Category: 1979
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Reconstruction: June 8, 1979, venue question
Still can’t believe how little I’ve had to say about Reconstruction. All in due time, I guess. Anyway, a quickie: I think the correct venue for the June 8, 1979 Reconstruction show is probably the Rio Theater (140 Parker Avenue, Rodeo, CA, 94572). Here’s how it looks today: View Larger Map This is based on…
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Reconstruction: August 10, 1979, Temple Beautiful, San Francisco, CA
I don’t think I have blogged much about Reconstruction, the jazz-R&B-soul-funk-rock-disco outfit formed by John Kahn that performed in 1979 and that regularly “featured” Jerry Garcia on guitar. This is one of Garcia’s most unusual side trips. It features lots of tunes that he had never done before and would never do again, with my…