Northwest String Summit 2016

Breathing

In memory of our hero David Bowie, we are offering a free download of this Yonder Mountain  String Band cover from our New Year's Eve shows. 

"David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personas, died on Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday."

New York Times

"Ziggy Stardust" Covered by Yonder Mountain String Band

Tedeschi and Trucks Band - Bound for Glory - Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT, 7.22.2011

Keller Williams KWahtro ft. Gibb Droll, Danton Boller and Rodney Holmes. Recorded at The Copper Dragon in Carbondale, IL on Jan. 28 2016

Best Feeling  > Open Close 1/28 | The Copper Dragon | Carbondale, IL

Yonder Mountain String Band

Wind's On Fire

Troubled Mind

Angel

Grateful Dead-Liberty (3/17/93) (Capital Centre)

Stealing from the Faulty Plan

Dusty Mountain

Help > Slipknot - Grateful Dead

GarciaLive Volume 13: September 16th, 1989 Poplar Creek Music Theatre

Tangled Up in Blue (Live) [feat. Jerry Garcia & Clarence Clemons]

Yonder Mountain String Band "Complicated" Live at KDHX 12/30/10

DESCRIPTION: We explore how “Easy Wind” was the only song on Workingman’s Dead sung by Pigpen and the first Dead tune solely written by lyricist Robert Hunter, featuring rarely heard radio promo spots recorded by Hunter.

GUESTS: Bob Matthews, Rhoney Stanley, Eric Schwartz, Gary Lambert, David Lemieux, Mike Johnson, Brian Kehew

Easy Wind supplementary notes
By Jesse Jarnow

Eric Schwartz hosts KNON’s Lone Star Dead, the longest-running Grateful Dead radio show on the radio. He is also a collector of almost all things Grateful Dead. His collection of incredibly rare vinyl, yearbooks, and other Dead artifacts is viewable here.

Andy Zax has done some fantastic archival work researching Warner Brothers’ radio advertising spots in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, which he presented at the 2010 Pop Conference, which can be heard here. The spots were most often written by Stan Cornwyn and voiced by David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre, the radio surrealists that influenced the Bozos and Bolos of Europe ‘72. 

Jon McIntire was the Grateful Dead manager responsible for putting Robert Hunter on the band’s payroll in the spring of 1970, just as they were finishing up Workingman’s Dead, He passed away in 2012. Dennis McNally wrote a touching memorial and Robert Hunter himself contributed a poem, both readable here.

The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast - Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 7 - Easy Wind

4. What the Night Brings

Hailing from the river town of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, HHG plays something like progressive high-energy Old-Time folk music. With strong roots in old-time and bluegrass, the band has formed it's own unique style born from the diverse musical backgrounds and interests of the five friends who make up the band. All born and raised in the great state of Wisconsin, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades began playing music and their earliest shows in the spring of 2009. Since then, the band has shared the stage with the Infamous Stringdusters,Yonder Mountain String Band, Charlie Parr, Pert Near Sandstone, Art Stevenson and Highwater,.357 String Band, The Big Wu, and many more. Being mostly inspired by rivers, valleys, good friends, and good drink, this five piece is as sturdy as any midwest riverbed and will make your toes tape from sundown to sunrise.

Breathing

Horseshoes & HandGrenades

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