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

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  • “We Hardly Know Each Other”: JGB at Sherwood Hall, Salinas, CA, August 6, 1981

    LN jg1981-08-06.jgb.all.aud-unk-russjcan.110492.flac1644 JGB’s “1st Northern California Tour“, as the Keystoners had it. In response to a really intriguing email about possible late June 1981 JGB show in Salinas, about which I have posted separately, and with the generous help of folks over at Lossless Legs, I was able to get my ears around the only…

  • The end of the November 1974 Jerry Garcia – Merl Saunders (JGMS) east coast tour

    There is so much to say about the November 1974 east coast tour undertaken by the Jerry Garcia / Merl Saunders group (the quintet of Garcia [el-g, vocals], Saunders [keyboards, vocals], John Kahn [el-bass], Martin Fierro [horns], and future Lawrence Welk drummer Paul Humphrey). Garcia had done two national “tours” outside the Grateful Dead prior…

  • Second Guitarist, No Martin: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, July 12, 1974

    19740712: Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders: Friday, July 12, 1974, Keystone, Berkeley, CA. There is a second guitarist on this show. I am concluding it’s David Nelson, but I am really uncertain. Can anyone else with this recording take a listen? Can anyone shed any more light? Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Keystone Berkeley, CA…

  • Jerry Garcia and John Scher

    Probably premature for me to post about this, since there’s probably tons to say and I haven’t really combed through, less still thought much about it. But just came across a little 1982 Billboard piece (1) documenting a big move by John Scher into NYC. According to the reporter, “The move ends a de facto…

  • Ambassador Garcia

    LN jg1976-03-27.jgb.s1s2p.aud-mcdonald.110281.flac1644 The March-April 1976 Jerry Garcia Band tour is an interesting one. This was the quintet of Garcia, Kahn, Tutt, Godchaux and Godchaux. Let me just make a quick mention of the year overall, then make a few notes about the tour, before discussing this tape of the Jerry Garcia Band, Ambassador Theatre, St.…

  • HWJG19710801 question

    A little while back we had a whole series of things related to Howard Wales / Jerry Garcia Hooteroll? Hooteroll?–When Was It Recorded?  — LLD, Jan. 6, 2011 Response to LLD’s Hooteroll–When Was It Recorded? — JGMF, Jan. 7, 2011 Hooteroll? Next Part — JGMF, 1/13/2011 In that last one, I mentioned Blair Jackson’s information…

  • Ladies Taping at the Boston Music Hall, March 14, 1978

     LN19780314: jg1978-03-14.jgb.all.aud-rolfe-minches.111596.flac1644 Great first set, OK second set. That’s based on this listen to this tape. Jerry Garcia Band Boston Music Hall Boston, MA March 14, 1978 (Tuesday) Dauby Rolfe MAC –set I (8 tracks, 83:53)– s1t01. Crowd and Tuning {3:53} s1t02. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You [10:44] [1:31] {12:25} s1t03.…

  • Jerry Garcia and Friends: March 25, 1972, Academy of Music, New York, NY

    https://jerrybase.com/events/19720325-03 Bo Diddley, Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir: Saturday, March 25, 1972, Hells Angels Benefit at the Academy of Music, New York, NY. I sure feel inept not knowing more about this venue. I assume it’s the one at 126 14th Street, New York, NY? I am basing that on this random bit of info…

  • TJS and phantom gigs

    How should The Jerry Site handle phantom gigs? In another post, commenter David Minches said that disconfirmed dates should be left in with a note that they are incorrect. I agree. But I think the “misdates” need to be filterable and should be marked off by text or color or font or border or something.…

  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken: The Dead and the Allmans, Sunday, May 10, 1970, Atlanta Sports Arena, Atlanta, GA

    Grateful Dead Sports Arena 310 Chester Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA Sunday, May 10, 1970, 4 pm Mother’s Day As Corry has so often noted at Lost Live Dead, in 1970 the GD were still a hand-to-mouth band, touring hard. If we include NRPS gigs as separate, I do believe 1970 would be Garcia’s most prolific…