Posts by Dave Goodwich

The latest installment of the Grateful Dead’s weekly archival stream Shakedown Stream will feature the group’s 12/31/78 concert at San Fransisco’s Winterland Arena. Previously released as The Closing of Winterland – these shows were the last to ever be performed at the famed venue – this three-set New Year’s Eve affair contains a litany of […]

The latest installment of Phish’s weekly archival livestream video series Dinner And A Movie features the October 28, 2016 show from Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena. This show – the opening night of Phish’s four-night Halloween run which saw the group perform David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders […]

This week’s edition of The Grateful Dead’s recurring YouTube series “All The Years Live” features the Garcia/Hunter gem “Sugaree.” Yet another track from the group’s legendary October 18, 1974 show at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco to be culled for the weekly series (this marks the third selection from the 10/18 show and the […]

Since their formation in 2015, Dead & Company has not been shy about plumbing the depths of the Grateful Dead’s legendary songbook. The latest “official” Grateful Dead spin-off band – featuring original members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann and augmented by John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge & Jeff Chimenti – has performed nearly 130 […]

The latest installment of the Grateful Dead’s weekly (Friday) archival stream Shakedown Stream features a previously unreleased concert from June 11, 1993 at Buckeye Lake in central Ohio. This show, which represents the third episode of the series, features a healthy mix of old material (“Jack Straw”, “Eyes of the World”, “Black Peter”) alongside several […]

The latest episode of “The Roundup”, a newly established weekly livestream series from Rounder Records hosted by alt-country singer-songwriter Otis Gibbs, featured bluegrass marvel Billy Strings performing an intimate solo acoustic set from his dining room on April 19th. Armed with a new Preston Thompson OM (Orchestra Model) guitar, the talented musician opened the five-song […]

The latest installment of Phish’s weekly archival livestream video series Dinner And A Movie features the July 9, 2019 show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. This show, which marks the series fifth episode, was originally simulcast on SiriusXM and contains a litany of highlights including a surprising show-opening bustout of The Apples in […]

Bluegrass phenom Billy Strings is the latest to join the rapidly growing cadre of musicians offering their services to the quarantined masses via online streaming as the prodigious musician has announced a free stream of never before seen video footage from a pair of shows with Grammy award-winning fiddler Michael Cleveland. The more than 50-minute […]

The latest installment of the Grateful Dead’s recurring YouTube series All The Years Live features another late-era Garcia/Hunter gem, “Foolish Heart” from the June 11, 1993 concert at the Buckeye Lake Music Center (now known as Legend Valley) in central Ohio. Introduced at a 1988 concert and then recorded on Built to Last the following […]

One of the more inspiring and heart-warming trends that have developed as we attempt to navigate through these remarkably uncertain times is that of artists taking to social media and other online avenues to share their music with fans. From grainy footage of live solo performances filmed on a smartphone to full band concerts hosted […]