The Grateful Dead Hour and Dead to the World radio host David Gans announces that auction items for the 29th annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon are now at the starting gate! Auction items may be viewed at: http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/tag/kpfamarathon2015

There will be awesome artifacts such as a collectible Jerry Garcia bobblehead, rare black & white pictures of the Dead by well known music photographers Jim Marshall, Bob Minkin and Bruce Polonsky and three laminated backstage passes from Gans' personal collection including one from the 1991 Grateful Dead Summer tour and many other surprises! Attached is a press release in a word doc format giving details of the auction and jpegs of  Scott "Papa" Lindsey's newest GDM T-shirt design.

Please contact me regarding the possibility of feature stories/interviews, articles, in-studio radio interviews with David Gans regarding The Dead musical archives, history and available auction items for this year's marathon.