Kanada Kev Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 meeting with the Rhino folksPosted by: "David Gans" david@trufun.comFri Sep 15, 2006 9:04 pm (PST)Posted at http://gdhour.com/logblog/?p=218Last week three guys from Rhino took a bunch of guys from northernCalifornia out for dinner to talk about Grateful Dead music. DavidLemieux, Jeffrey Norman, Gary Lambert, Steve Silberman, Blair Jacksonand I were there, along with Peter McQuaid (former CEO of GDP), HaleMilgrim (longtime Deadhead and veteran music industry exec), andJimmy Edwards, Gregg Goldman, and James Austin of Rhino.It was a great conversation. These guys really want to do justice tothis body of work, and they were warmly receptive to all the ideas wewere batting around.It's way too soon to talk about specifics, and of course it remainsto be seen how much of the talk will be translated into action and,uh, product. But I am optimistic. After decades of dealing with theprofoundly dysfunctional GD organization, I am excited to becommunicating with people who seem to have both a constructive andprofessional mindset and a deep respect for the unique treasurethat's been dropped into their midst.There is no intentional withholding of music - it just took a longtime to complete the business transaction (the details of which werenot revealed at this dinner, of course) and the Rhinoids are notgoing to rush into things.There is (as was hinted at in a recent email from jerrygarcia.com) avery cool release in the works. I can't tell you what it is, but Ican tell you it isn't the 11/73 Winterland set. (I sure hope they getthat out soon - I was there for two of those those!).Stay tuned.BTW, James Austin's first GD show was in LA in 1969 (I can't rememberthe exact date and venue), and he was at the Hollywood Palladium on8/5 and 8/6/71. He counts the 8/6 Palladium show w/ that "Hard toHandle" as one of his all-time favorite live music moments ever.-- David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.comTruth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730Blogs: http://logblog.gdhour.com & http://playback.trufun.comWeb site: http://www.dgans.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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