It’s Jerry Garcia’s birthday week, which means lots of music, tie-dyed T-shirts and other, uh, stuff will be on display at meadows and valleys around the Bay, with the annual concert Sunday at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park.
But who knew the late Grateful Dead leader had such a big following in Jerusalem?
Laurie Armstrong, vice president of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, forwarded news that it was contacted as a potential sponsor for a nine-day tribute to Garcia by Radio Free Nachlaot, which touts itself as “the Jewish world’s most popular new Internet radio station broadcasting live 24/6 from Jerusalem.” (My guess is that on the seventh day, they rest.)
The “9 days of Jerry” event invites listeners to “Deadicate” music and playlists to friends and to contribute remembrances of Garcia during the marathon. By the way, Nachlaot, we’re told, is Jerusalem’s coolest neighborhood
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner
also Radio Free Nachlaot
Who’d a thunk?! :left:
I can listen to the Dead all day long………………. :sing: archive.org has boatloads of it.
I’ll check it out.
Visit http://www.radiofreenachlaot.com for more about The 9 Days of Jerry – which has already started for us, we’re in Jerusalem’s coolest neighborhood – Nachlaot is to Jerusalem what Greenwich Village is to NY – listen to us via the media player of your choice on our web site or thru iTunes Radio (under the “International/World” category) visit the 9 Days of Jerry Event page at http://9daysofjerry.blogspot.com and join our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Free-Nachlaot/193229687862?ref=search
okey dokey! 🙂