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September 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter has died – sad news.  He was 78. He occupied an interesting space. He was the primary lyricist for the Grateful Dead and was a silent member but also the heart and soul of the band. Hunter met Jerry Garcia, pre-Dead, when the two were in a bluegrass group. Hunter would go on […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Artist, Bob Dylan, Eulogy, Grateful Dead, HUNTER, Jerry Garcia, Lyricist, Poet, R.I.P., R.I.P. Robert Hunter, songbook, Songwriter, The Grateful Dead, Together Through Life, Writer ·

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August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Fogerty: Excalibur [Reissue]

Tom Fogerty Excalibur Craft Recordings As with the Doug “Cosmo” Clifford reissue Craft Recordings has resuscitated the second solo album by Tom Fogerty – reissued here for the first time on vinyl since it’s original pressing. It’s a charming, low-key affair – mostly Fogerty originals, which we didn’t get to hear much of in his […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album, Album Review, Bill Vitt, CCR, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Cosmo Clifford, Excalibur, Jerry Garcia, John Fogerty, John Kahn, LP, Merl Saunders, Reissue, Tom Fogerty, Tom Fogerty: Excalibur [Reissue], Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 120 – Sam Cutler

Welcome to episode 120 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during their infamous 1969 tour of America, he went on to work for The Grateful Dead. You can see him in a small handful of documentaries focussed on that era […]
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July 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

“Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s

Steve Gunn, American guitar wizard – one of many exciting talents currently cutting their own path away from the early influence of John Fahey – says that once he discovered music he “kinda gave up everything else that was going on as a kid”. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Philadelphia – […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged “Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue", “Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s, Acoustic Guitar, Band, Folk, Guitar, Guitarist, http://www.steve-gunn.com/, Interview, Jazz, Jerry Garcia, John Fahey, Kurt Vile, NZ Tour, On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s, PR, Promo, Raga, Ryley Walker, Sandy Bull, Solo, Steve Gunn ·

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December 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Live Without A Net: Best or Worst – It’s My Favourite Live Album by The Dead

I was thinking, the other day, about The Grateful Dead, specifically the band’s live album from 1990, Without A Net. It might not be a classic, it might in fact be awful – but it’s one of my favourites…it’s one of my favourite live albums, one of my favourite Grateful Dead collections – and for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1989, 1990, Bob Weir, Bootleg, Branford Marsalis, Deadheads, double-album, Jam, Jerry Garcia, Live, Live Without A Net, Live Without A Net: Best or Worst - It's My Favourite Live Album by The Dead, The Grateful Dead, Without A Net ·

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September 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Grateful Dead: The Best of The Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead The Best of The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead/Rhino It’s Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Season if you didn’t already know. It’s also 20 years since Jerry Garcia, spiritual centre of the band, left this world to spiral on elsewhere, down some other tie-dyed highway. The band has played its last ever shows under […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2015, 50th Anniversary, American Beauty, Best Of, Compilation, Double, Jerry Garcia, St. Stephen, Terrapin Station, The Best of The Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead, Touch of Grey, Workingman's Dead ·

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