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

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  • Bullshit! Bullshit! Reprise (LN jg1985-05-31.jgjk.early.aud-pinedo.32007.shn2flac)

    updated 20140408 I have told the story once before of the Jerry Garcia/John Kahn acoustic duo early show on May 31, 1985, in the context of Bill Graham’s branding of the ’86-87 JGB tours down south as “The Jerry Garcia Band Electric“. I want to flesh out a bit more detail from the two named…

  • Keith. And, Modernity.

    Introduction: A Document In my post “Keith Speaks”, I threw out some raw materials on Fall 1971, Keith, FM broadcasts, as illuminated by a great little piece in the Chicago music mag The Now Sound. But I didn’t really add any value. Well a new piece has just come across my brain, and I wanted…

  • BOAT TWYDTTYD: JGB, Palladium, November 10, 1981 (late show)

    LN jg1981-11-10.jgb.late.aud-stankiewicz.127293.flac2496 JGB played The Palladium twice in 1981, 2/11/81 and this night. Richie Stankiewicz taped both nights. Both really good shows and really good tapes. This one has the best of all time (BOAT, in some circles) Garcia Band version of “The Way You Do The Things You Do”, IMO. It’s quite good. I…

  • Great ‘Don’t Let Go’ on the Second Starry Night – Portland, OR, December 7, 1984

    LN jg1984-12-07.jgb.all.aud-young.127069.flac2496 Nice tape, and a good night if you can filter out Garcia’s singing. Jerry’s peppy and there’s lots of good playing here. I have argued that this period (August-December 1984) is rock bottom, but if it is, I gotta give the guy credit for slogging through it pretty respectably. Two arguments for rock…

  • LN jg1987-03-14.jgb.all.aud-archival_audio.124259.flac2448

    Garcia doesn’t quite have his stamina back. Nothing particularly noteworthy happening here. Good tape. Ian Stoy’s ticket stub for JGB 3/14/87 at the Wiltern Theatre in LA Jerry Garcia Band Wiltern Theatre 3790 Wilshire BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90010 March 14, 1987 (Saturday) Ian Stoy MAC flac2448 shnid-124259 –set I (8 tracks, 60:40)– s1t01. crowd and…

  • At Wolfgang’s Warfield: JGB, March 2, 1991 orchestra tape

    LN jg1991-03-02.jgb.all.aud-mk4-orchestra.123611.flac1648 Obviously I don’t get much into the 1990s, though I’ll need to do more to do the whole GOTS story justice. (seealso: JGB 3/1/91 listening notes) This is a totally professional gig, musically excellent. Old Jerry has his charms. He’s a sophisticated storyteller and themeweaver on the guitar. I have performance notes below,…

  • LN jg1981-02-11.jgb.s1.aud-stankiewicz.127292.flac2496

    Nice tape, nice show. Bob Minkin took some nice photos this night, a bunch of tapers nailed it, the band sounds strong. This must have been a great, weird old room. Jerry Garcia Band The Palladium 126 E 14th St New York, NY 10003 February 11, 1981 (Wednesday) – 8 PM Stanki s1s2p flac2496 shnid-127292…

  • ‘Drink ’em up, it’s the last one’: JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, July 23, 1977

     LN jg1977-07-23.jgb.all.sbd-miller.30662.flac1644 Meh. This doesn’t light me up. Equipment gremlins running amok, things never achieve escape velocity to my ears. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone Palo Alto 260 South California AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 July 23, 1977 (Saturday) – 9:30 PM MSC Miller flac1644 shnid-30662 –set I (6 tracks, 64:25)– s1t01. tuning [1:02] s1t02. Sugaree [15:01]…

  • Angels in the Balcony? JGB, March 27, 1982 Keystone

    LN jg1982-03-27.jgb.all-1.aud-knudsen-GEMS.111727.flac1644 Gave this an anniversary listen today, and it pleasantly surprised me. There’s an awful lot of depth of feeling in this whole show. Sugaree is very good right off the bat, and in the first set only “After Midnight” does less than it might have; I blame the arrangements, which just feel too…

  • Finders Keepers: JGMS with Jim Nelson on Drums, Keystone, October 5, 1974

    LN jg1974-10-05.jgms.all.aud-falanga.8665.shn2flac I have no idea who Jim Nelson, the drummer, might be. There are some tempo issues all night long. I really like this period for JGMS. “La-La” and “Freedom Jazz Dance” are standouts to me. “Finders Keepers” is also pretty good. When these tapes came into the light, back before 9/11, they were…