Author and Musician David Gans released both a new album, It’s a Hand-Me-Down, and a new book, This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead, last November, and he will be supporting the releases with a few New York-area shows next month.

On May 4, Gans will perform with the Broken Angels at Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, and at the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music on May 5. The latter show will also feature fellow author and Relix contributing editor Jesse Jarnow holding a talk for his book Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America. Gans will then return to Garcia’s on May 11.

Tickets for the Garcia’s performances are available here and here, and for the Jalopy performance here.