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Category: 1974

  • Another Mystery Trumpeter: JGMS, August 14, 1974

    There’s a trumpeter playing on “Roadrunner”, the last song of set I of the show previously known as “August 15, 1974, Great American Music Hall”, now corrected as 8/14/74. Listen to the first five minutes of the Falanga-Menke tape. Guy (presumably) is pretty good.

  • Merl Saunders and Friends: May 31 – June 1, 1974, Inn of the Beginning, Cotati

    Here is one of the tantalizing little performances that you come across and really, really want to know more about, while understanding how miraculous it is that you are able to know anything about it at all. The Inn of theBeginning in Cotati hosted Merl Saunders and Friends, including Jerry Garcia, with Paul Pena opening,…

  • Righteousness, and Two Guests: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, February 16, 1974

    LN jg1974-02-16.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.91471.flac1644 A few days ago I posted about an advertised but canceled Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders band gig (Kahn and Kreutzmann rounding things out) scheduled for 2/16/74 at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ. I irresponsibly dropped a few notes about the replacement show for the night, and here I follow up on…

  • JGMS: February 16, 1974, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (CANCELED)

    Village Voice, January 10, 1974, p. 40 An ad for a show by Jerry Garcia, Merle [sic] Saunders, John Kahn and Bill Kreutzmann (call ’em Garcia/Saunders, or JGMS), with Sons of Champlin opening, Saturday, February 16, 1974 at the Capitol Theatre, 326 Monroe Street, Passaic, NJ, 07055. This is positively stunning, I have to say.…

  • 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…

  • GSCBF14: Old And In The Way: Sunday, April 28, 1974, ca. 23:15

    Part of a series of back-of-the-napkin thoughts about the Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival (GSCBF), held in San Rafael, CA from Friday, April 26th through Sunday, April 28, 1974. Previous installments: GSCBF1: just a mention GSCBF2: a plea for a release of the film and tapes! GSCBF3: Sunday 4/28/74 afternoon schedule GSCBF4: Greenbriar Boys (a.k.a.…

  • GSCBF13: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Sunday, April 28, 1974, ca. 22:00

    Part of a series of back-of-the-napkin thoughts about the Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival (GSCBF), held in San Rafael, CA from Friday, April 26th through Sunday, April 28, 1974. Previous installments: GSCBF1: just a mention GSCBF2: a plea for a release of the film and tapes! GSCBF3: Sunday 4/28/74 afternoon schedule GSCBF4: Greenbriar Boys (a.k.a.…

  • GD Europe ’74

    Just wanted to give a shout out to “Cliff Hucker” for ploughing through the GD’s Europe ’74 tour and reporting back. I seem to recall always feeling that these shows had a weird, dark vibe to them, even before reading Rock and Dennis and Phil and Blair and all the rest, who confirm that. Anyway,…

  • Listening Notes: GASB, Thursday, June 13, 1974, Keystone, Berkeley (Castelli MAC)

    Having just posted on the sbd recording from this show, I’ll post my notes from the newly circulating audience recording by Robert Castelli (1644-shnid 110663, 2496-shnid 110798). I’ll start with a few analytical points, then produce my listening notes based on the 24/96 version. Not a ton to say about this, except that this is…