Category: 1974
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Setting Right What Was Rent Asunder
Or something like that. Forgive me, for I have sinned. I have added entropy to the world. I am here to make amends. When the Falanga-Menke Stash of Garcia-Saunders tapes from 1974 first came to me, one of them was labeled 8/14/74. I had what I thought was another recording of the show connected to…
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Between the Bottom Lines (Lennon and Garcia at the Bottom Line, November 5, 1974) (Guest post by Scott Raile)
[note: for a very long time it has been known that John Lennon saw Jerry at the Bottom Line, and various accounts of a meeting, possible sit-in, as well as the date of this encounter have been given over the years. Historian Scott Raile nailed it down as November 5, 1974 in comments to a…
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Good Old Boys at Keystone: June 14, 1974
I just want to pin down some details of the Good Old Boys sets from June 13 and June 14, 1974, opening for Great American String Band. These come from tape that I have been able to audition but that is not supposed to circulate. Sometimes, a “hush-hush” approach is necessary to protect the innocent.…
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Good Old Boys at Keystone: June 13, 1974
I just want to pin down some details of the Good Old Boys sets from June 13-14, 1974, opening for Great American String Band. These come from tape that I have been able to audition but that is not supposed to circulate. Sometimes, a “hush-hush” approach is necessary to protect the innocent. That’s not the…
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On Tours and Marketing Records
Over at Jerrybase, we have begun grouping events not only by “runs” (consecutive nights at the same venue), but also “tours”. It turns out that the notion of a tour isn’t quite as crystal clear as one might want it. I wanted it to be at least three out of town gigs in at least…
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If ACT = JGMS and Taper = Louis Falanga, and YYMM = 7402, does XX = 17?
I recently wrote that in engaging any Garcia event, I first want to pin down the who, the where, and the what. So I want the sociometric, geometric, and the chronometric particulars … If I can pin down those three pieces about any given event with reasonable certainty, I feel like it “exists” in a…
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Two Sax Attack? JGMS at the GAMH, February 5, 1974
LN jg1974-02-05.jgms.all.sbd-ladner.32088.flac1644 I won’t elaborate much. I have always held early ’74 Garcia-Saunders in rather low esteem, despite my early familiarity with, place-based affinity toward –I attended Campolindo High School, just down the road– and resulting inordinate love for the 2/9/74 Rheem Theater show. I was prompted to check-in with 2/5/74 by valued commenter runonguinness’s observation…
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Old And In The Way Performance List
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TAYus5LRzuWXRydUZFLVJ5UzRsQ2RWSjFLTHBrQUtLY2dR/view?usp=sharing Here’s a list of all known-to-me performances by Old And In The Way. It includes a few rehearsals and a handful of studio dates, but is mostly live gigs (N=49). Date-venue combos that show up twice indicate early and late shows. This info is in my spreadsheets (as is all kinds of other stuff),…
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Linear Dead Listening
I am a bicycle commuter (19 miles a day), and I generally listen to Dead shows while pedaling. Awhile back, I did the whole E72 tour consecutively. Earlier this year, I ran sequentially through 1974. So much good music. I don’t really retain too many specific memories, so just a few observations. The February Winterland…
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Round Reels, Incorporated August 1, 1974
Round Reels is the company Ron Rakow created for film projects, not least the Grateful Dead Movie. As with many of Rakow’s business activities, it’s really hard to find any solid information about the company. So when the corporate stamp came up for auction over the summer, I was very excited to see it! This…