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David Gans Discography

This is a discography of recordings that include a contribution by David Gans. The discography is presented with titles grouped according to his involvement.

Additions, corrections and comments are welcome


Solo, group leader or co-leader recordings

info Home By Morning, David Gans and Eric Rawlins, 1997
info Monica Lewinsky, David Gans and The Broken Angels, 1998
info Solo Acoustic, David Gans, 2001
info Live At The Powerhouse, David Gans, 2003
info Solo Electric, David Gans, 2005
info Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares, Various Artists, 2005
info Grateful Fest 6: Friday August 19, 2005, Various Artists, 2006
info Twisted Love Songs, David Gans, 2007
info The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, David Gans, 2008
info House Concert, Club Meg, Missoula, MT, September 4, 2010, David Gans, 2010
info Life Is A Jam, David Gans, 2010
info Desert Wind, Rollin' River, David Gans & Eric Rawlins, 2011
info Cruise Tunes: Zebra Bar, 01.06.2011, David Gans, 2011
info Cruise Tunes: Solar Stage, 01.08.2011, David Gans, 2011
info Solo Electric: Janice and Al's House, Boca Raton: 01.10.2011, David Gans, 2011
info The Stage Stop, Rollinsville, CO March 26, 2011, David Gans, 2011
info First Rehearsals, Sycamore Slough String Band, 2012
info You Are Here, David Gans, 2015
info It's a Hand-Me-Down, David Gans, 2015
info Chocolate Coffee Pot, Chocolate Coffee Pot, 2016
info Drop the Bone, David Gans, 2017
info Drop the Bone Bonus Disc, David Gans, 2017
info 11/17/18, Fragile Thunder Duo, 2019
info The Town That Still Believes in Magic, Scott Guberman and David Gans with Robin Sylvester and Greg Anton, 2019
info One Afternoon Long Ago, Fragile Thunder, 2019
info Home Sweet Home, David Gans, 2019

Playing contributions to other recordings

info Those Who Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It, Henry Kaiser, 1988
info Alternate Versions, Henry Kaiser, 1989
info Eternity Blue, Henry Kaiser, 1995
info Might as Well...The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead, The Persuasions, 2000
info Gratefully Yours, Jim Hudak, 2001
info Grateful Fest 6: Friday August 19, 2005, Various Artists, 2006
info At Fine Arts Center, UMass, Amherst, MA 11/16/07, The American Beauty Project, 2009
info Just Watching the Show, Joe Burke & the Watery Parts, 2017
info Cut The Dead Some Slack, Stephen Inglis, 2018

Technical/production contributions to other recordings

info Grateful Dead Ante Up: The Built To Last Interview, Grateful Dead, 1989
info The Sweet Sunny North: Henry Kaiser and David Lindley in Norway, Henry Kaiser/David Lindley/Various Artists, 1994
info The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead, Various Artists, 1995
info The Siamese Stepbrothers, The Siamese Stepbrothers, 1995
info It's Not My Fault, Problem Child/John Cipollina, 1996
info Archive Alive, Brewer & Shipley, 1997
info Archive Alive, Nils Lofgren, 1997
info Archive Alive, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 1997
info White Elephants And Golden Ducks, Various Artists, 1997
no info Peggy The Pistol, Ken Kesey, 1997
info Smarty Pants, Mary Schmary, 1998
info Pat Waing: Magic Drum Circle Of Burma, Kyaw Kya Naing, 1998
info Sandaya: The Spellbinding Piano Of Burma, U Yee Nwe, 1998
info Yo Miles!, Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith, 1998
info O Solo Drumbo, John French, 1998
info So Many Roads (1965-1995), Grateful Dead, 1999
info Passwords, Henry Kaiser / Paul Plimley / Danielle DeGruttola, 1999
info Sing Out For Seva, Various Artists, 1999
info Help Us Get High, Various Artists, 1999
info Stolen Roses, Various Artists, 2000
no info Green Tea Leaf Salad: Unique Flavors Of Burmese Music, Various Artists, 2000
info Might as Well...The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead, The Persuasions, 2000
info Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour, Grateful Dead, 2000
info The Guitar Lesson, Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser, 2000
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001
info Postcards Of The Hanging, Grateful Dead, 2002
info The Social/Science Set, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs, et al, 2002
no info Heavy Meta, Greg Goodman / Henry Kaiser / Lukas Ligeti, 2002
info All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, Jerry Garcia / Jerry Garcia Band, 2004
info Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, NYC, 10/31/87, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band/Jerry Garcia Band, 2004
info Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, The Best Of The Rest, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band/Jerry Garcia Band, 2004
info Live From Berkeley, Various Artists, 2005
info Pure Jerry: Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989, JGB, 2005
info Well Matched: The Best Of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, 2006
no info The Sigh Of Silver Strings From Suvannabhumi: The Western Stringed Instruments Of Burma, Various Artists, 2015
info Just Watching the Show, Joe Burke & the Watery Parts, 2017

Contribution to liner notes

info Dark Star - The Music of the Grateful Dead, David Murray, 1996
info Stolen Roses, Various Artists, 2000
info So Many Roads (1965-1995), Grateful Dead, 1999
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001
info Postcards Of The Hanging, Grateful Dead, 2002
info Beyond Description, Grateful Dead, 2004
info American Beauty (Dualdisc), Grateful Dead, 2004
info Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings, Grateful Dead, 2008
info Let It Rock: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Keystone Berkeley '75, JGB, 2009
info Garcia Live: Volume One: March 1st 1980 Capitol Theatre, Jerry Garcia Band, 2012
info Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings, Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia, 2012
info Garcia Live: Volume Five: December 31st, 1975, Keystone, Berkeley, Jerry Garcia Band, 2014

Thanked in liner notes

info Grayfolded : Transitive Axis, Grateful Dead / John Oswald, 1994
info Grayfolded : Mirror Ashes, Grateful Dead / John Oswald, 1995
info Out On The Rolling Sea, Various Artists, 1995
info Grayfolded, Grateful Dead / John Oswald, 1996
info Second Sight, Second Sight, 1996
info Fallout From The Phil Zone, Grateful Dead, 1997
info Another Stoney Evening, David Crosby and Graham Nash, 1998
info The Pizza Tapes, Garcia, Grisman and Rice, 2000
info Around The Fire Soundtrack, Various Artists, 2000
info Thunder And Lightnin', Dark Star Orchestra, 2003
info Now & Then, The Rowan Brothers, 2004
info Garcia Plays Dylan, Jerry Garcia Band / Grateful Dead, 2005
info The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia, 2006

Books

info Playing in the Band : An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, David Gans, 1985
info Conversations With the Dead : The Grateful Dead Interview Book, David Gans, 1991
info Not Fade Away: The Online World Remembers Jerry Garcia, 1995
info Garcia, Editors of Rolling Stone, 1996
info The Grateful Dead Reader (Readers on American Musicians), Dodd/Spaulding, 2000
info The Easiest Best Thing Is Be Kind, Deadheads for Darfur, Ed. M. Luke Myers, 2007
info This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, 2015

Last updated October 2016