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

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  • Hartbeats as Tempo Études

    LN jg1968-10-30.hartbeats.163mins.sbd-gadsden.xxxxxx.flac1644 Well, we probably won’t ever be able to identify everything about the various Matrix Tapes (dates, personnel, etc.), with 100% certainty. But there’s no particular reason to doubt that this is something like Mickey and the Hartbeats (here, as Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, with guest Elvin Bishop on a few tunes)…

  • Jack and Jorma – Matrix – July 22, 1969 (Tuesday)

    Sometimes to contemplate a piece of data requires going at least one degree of separation back. Here’s a case in point: I was listening to Garcia play the “3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds Jam” [a.k.a. “Turnaround, per the 6/28/69 official release] with Jack Casady. And I want to know how this version relates…

  • Hiatus Hiatus LNjg1978-03-17.jgb.late.aud-CC.noshnid.flac2448

    jg1978-03-17.jgb.late.aud-CC.noshnid.flac2448 Late show has never entered circulation, AFAIK. Some pretty spare notes. Jerry Garcia Band Capitol Theatre 326 Monroe Street Passaic, NJ 07055 March 17, 1978 (Friday) Late Show – 11 PM 81 minute CC aud flac2448 –late show main set + encore (9 tracks, 80:47)– –main set (8 tracks, 72:57)– t01. John Scher Introduction…

  • One of the Great Interviews of the Garciaverse

    jg1978-03-11.interview.45mins.fm-gefen-goodbear.retracked.shn2flac Remember, I am on hiatus until at least March 2013. Having taken this opportunity to remind you of this, as a PSA, let me also leave you something to read. This is truly one of the great, hilarious interviews in the Garciaverse, chock full of great stuff. Jerry Garcia Band Interview (by Andy Gefen)…

  • even though I am on hiatus until ca. March 2013, I

    thought I’d leave a breadcrumb here for the return. Lotsa new info on the Third Betty Batch, or info new-to-the-record, anyway. Paumgarten, Nick. 2012. Deadhead: The afterlife. New Yorker, November 26, 2012, URL http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/26/121126fa_fact_paumgarten, consulted 11/20/2012. Also, I never knew that Betty and Brent were an item. But then again, there’s an awful lot of…

  • On hiatus until ca. March 2013

    But, in the meantime … Some years ago, I posted about the Grateful Dead gig on Friday, May 16, 1969 in the gymnasium of Campolindo High School, 300 Moraga Rd., Moraga, CA, 94556. I posted a wild-sounding story about the gig which may contain some actual truth. There were comments and such. At some point…

  • Still on hiatus, till maybe March 2013

    In the meantime, check out the etree list that I put together, as a way to date-index my posts. It’s not the most efficient way, but there it is.

  • GSCBF16: Program Images

    More eye candy below the fold.

  • Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival: Index Post (GSCBF15)

    Mostly for my own purposes, but a little index of my series on the Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival, held at the Marin County Veterans’ Auditorium (building and grounds) in San Rafael, CA (94903) from the evening of Friday, April 26, 1974 through late on Sunday, April 28, 1974. I have tons more to get…

  • Gonna Be Slow For Awhile

    Not sure how long. Very hard to predict. There may be periods (e.g., Thanksgiving, the New Year) during which I can post. But my strong suspicion is that posting is going to be exceedingly sparing until, perhaps, spring of 2013. Certainly nothing elaborate. I expect second half of 2013, by contrast, to yield quite a…