Jerry Garcia’s Name-Claiming Journey Beyond the Grateful Dead

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  • JGMS: Bo Jangle’s, SF, February 11, 1972

    edited, corrected Lost Live Dead and related have inspired me. Sorry to steal your schtick! I don’t get into depth (nor turn a phrase) the way LLD does, but it sure is fun, anyway. So the SF Chronicle is almost certainly loaded with stuff of interest. Unfortunately, unless I am missing something it does not…

  • NRPS: ca. 11/1/1970?

    update: ! seealso: https://jgmf.blogspot.com/2019/11/ca-november-1-2-1970-fragments.html The San Francisco section of the “From the Music Capitals of the World” Feature in the November 21, 1970 issue of Billboard (p. 25, available via Google Books), written by Mary Turner, indicates that the New Riders of the Purple Sage performed at an event called “Marathon 70,” put on by Both/And…

  • 8/28/77 update

    updated–see below In an earlier post I had asked about a show scheduled for Folsom Field at CU-Boulder on August 28, 1977. Turns out it was for a festival known as “Sun Day” (this being Sun Day 3), with the following on the bill: Willie Nelson; Emmylou Harris; Dave Mason; Jerry Jeff Walker; Stillwater; Jerry…

  • NRPS 9/15/71 in NYC?

    A mention in the “From the Music Capitals of the World” feature in Billboard, September 11, 1971, p. 22 says that “Columbia’s New Riders of the Purple Sage play the Manhattan Center Ballroom, Wednesday (15) at 34th St. & 8th Ave.” Hard to know what to make of this. That particular week was a blank…

  • just a reflection

    I love El Dorado Canyon. Driving there today, the Flatirons just seemed to be stretching and reaching for the sky under the brilliant autumn sun. Never particularly noticed how their angling back from town gives them that “reaching” feel. Driving back, just basked in the golden glow. Man it’s nice up there.

  • Fishing Journal: 200911xx, Clear Creek

    Pretty nice water. From Boulder, 93 to 6 to the second bridge. Caught some pretty good-sized (for me) rainbows. Used a little rainbow something-or-other nymph on top and did OK with big green beadheads on the bottom. Needed some split-shot but couldn’t find it, so had to rely on the big fellas just sinking. Was…

  • Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, Ash Grove, May 1973

    There has been a lot of confusion over the years about the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders shows played at the Ash Grove (8162 Melrose Avenue, Santa Monica, CA) in May of 1973. The Jerry Site has listed a pair of shows (early/late) on 5/23 and a pair of shows (early/late) on 5/30. I believe…

  • 8/28/77?

    NB: question resolved, update in separate post. A calendar listing in Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, August 27, 1977, p. 22D, indicates a show on Sunday, August 28, 1977 at Folsom Field in Boulder featuring Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Dave Mason, Jerry Jeff Walker, Stillwater and Jerry Garcia. I am going to check the Denver/Boulder papers for…

  • note to self

    Marble, CO. That is all.

  • Fishing Journal: 20090807: Boulder Creek

    In the Canyon, about 10.5 mi. from the Canyon/Broadway intersection. Maybe two hours. Elk Hair Caddis on top with various nymphs down below. Started slow in some likely-looking water. Thought it was gonna be a dead day. Then started pulling out lots of fishing. Mostly tiny-to-small cutthroats, like this fella: They fight pretty nicely. Deep…