On the upcoming Dead Air, host Chris Towne will be tossing the spotlight on Pig Pen, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. He was a bluesman playing in a psychedelic group. It was Pig Pen who persuaded Jerry Garcia to form an electric band.  And the rest was history.  We’ll be playing […]

On the next edition of The Other Side: Sequestered episode 15 “Muzak & Elevator Music”. I prefer the term furniture music which was coined by composer Erik Satie back in 1917, but sadly that term essentially disappeared soon after. In modern times it is referred to as background music, easy listening and mood music, or perhaps in […]

On this week’s Other Side we feature a recent interview with Nevada County musician and producer Robert Heirendt as we discuss and listen to the recent release of his latest project featuring 17 diverse artists and tracks paying tribute to Bob Dylan’s infamous 1970 Self Portrait album. Below are a series of links where you […]