Category: CA

  • JGMS: December 9, 1970, The Matrix

    Just another one for The List: Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders & Friends (JGMS), Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA, 94123. Source: San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 1970, p. 62.

  • When Jerry Met Freddie: NRPS, Wednesday, November 25, 1970: Keystone Korner

    New Riders of the Purple Sage Keystone Korner 750 Vallejo Street San Francisco, CA 94133 November 25, 1970 (Wednesday) Listing for NRPS at Keystone Korner, 750 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, CA, Wednesday, November 25, 1970. Source: “Opening Today,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 25, 1970, p. 35. “Finds” are fun, and here’s one: New Riders of…

  • Merl Saunders, October 19, 1970

    Found this interesting. One thing I think we have learned is that, perhaps contrary to assumptions over the years, Garcia came home to the Bay Area whenever there were a few days between GD shows when they were on tour. At least, that’s how I read the evidence from ca. 1970. As a result, the…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • From Family Dog to Friends and Relations, 1970-1971

    http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/FD%20Shows.htm Does anyone know the story of the end of the Family Dog, and the re-emergence of 660 Great Highway as Friends and Relations Hall? I am sure it’s out there, but I don’t recall seeing it and I know nothing other than what I see in the listings. I am presently going through some…

  • GD: August 30, 1970, “Calebration”

    I always loved the “Calebration” thing dated 8/30/70. My favorite Candyman, a really great Easy Wind. There’s also video out and about that gives a very rare glimpse of the GD of this period (though, I do wonder if that QMS video has made it into the world?). But, I think the set we know…

  • New Riders of the Purple Sage and Acoustic Grateful Dead: Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, July 30-August 1, 1970

    (This is an updated version of an earlier post, “GD/NRPS19700731-19700801: Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, CA, 4/20/2011.) Some time back, I reported listings for “New Riders of the Purple Sage & Grateful Dead, Lion’s Share, 9 pm” for both July 31, 1970 and August 1, 1970, in the calendar section of the Berkeley Tribe. Here’s the…

  • LN jg1983-05-06.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448

    Nothing much to hear here. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 May 6, 1983 (Friday) CC aud shnid-137910 –set I (6 tracks, 50:39)– s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:38] s1t02. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [9:17] [0:10] % [0:31] s1t03. I’ll Take A Melody [13:12] [0:08] % s1t04.…

  • LN jg1974-08-24.jgms.all.sbd.10162.shn2flac

    On Saturday, August 24, 1974, the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played the Great American Music Hall at 859 O’ Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109. I have written about this show once before, just to lay out a few contradictions around the date/venue combination, which I basically dismiss. I am of the view that…