Tag Archives: San Francisco

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival honors its fallen heroes.

October 11, 2012 | Bruce Sylvester | 0

By Bruce Sylvester The spirit of the recently departed hovered above last weekend’s 12th annual totally free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. It especially honored the event’s founder and funder, Warren Hellman. North Carolina … ►

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival founder Warren Hellman dies.

December 20, 2011 | Bruce Sylvester | 0

By Bruce Sylvester Warren Hellman, banjoist in the Wronglers and billionaire angel of San Francisco’s annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, died of complications from leukemia on Dec. 18. Born in Manhattan on July 25, 1934, into a family of investors … ►

Weir recalls the Grateful Dead’s Summer of Love and Haight

October 31, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

You’d think that San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury scene would have been, like, totally happening during the Summer of Love. That’s what rock lore would have you believe, anyway. Not according to The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir. ►

San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is totally free.

September 23, 2011 | Bruce Sylvester | 0

The totally free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park presents major acts as well as relatively unknown but worthy ones. ►

Legacy’s ‘Setlist’ includes Jefferson Airplane

June 2, 2010 | Chris Junior | 2

San Francisco band is part of new concert CD series ►

Tour News: The Grateful Dead announce 2009 arena dates

January 9, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

After months of fan speculation bolstered by an October 2008 performance at the “Change Rocks” concert/rally for Barack Obama in State College, Pa., and three recent viral internet videos with band interviews and performance footage, the Grateful Dead have officially announced tour dates for 2009. This marks the band’s first trek since 2004’s “Wave That Flag” tour. ►