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Category: 1975

  • Garcia’s Creative Accounting, late March 1975

    In late March 1975, Peter Simon interviewed Garcia at the “film house”  (230 Eldridge Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941), for publication in New Age Journal (Simon 1975). NAJ: You’re also doing a solo album and touring with Merl Saunders. In that you have so many projects at once, how do you channel your energy so…

  • untitled 19750820b

    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. Anyone know the funk-fusion instrumental that ends set I of 8/20/75, Keith and Donna Band at the Great American Music Hall, a week after the…

  • Jerry and Merl in the studio, 1975

    Found this item in the LA Free Press (June 27 – July 3, 1975, p. 14): “Danny [sic] Selwell [sic] has been buzzing ’round the studio scene, putting time in with Art Garfunkle [sic], Steve Marriott … Jerry Garcia and Merle [sic] Saunders”. Having found nothing on Danny “Selwell”, I wrote So interesting. Jerry and…

  • “Once in a while, …”

    .. you know the rest. Was just processing a 1975 article from Hit Parader, of all things. Yet a few things catch my eye: Gives working title for The Movie, soon-to-be released film There is Nothing Like A Grateful Dead Show.  Maybe this was out there, but I don’t remember seeing this in print like…

  • On lead guitar and vocals, Mr. Jerry Garcia

    Bill Graham: Good evening. We welcome you, on behalf of the group. We should introduce … We should thank United Artists and Mr. Ron Rakow. I should make it official. Mr. Rakow is the President of Round Records. He asked if I could be here this evening, and I said ‘I’d like twelve dollars and…

  • Latest Legion Listing

    Funny the things that pop up. Here’s a listing from the Marin Independent-Journal of July 25, 1975 for Legion of Mary at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, July 30, 1975. Of course, the last known Legion gig having been on July 6th, this listing caught my eye. What does it mean? I don’t…

  • Oscuro – February 2, 1975

    (Editorial note: I debated whether to post this, for two reasons. First, these are people’s lives. I will try to stick to the facts. Second, as an aesthetic proposition, obscurity needs to be done in moderation — it isn’t always fun to try to take in, in looking at a painting or in trying to…

  • Spork: Jerry Garcia Band with Nicky Hopkins- Let It Rock

    Spork: Jerry Garcia Band with Nicky Hopkins- Let It Rock: With the possible exception of his work with David Grisman , this first iteration of The Jerry Garcia Band was totally unique because it i…

  • Jerry’s New Year’s Eve – LN jg1975-12-31.jgb.all.aud-Falanga-Menke-8664-retrack.noshnid.shn2flac

    GarciaLive 5 GarciaLive, volume 5, December 31st 1975 Keystone Berkeley (2014) is out, available via jerrygarcia.com. Let me start by expressing gratitude for these GarciaLive releases. Having been a massive outlier in my interest in Garcia on the side, having often expressed frustration at the paucity of Jerry shows released under the old regime, I…

  • Accounting the JGB: October 8, 1975

    Since we are having fun with a few provisions around how the JGB was billed and advertised for the October 8, 1975 (Wednesday!) shows at the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz [JB 7:30 PM | JB 10:30 PM | map | JGBP venue, but ‘Theatre’ is correct], why don’t we look at this in…