KBOO Grateful Dead & Friends

24/07/2024

Phil G here; as many of you Portland folks know, we recently lost a mainstay of our local GD & Friends Community, Chuck Warda.
This coming Saturday, 7/27, we'll be paying tribute to Chuck and his legacy, featuring some of his favorite songs, some of his performances, and some conversations with his friends. It will be both solemn and joyous, just like a Grateful Dead show. Tell your friends to tune in at Noon Pacific on KBOO Community Radio, 90.7 in Portland, streaming at the top of our lungs worldwide www.kboo.fm/listen-now
Tune in!
Photo by Snyder Photography

20/07/2024

Live jazz chat right here during our abbreviated broadcast today.

20/07/2024

It's been a LONG time since Jerry was anyone's warm-up act, but tomorrow it will happen once again.

Noon PDT at 90.7 FM or online at kboo.fm/listen

This is an unusual show in that I'm pre-empted for the second hour so we can continue our live broadcast from Portland's Cathedral Park where the 44th annual Cathedral Park Jazz Festival kicks off day two. I typically relinquish the whole time slot, but this year I thought, why not prime the crowd a...

11/07/2024

Herb Green did not die yesterday.

29/06/2024

On Saturday, June 29 at noon: Celebrate the fourth day of July with Grateful Dead and Friends on 90.7 FM KBOO Community Radio Portland, Oregon from noon to 2 pm Pacific time. Live cuts from July 4 shows. WAVE THAT FLAG!

28/06/2024

once again, y'alll, we got hit by bots. we *think* they're gone but we don't tag you with "merch" (telltale sign of spam). feel free, if you see posts like that, to report... thanks for your patience

28/06/2024

https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-grateful-dead/

Sam Grisman Project, Andy Falco and Travis Book, Wake the Dead, and Grahame Lesh share thoughts on what the Dead's songbook means to them, and how they approach it as a living tradition.

24/06/2024

Hi Friends.

Do you want to win a pair of tickets to ShadowGrass playing at McMenamins Mission Theater on Friday June 28th at 8PM?

If so, LIKE, SHARE and TAG a friend in your comment, alsong with your favorite non-GD musical experience.

We will pick 2 winners on Wed 6/26 at 9AM. Winners will be on the guestlist at the show.

Good Luck.

22/06/2024

Phil here
I'm live in the studio. You wanna chat 503-231-8187

22/06/2024

Hey Now, Phil G Here!

This week we're gonna visit the 50th Anniversary of Mars Hotel and Robert Hunter's first Solo album, Tales of the Great Rum Runners.

We'll have some rare tracks, some Live Grateful Dead from 1974, Some JGB from 1976 (including a cut I've NEVER heard before), and, of course, some recent David Nelson Band, celbrating Davids 81st birthday!

you know the drill; 90.7 in Portland, streaming worldwide www.kboo.fm/listen-now
I'll be live in the studio tomorrowm too. Cheers y'all!

Disability Justice: An Everyday Pursuit in Survival Interview with Meghan Schrader on the History of Eugenics and Disability

15/06/2024

I've got an extra full show today, so won't do much talking. But you can type me your comments or questions here for the next ~2 hours.

One thing I particularly enjoy about today's show is that I'm playing songs from nearly every iteration of The Grateful Dead, and across every decade they performed live.

12/06/2024

Okay I've got a serious 'barn-burner' of a show this week, with the return of my palindromes special (which in some selections could be part of PIVOT!). Today I'll touch every decade the band performed.

As you can see below, this will be part 5 (and a possible stopping point); if you missed earlier iterations or just want to listen to them again, click the link and you can access them all.

Tune in Saturday at high Noon PDT at 90.7 FM or online at the link below.

Disability Justice: An Everyday Pursuit in Survival Interview with Meghan Schrader on the History of Eugenics and Disability

12/06/2024

Long distance runner, whatchoo standing there for????
https://www.facebook.com/100063491171505/posts/976173771175653/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

June 12, 1980
Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR

Solid show notable for the eruption of Mount St. Helens during Fire On The Mountain, one of five eruptions during the spring and summer of that year with the largest and most devastating occurring on May 18. Portland, 60 miles to the south, had not been affected previously. On June 12, north winds blew ash southward from an initial eruption at 7:05 pm and a larger one at 9:09 pm, darkening the skies and covering the city in a layer of ash.

"Being a St. Helens-area resident myself, I'm going to leave alone all that Fire on the Mountain voodoo and concentrate on a show review:
"Set 1 - well-played, but like many first sets from '80 there isn't too much that sticks to the bone here. A single listen may do you all right, but it's not a keeper.
"Set 2 - Ah, that S>F magic....Jer loses his way with the lyrics a few times but they really power it up for the latter part - check how he "begins" the song halfway through with that familiar wah-wah riff - this one has, yes, VOLCANO written all over it (OK, couldn't resist just a single jab at the eruption).
"Estimated has a cool follow-up jam, ending a pre-drums set that is pretty awesome; NFA and Black Peter rather rule post-drums.
"So, a shrug-your-shoulders first set, but that second one is a nice keeper - Drums>S>F>Estimated is where it's at. Great sounding AUD, too!"
~doug_the_dude, LMA

Full show audio via Wall of Sound
https://youtu.be/nA4bEm3doG0

Set 1: Alabama Getaway-> Promised Land, Peggy-O-> El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, Far From Me, Althea-> Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance-> Deal

Set 2: Drums-> Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Estimated Prophet-> Drums-> Space-> Not Fade Away-> Black Peter-> Around & Around-> Good Lovin', E: Johnny B. Goode

https://archive.org/details/gd1980-06-12.150005.sbd.phasefix.miller.flac2496

https://archive.org/details/gd1980-06-12.fob.menke.motb-0108.104967.flac16

10/06/2024

07/06/2024

Sun here. I believe I have a good show for you on Saturday. The first half will feature songs written by African American musicians or made popular by them. The music will be performed by Grateful Dead and The Jerry Garcia Band - JGB.

June is Black Music Month as well as celebrating the end of slavery on Juneteenth, which is on June 19th.

2nd half will feature music from Joe Russo's Almost Dead with Branford Marsalis from Red Rocks.

There will also be two ticket giveaways. To win, email [email protected]. In the subject line put which show you’d like to win tickets for and in the body of the email, let me know what song you’d like to hear next month.

The shows to win are:
JAZZ is PHSH playing 7/17 at McMenamins Mission Theater 21+ show

ShadowGrass playing 6/28 at Mission Theater. All Ages show.

Please consider becoming a member of your haven’t by texting KBOO to 44321 and thank you to everyone that helped make the Spring Membership Drive a success.

05/06/2024

You're Welcome

05/06/2024

See also: Grateful Dead

28/05/2024

Hello friends, we got hit with spam bots last night. Phil G did his best to remove them BUT, just in case, unless there's a post from *US* (KBOO Grateful Dead & Friends or KBOO Community Radio) offering merch to benefit KBOO Community Radio, DO NOT CLICK ON IT; it's a) unauthorized and b) SPAM

Thanks and sorry of r any inconvenience the Bot may have caused

27/05/2024

Rest in Power, Bill. The Tallest deadhead ever! https://www.oregonlive.com/nba/2024/05/former-nba-trail-blazers-legend-bill-walton-dead-at-age-71.html?e=285f50db7b9e299ba4ea7374d2b6db01&lctg=5e8c7d390bbeac2af433f7ae&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Former%20NBA%2C%20Trail%20Blazers’%20legend%20Bill%20Walton%20dead%20at%20age%2071&utm_term=Newsletter_breaking_news

The center, who led the Blazers to their only NBA title, died of cancer, the NBA announced Monday morning.

27/05/2024

Heigh-ho the carrion crow!
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"They conducted their study on three carrion crows (Corvus corone), which the researchers trained to produce a variable number of vocalizations, between one and four, upon being shown an arbitrary symbol or audio cue. Once they had produced the requisite number of caws, the crows then had to peck a target to signify that they were done.

All three crows, the researchers found, were able to produce the correct number of caws in response to the cues, with the occasional error mostly presenting as one caw too many or too few."

It's no secret that corvids are capable of some amazing feats of creative and intelligent thinking, but a newly discovered ability has us stunned.

24/05/2024

https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/morning-dew.html?f

The folk singer found success with her 1961 track, though it took decades for her to be awarded full royalties

22/05/2024

Good Ol' Grateful Music For Memorial Day Weekend!!!

Phil G here, this week (5/27) on Grateful Dead and Friends, a couple of cool bits from 1977, versions of songs I've heard a bunch but never like this! Also, some very cool music from Steve Inglis (the Slack key deadhead guitarist who I interviewed a few years back) backed by David Nelson Band from Hawaii in March.

Speaking of David Nelson Band, some hot tracks from their April show in SF. Also, some great music from Dickey Betts' son Duane.

Plus it's the final GDAF of this year's Spring Membership Drive so get out there and Support your community radio station at

In the season of fresh flowers, new life, and hopeful sunshine, we here at KBOO admire the new and respect the turning of time in an endless loop. For over 55 years, K...

18/05/2024

I'm here. Where are you listening?

15/05/2024

Tune in Saturday at Noon PDT for the *official* launch of a broadcast extravaganza entering its sixth year! Sometimes that's just the way it goes.

Behold the Quinquagenary!

Now you say it,

Tune in Saturday at Noon PDT for the *official* launch of a broadcast extravaganza entering its sixth year! Sometimes that's just the way things go. Behold the Quinquagenary! Now you say it,

14/05/2024

And then there's this

Grateful For Biggie - A Musical Fusion Tribute to Notorious B.I.G. & Grateful Dead, performing “Shakedown Street/Hypnotize” (cover-mashup) at Garcia’sin Port...

10/05/2024

Via New Springfield Boogie

10/05/2024

Sun here.

Saturday's show is a fun one for our Spring Membership Drive, celebrating alternative, avant garde and independent community radio that has been serving the area for 55 years. We have a modest goal of $65,000 by May 25th.

We will hearing Jerry Garcia and Merle Saunders playing in '72 and '74. The '72 show is from the Keystone in Berkeley, CA. Happens to be the venue that Jerry played the most shows at with over 200 shows there.

Please consider becoming a member as a monthly donor, whether you can give $5, $10, $100, $1000 a month. It's the most stable funding for KBOO and helps keep us on the air. Did you know less than 10% of listeners are members? Usually it takes around 7 years for a listener to support a station, maybe it's your time now.

Donate by texting KBOO to 44321 or go to bit.ly/kboo

Thank you to everyone that has become a member, has been a member or if you're a regular listener.

In the season of fresh flowers, new life, and hopeful sunshine, we here at KBOO admire the new and respect the turning of time in an endless loop. For over 55 years, K...

01/05/2024

How Dead can you get?

Dead & Company fans can immersive themselves in the 'Dead Forever Experience' when the band takes over Sphere on Las Vegas.