Category: Betty Cantor-Jackson
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After Midnight: JGMS, November 3, 1973, Keystone, Berkeley
I just call this After Midnight. Tremendous. Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 November 3, 1973 (Saturday) 123 minute soundboard -sSet I (7 tracks, 83:05)– s1t01. … After Midnight [7:26] (1) [2:48] s1t02. Expressway (To Your Heart) [10:59] -> s1t03. collective improvisation [15:50] -> s1t04. transition to Merl’s Tune…
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even though I am on hiatus until ca. March 2013, I
thought I’d leave a breadcrumb here for the return. Lotsa new info on the Third Betty Batch, or info new-to-the-record, anyway. Paumgarten, Nick. 2012. Deadhead: The afterlife. New Yorker, November 26, 2012, URL http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/26/121126fa_fact_paumgarten, consulted 11/20/2012. Also, I never knew that Betty and Brent were an item. But then again, there’s an awful lot of…
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Grandma said, ‘Boy, go and follow your heart’: JGMS at Keystone Berkeley, November 27, 1974
LN jg1974-11-27.jgms.106mins.sbd-GEMS.91343.flac1644 Just a few quick notes. 1) Paul Humphrey drumming. The drummer is fast and great. He is noted in Rex’s handwriting on the box for reel #3. 2) Some of this material is just amazing. “Valdez In The Country” and “Freedom Jazz Dance” should make us very Grateful that Merl was there to…
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The Group In and Around the Sarah Era: Boarding House, 1/24/73
LN jg1973-01-24.jgms.early-late.sbd-nfagdtrfb.100216.flac1644 update: this post has so many old links to the evil db.etree – please never use that URL. Substitute etreedb wherever you see db.etree. Thank you. (Man oh man does Blogger’s formatting suck. One can’t compose online, because stuff can get lost [viz my long beautiful post on Wales-Garcia 1/26/72]. One can’t compose…
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The Merle [sic] Saunders Experience: Boarding House, January 25, 1973
LN jg1973-01-25.jgms.early-late.sbd.7670.shn2flac1644 Introduction Not long ago I posted a set of notes on JGMS 1/15/73 at the Inn of the Beginning, the second known date (and the earliest circulating tape) of the Garcia-Saunders-Kahn-Vitt group to include singer Sarah Fulcher. The Sarah Era, as I’ll call it, holds lots of appeal: she’s a mysterious figure about…
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Summertime in January: The Merle [sic] Saunders Experience, January 15, 1973 at the Inn of the Beginning
Rex Jackson wrote the band name as ” Merle [sic] Saunders Experience” on his tape boxes for this night, FWIW. LN jg1973-01-15.jgms.early-late.sbd-jgmf.5428+9573.shn2flac Among the Inn of the Beginning materials [JGMF | COAU] I unearthed last summer were ledgers indicating shows by Garcia-Saunders on January 14-15, 1973, only the latter of which had previously been known…
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Expressway to Homer’s: JGMS in Palo Alto, May 4, 1973
LN jg1973-05-04.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.31283.flac1644 I. Introduction Acquisitiveness is a real affliction. Not only is it unattractive in its own right, but the pursuit of the “unhad” oftentimes crowds out other, periodically more productive activities. Consider my own pursuit of Garcia recordings. While I imagine what could be on a tape (real or imagined) that I don’t have,…
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Stirring It Up with E.W. Wainwright: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, March 9, 1974
LN jg1974-03-09.jgms.all-1.sbd-alligator.33750.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders (JGMS) Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 March 9, 1974 (Saturday) The recent slow pace of posting is exceeded by the even slower pace of my listening. I have been able to do very little for quite some time. I did manage to sneak in some notes…
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April 1975 Legion of Mary tapes
Some brave souls at Lossless Legs are wading into the waters of the April 1975 Legion of Mary tapes. I fear that, like all those who have come before, these tapes will defy our collective ability to pin down what’s what (correct dates and such). Most importantly, this shit seems to have come in bits…
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By the Grace of the Lord: Legion of Mary at the Masonic Temple, Scranton, April 12, 1975
LN jg1975-04-12.lom.late.sbd-gems.117832.flac1644 Legion of Mary Masonic Temple 420 North Washington AvenueScranton, PA 18503 April 12, 1975, 11 p.m. late show (Saturday) sbd gems shnid-117832 –late show, 11 pm, main set + encore (7 tracks, 91:36)– –late show, main set (6 tracks, xx:xx)– t01. Let It Rock [12:27] [0:16] % [0:04] t02. tuning [0:38], La-La [12:44] (1)…