Category: CA
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“Strung Between Dreams and Reality”: June 4, 1968, Carousel Ballroom
Handbill for Jam at Carousel Ballroom, Tuesday, June 4, 1968. The “Tuesday Night Jam” on May 21, 1968 [JB ] shnid-22727] is the uhr moment for Garcia On The Side (GOTS), representing the first time that Garcia was billed under his own name since the birth of the Dead in 1965. The 1968 Side Trips have…
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Carlos Santana and Merl Saunders – February 22, 1971, Matrix, San Francisco
Wasserman, John L. 1971. The Big Sound At Lake Tahoe [“Something Else” subhead], San Francisco Chronicle, February 22, 1971, p. 40. The Chicken’s Matrix list doesn’t show a few of these Matrix gigs, so I’ll throw them out there. Monday; February 22, 1971; Carlos Santana and Merl Saunders Tuesday; February 23, 1971; Larry Coryell Wednesday;…
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Matrix footage
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/210748 KRON-TV News report from February 3rd 1967 at The Matrix nightclub in San Francisco, at 3138 Fillmore Street. Features views of rock band The Only Alternative & His Other Possibillities rehearsing onstage and an interview with new singer Kay and songwriter Tor Olson. They discuss the difficulty of defining their ‘sound’ and the creativity…
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Legal Aid for Unnamed Angels
LN jg1973-10-02.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.83809.flac1644 I am sure Blair and McNally and all the other sources go into the obscure story of the Legal Aid Benefit. I just re-read the one source I have at hand, John Wasserman’s very suspicious-sounding piece in the Chronicle a few days later (1). Sounds like some Angels, facilitated by Sam Cutler and…
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JGMS: January 11-12, 1974, Winterland, SF (CXL)
Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, Waylon Jennings, and Alice Stuart and Snake were billed at Bill Graham’s Winterland on the weekend of January 11–12, 1974. These bookings have been on The List since forever. Here’s what puzzles me: why are there no attendee recollections anywhere, or am I just missing them? How come no poster?…
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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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Second Gig for the new Sextet: Rissmiller’s 10/27/82
LN jg1982-10-27.jgb.s1s2p.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 Jerry Garcia Band Rissmiller’s Country Club 18415 Sherman WayReseda, CA 91335 October 27, 1982 (Wednesday) 83 min s1s2p Closet Call aud –set I (7 tracks, 57:16)– s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:28] s1t02. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [8:43] % s1t03. … They Love Each Other [8:11] [0:08] % [0:32]…
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LN jg1983-01-13.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448
Pretty perfunctory, on my part as a note-taker, as well as on the part of the band. First show of 1983. DeeDee and Jackie’s public debut. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone 2119 University AvenueBerkeley, CA 94704 January 13, 1983 (Thursday) 93 min CC aud –set I (6 tracks, 46:43)– s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:07] s1t02. How…
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Dealin’ on Johnny D’s Third Night: JGB, Keystone Palo Alto, October 14, 1979
LN jg1979-10-14.jgb.s1s2p.aud-unk-moore-berger.122979.flac1644 Understood second third show for Ozzie Ahlers and John d’Fonseca. Update: I had this as the second show for this outfit, a week after its 10/7/79 debut, but it turns out they also played the Monday night, 10/8, in Berkeley. Excellent Sugaree and After Midnight, songs which this band made its own right…
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Second night out for Kemper: The Stone, 7/21/83
Second night out for drummer David Kemper and Gloria Jones. See also “First Night Out for Kemper: The Stone, 7/20/83 (WED).” This was conventionally considered the second show for vocalist Gloria Jones, but the late ’83 Garcia Band tour still featured DeeDeeDickerson, raising doubts about a summer time switchover. It’s still possible, but as of…