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Category: CA

  • LN jg1987-03-14.jgb.all.aud-archival_audio.124259.flac2448

    Garcia doesn’t quite have his stamina back. Nothing particularly noteworthy happening here. Good tape. Ian Stoy’s ticket stub for JGB 3/14/87 at the Wiltern Theatre in LA Jerry Garcia Band Wiltern Theatre 3790 Wilshire BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90010 March 14, 1987 (Saturday) Ian Stoy MAC flac2448 shnid-124259 –set I (8 tracks, 60:40)– s1t01. crowd and…

  • At Wolfgang’s Warfield: JGB, March 2, 1991 orchestra tape

    LN jg1991-03-02.jgb.all.aud-mk4-orchestra.123611.flac1648 Obviously I don’t get much into the 1990s, though I’ll need to do more to do the whole GOTS story justice. (seealso: JGB 3/1/91 listening notes) This is a totally professional gig, musically excellent. Old Jerry has his charms. He’s a sophisticated storyteller and themeweaver on the guitar. I have performance notes below,…

  • ‘Drink ’em up, it’s the last one’: JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, July 23, 1977

     LN jg1977-07-23.jgb.all.sbd-miller.30662.flac1644 Meh. This doesn’t light me up. Equipment gremlins running amok, things never achieve escape velocity to my ears. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone Palo Alto 260 South California AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 July 23, 1977 (Saturday) – 9:30 PM MSC Miller flac1644 shnid-30662 –set I (6 tracks, 64:25)– s1t01. tuning [1:02] s1t02. Sugaree [15:01]…

  • Angels in the Balcony? JGB, March 27, 1982 Keystone

    LN jg1982-03-27.jgb.all-1.aud-knudsen-GEMS.111727.flac1644 Gave this an anniversary listen today, and it pleasantly surprised me. There’s an awful lot of depth of feeling in this whole show. Sugaree is very good right off the bat, and in the first set only “After Midnight” does less than it might have; I blame the arrangements, which just feel too…

  • Finders Keepers: JGMS with Jim Nelson on Drums, Keystone, October 5, 1974

    LN jg1974-10-05.jgms.all.aud-falanga.8665.shn2flac I have no idea who Jim Nelson, the drummer, might be. There are some tempo issues all night long. I really like this period for JGMS. “La-La” and “Freedom Jazz Dance” are standouts to me. “Finders Keepers” is also pretty good. When these tapes came into the light, back before 9/11, they were…

  • Rango’s Frost ’82 tapes

    https://archive.org/details/gd1982-10-09.sonyecm220T.keshavan.miller.93682.sbeok.flac16 https://archive.org/details/gd1982-10-10.sonyecm220T.keshavan.miller.93732.sbeok.flac16 Listen to these tapes and think thanks to taper Rango Keshavan. These audience recordings will take your breath away. Thanks, rk.

  • Grateful Dead Three Ways: December 20, 1975

    Selvin (1975c) reviewed the December 19, 1975 Winterland show billing Keith and Donna Godchaux, Kingfish, and the Jerry Garcia Band as “Grateful Dead Divided Three Ways”. Hence, my title, even though I am working the crossings through the next night. Since I have fallen down the rabbit hole of a long post on 10/17/75, and…

  • There is World-Class Guitar Playing Here (JGB at the Arlington in Santa Barbara, May 19, 1984)

    LN jg1984-05-19.jgb.all.aud-rossi-ford.124791.flac1644 Really great tape. And, while things are a little bit uneven, there’s a lot to like in this performance. The arrangements are generally tight and the guitar playing can be outstanding. This band is together. Melvin plays colorfully, drums strong and bass nice and thompin’. Garcia does a lot of very sophisticated layering…

  • Big Daddy: “This is Old And In The Way, and I’ll let ’em stay all night if they want to.”

    LN jg1973-04-21.oaitw.early.fm-FlyingM.125747.flac1644 Old And In the Way Record Plant 2200 BridgewaySausalito, CA 94965 April 21, 1973 (Saturday) 57 minute Flying M FM shnid-125747 –(15 tracks, 57:29, basically complete)– t01. (1) … Going To The Races [0:15] [0:09] t02. (2) The Willow Garden [3:57] (3, 4) [0:18] t03. Katy Hill [2:19] (5) [0:16] t04. Till The…

  • That warmish-dampish-Motel-6-towel feeling, without the hygiene – JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, February 4, 1982

    LN jg1982-02-04.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 I have always found early 1982 to be an exceptionally weak period for the Jerry Garcia Band. Jerry’s opiate use has really picked up, but in his side band he didn’t seem able to get back up with blow or whatever. Indeed, to tell the truth I think January, February and March JGB…