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

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  • Kicking off the January ’86 Garcia/Kahn acoustic tour

    LN jg1986-01-24.jgjk.all.aud-CC.138168.flac1644 A huge bulge of heretofore elusive Garcia tape from the late 70s and especially the 80s has been hitting cyberspace. I don’t have much time for this, just a few scattered notes laying down some markers for eventual discussion of the tour. First, a tour snapshot. Snapshot of the January ’86 Garcia/Kahn acoustic…

  • Dead and the Allmans

    47 years ago today.

  • Acoustic at the Denver Rainbow – JGJK, May 23, 1985 (late show)

    LN jg1985-05-23.jgjk.late.aud.137966.flac1644 These shows have been very elusive, and the early show still has not made a digital appearance. Standard “Rock Bottom Era” take: croaking vocals and very good (acoustic) guitar picking. The one plus of the acoustic setting is that he can sing quietly, which works well on a relative rarity like “She Belongs…

  • The Twin Keys Quintet: JGB, The Stone, February 23, 1981 (Monday)

    LN  jg1981-02-23.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 which became  jg1981-02-23.jgb.s1s2p.aud-CC.138135.flac1644 Andrew F. is transcribing the Closet Call tapes. What follows is from my deprecated transfer, with some updated details about Andrew’s shnid’d version mixed-in. Funny that I found this show so bland, because I loved 2/22/81 when it first hit the streets. “I have absolutely nothing of note to say.…

  • During Gaylord’s Second Stint: JGB at the Stone, October 14, 1985 (Monday)

    These may be the shortest two JGB sets ever played. Gaylord Birch drumming. See also “The December ’85 Garcia Band Shows“ LN jg1985-10-14.jgb.all.aud.138028.flac1644 Jerry Garcia Band The Stone 412 BroadwaySan Francisco, CA 94133 October 14, 1985 (Monday) CC shnid-138028 –set I (4 tracks, 34:48)– s1t01. Cats Under The Stars [7:12] % s1t02. When I Paint…

  • Da Weez

    https://archive.org/details/gd1983-04-23.117598.Sennheiser421.daweez.d5scott.flac16 ! db: shnid-117598 ! R: field recording gear: 2x Sennheiser 421 microphones > Sony TC-D5M ! R: field recordist: Da Weez ! R: transfer: Sony TC-D5M (original record deck) > Pre Sonus Inspire GT > Sound Forge > .wav files > Trader’s Little Helper > flac files, by D5scott. I have no idea who…

  • Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You?

    A little over a year ago, I found a review of a unique-sounding Garcia-Saunders gig, backing Maria Muldaur at the Berkeley Community Theatre on October 12, 1974. While unique at the gig level, it turns out that JGMS backing John Kahn’s then-“old lady” Maria Muldaur, still flying high from a hit record or two, was…

  • GD Portland 7/25/72

    Man, that interlude in The Other One on 7/25/72 is the bee’s knees. Jim Powell’s analysis (at Deadlists) just refers to it as “mystery theme”. LIA: “the Allmans-like Jam in the Other One of 7/25/72 … sounds so composed it’s hard to believe they only did it once.” It sounded a little Jeffersonian, a little…

  • GD Fillmore West April 9, 1970

    https://archive.org/details/gd1970-04-09.137104.aud.cousinit.flac16/gd1970-04-09-d2t03.flac What a hottie this Good Lovin’ jam is! These shows are only represented in imperfect audience tapes, but they are crucial documents from a period relatively underrepresented on soundboard tape. 7/12/70 at the Fillmore East is another one of these shows that has gotten too little attention because of soundboard snobbery. For this period,…

  • Bay Area Music Venues via deaddisc.com

    http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Venues.htm This is the “Bay Area Music Venues” page at the amazing deaddisc. It complements JGBP nicely because presents a discographical view of the same spaces.