DAVID GANS
Gans, the author (or co-author) of five books and host of nationally-syndicated radio programs The Grateful Dead Hour and Tales from the Golden Road, found himself gravitating back toward writing, recording and performing original music, while also forging an onstage persona as an interpreter of the Dead catalogue. He grew to understand how important it had become not only to continue to turn on listeners to the band’s voluminous recorded output via the radio show but also to perpetuate the songbook by reinterpreting the material in his own performances.