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

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  • The Things You Learn …

    … while pawing through stuff at the GD Archives. Case in point: the original Mars Hotel artwork was run over by a UPS truck. Now you know.

  • nothing wrong with this 8/21/83 tape

    https://archive.org/details/gd1983-08-21.fob.sonyECM220t.kirschner.miller.95687.flac24 Source (FOB) Sony ECM-220T -> Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M/FujiMetal Tape/Dolby B)Lineage Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC/24Taped by Michael KirschnerTransferred by Charlie Miller There is not a freaking thing wrong with this tape. If you ever saw a show at the Frost, you know…

  • In Praise of Editorial Judgment

    So, every year around August 9th I bust out the original So Many Roads boxset and listen to some of my ol’ favorites, such as “Whiskey In The Jar” and, of course, the final-show “So Many Roads”. I am reminded how pleased I am with the curation that Gans, Jackson and Silberman did on the…

  • Dating the Legion’s Demise: A Revisionist Account

    The demise of the Legion of Mary, Garcia’s principal side band from Ronnie Tutt’s arrival on December 6, 1974 until mid-1975, remains one of the enduring mysteries of the Garciaverse. The “why” is the biggest mystery of all. After almost five years of steady gigging and recording Garcia is said to have walked away. I…

  • Rockygrass 2016

    http://www.afterfm.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/rocky.grass

  • From the Picky Deadhead Department

    Nice to see people reading around some old posts. My writing is so tortured, but I do still love some of the ground we have covered together. Thanks for your support. From the Picky Deadhead Department I happily bought 7/5/73 (Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, GarciaLive 6: July 5th 1973, Lion’s Share [Round Records, JGFRR1009,…

  • UCSB ’78

    Corry has a post on the GD / Warren Zevon / Elvin Bishop / Wahkoo gig at UCSB on July 4, 1978. I have two followups, a tape beg and a tangential piece of metadata. First, does anyone have a copy of the Elvin Bishop set, with Jerry sitting in? Apparently there is an aud…

  • Desolation Row

    Man, at like 9:30 of this incredible, late-Mydland era Dead version of Dylan’s “Desolation Row”(track 4) Garcia thrusts into a scuba-evoking scream of Between the windows of the sea Where lovely mermaids flow harmonizing behind Weir, who delivers a BOAT-contending version. Outstanding! Thanks to Joani Walker, Paul Scotton, Charlie Miller for the tunes. ! song:…

  • GarciaLive 7: JGB from Sophie’s, 11/8/76

    Fresh tape. Tracklist, via Nick: http://www.jambase.com/article/donna-jean-godchaux-find-leads-garcialive-volume-seven Sneak preview of one track via David Browne: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-jerry-garcia-bands-jubliant-live-mighty-high-from-1976-w431440. At dead.net. a commenter says In today’s Relix magazine they interview Donna Jean who found some more tapes in a box in one of the Godchaux houses. It’s a Betty board. This is November 8th 1976 at Sophie’s in Palo…

  • Full concerts from the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 1973-87