Jerry Garcia’s Name-Claiming Journey Beyond the Grateful Dead
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Dawn of the NRPS
I am sure you have already pre-ordered, as I just did, but just in case, here’s link to the upcoming Owsley Stanley Foundation (OSF) release called “Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage”. I cannot freaking wait to hear this! https://owsleystanleyfoundation.org/bears-sonic-journals/dawn-of-the-new-riders-of-the-purple-sage/
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ca. November 1-2, 1970 fragments
Having just posted on Janis’s wake, which is said to have taken place on 10/26/70, I find myself wanting to at least take a stand on a few other gigs which have left me a little befuddled over the years. The first involves a “First Annual San Francisco Halloween Marathon Festival of the Performing Arts”,…
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Pearl’s Wake
Around November 3, 1970 the Associate Press (AP) had an item in lots of papers noting that Janis Joplin had left $2,500 in her will for a big ol’ celebration of her life after her passing. Invitations went out reading “The drinks are on Pearl”, and it happened at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo.…
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MTV Interview, June 2, 1983
I don’t know where this would have taken place, but the date of June 2, 1983 seems right, in between shows at the venerable Roseland Ballroom on 52nd Street and promoter John Scher’s main room, the Capitol Theatre in Passaic outside of Philly. I have gotten direct quotes on the Garcia-on-the-side (GOTS) material, and sketchily…
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Where Was Garcia on May 29, 1987?
As I have noted, Garcia’s final Keystone Family gigs before jumping ship to Wolfgang as his permanent and exclusive hometown promoter took place at the end of May 1987, as In the Dark was getting huge. The big fella would play very few club gigs after the Wednesday (27th)-Thursday (28th) and Saturday (30th)-Sunday (31st) Stone shows.…
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Emerge and See: Hunter Hosting Garcia at the Cellar Door – May 15, 1978 (DISCONFIRMED)
update 20210526: this seems not to have happened. David Kramer-Smythe reached out to David Morgenstern, who was with Comfort at this time. He remembered this gig for other reasons, but said Garcia definitely did not join, and that, in fact, Garcia never sat in with Comfort. So this is one of those cases of ….…
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Help Us Out
Head over to Nick’s place and render judgment on the appropriateness of the title “Merl’s Tune” for the Garciaverse tune by that name, versus the titular line of this post.
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JG-HOST: Garcia hosting other musicians
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17wXtgegY_SfHpa609QibCj-RPdoRoRN6p-cdU2D8w5o/edit?usp=sharing Have at it. You will see some ambiguities around guest vs. membership. I am happy to receive any thoughts or comments you might have.
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9/9/72 Other One
Holy guacamole, the 9/9/72 Other One is a MONSTER. https://archive.org/details/gd1972-09-09.sbd.miller.105458.flac16/gd72-09-09d3t01.flac Two flamboyant snaps up.
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Major New Piece of Instrument Research
Michael Clem has published a major piece of research into Garcia’s instruments over at LIA’s old stomping grounds. I don’t know gear, and will surely make use of it whenever I have a question about it.