” in Tom Wolfe’s account of the Pranksters, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test? All this and more. Fellow Prankster Wavy Gravy joins the fun too. Hosted by Tim Lynch.

Dead to the World

Dead to the World – October 31, 2018

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We chat with mandolin great Sam Bush about the documentary about his career, Revival: The Sam Bush Story, and spin some tracks by him with and without the New Grass Revival. Then some Grateful Dead recorded on 10/31/91 with Quicksilver’s Gary Duncan on guitar and Ken Kesey eulogizing Bill Graham (who had died less than … Continued