Category: 1975
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JGB at the Auditorium Music Hall, Memphis, TN, November 18, 1975 (CXL)
Here’s an ad from the Memphis Commercial Appeal billing Jerry Garcia Band (JGB) at the Auditorium Music Hall in Memphis, TN, November 18, 1975. Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), November 2, 1975, p. 5 The show must have been canceled, because I have never seen other record of this *and* the Garcia Band played the Keystone Berkeley this…
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Notes from Dawson 2011 re Nicky Hopkins
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Unidentified Nicky Hopkins Instrumentals
update: Mark Mattson has identified the number as “Lucky Old Sun” – wow! There may be others, but I am right now pondering two distinct instrumentals that Nicky does out of “Lady Sleeps” with the JGB in the last month or so of his run with the band. 11/23/75: about 1:38:30ff here –> https://ia600902.us.archive.org/9/items/jgb1975-11-23MackeyAuditoriumBoulderCO/jgb1975-11-23MackeyAuditoriumBoulderCO.mp3 He announces…
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All By Myself: Legion of Mary, April 5, 1975 late show at the Cap, Passaic, NJ
LN jg1975-04-05.lom.late.aud-SC.147761.flac1644 Ticket stub for Legion of Mary, April 5, 1975, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ – 11:30 PM late showNB misspelling of “Capital”. Image courtesy of gdsets.com Very listenable audience tape with everything present. Nice show – I like everything here, even “Sitting In Limbo”, which I don’t always love. “Wicked Messenger” – my goodness, what…
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Little Legal Matters: JGB #1 at Keystone, November 8, 1975
LN jg1975-11-08.jgb.all.aud-castelli-motb-0151.109001.flac1644 ad for JGB 11/8/75 at Keystone, SFSECDB-19751102-p31 Not going to do long listening notes, so a few random bits from this one. First, “Micky” [sic] Hopkins. Heh heh. We are easily amused here. Also @Corry: the ad says advance tickets at BASS, but that was absolutely not the case for any Jerry show at…
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The still-unidentified funky instrumental from 8/20 and 8/30/75
UPDATE: researcher David Kramer-Smyth spoke with Hadi al-Saadoon, who identified David Kessner as the composer. David Kessner confirms he wrote it, but is not sure if it had a name. At Jerrybase, we are now calling this “David’s Tune (Gm)“ On August 20, 1975 at the Great American Music Hall, and again on August 30,…
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First JGB at the Keystone: October 11-12, 1975
The JERRY GARCIA Band Prior to fall of 1975, Garcia’s side bands had mostly a) been relatively loose aggregations and/or b) not had his name on the marquee. All of this preserved a kind of informal quality, maybe some plausible deniability, a little bit little less spotlight to go with his insatiable appetite for gigging.…
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They Really Are a Scree-um: Legion of Mary at Keystone, Thursday, May 22, 1975
LN jg1975-05-22.lom.all.aud-menke-falanga-motb-0044.87156.flac2496 I just revisited 5/21/75, and it left me a little bit … whelmed. By contrast, at some point between downloading the files in 2011 and today, I listened to and noted the next night, and I *loved* it. The Bob Menke – Louis Falanga aud belongs in the freaking Smithsonian. This stands as…
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Take the Road Before Us and Sing a Chorus or Two: Legion of Mary at Keystone, May 21, 1975
jg1975-05-21.lom.all.mtx-tobin-motb-0050.87219.flac1644 I recently gave 6/16/82 a listen to evaluate whether it merited its lofty reputation, or whether it might be exhibiting a case of the Cornells. I decided it was as good as its reputation. Staying with that démarche, a week ago I spun 5/21/75, Legion of Mary at the Keystone, which has long circulated…
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Legion of Mary at the Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, April 18, 1975
LN jg1975-04-18.lom.all.composite-proctor-droncit.124466.flac1644 Thought I’d spin this one on its 45 anniversary yesterday. The only moment of the show that made me sit up some was the meltiness at the end of La-La, which could have gone anywhere and ended up going nowhere. After mostly getting through the show yesterday, I thought to myself “It’s no wonder…