Category: CA

  • Q: Where was Jerry on June 24, 1981? A: Breaking in new singers at the Keystone Palo Alto

    update:  I have found a listing for JGB playing Keystone Palo Alto this Wednesday night, 6/24/81. It makes sense – first night out for Liz Stires and Essra Mohawk, and they usually played gigs on off-nights and/or off-the-beaten path when breaking in new members. That seems especially pertinent when the first two gigs are going…

  • NRPS-Matrix-1970 04 of 7: LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970

    NRPS-Matrix-1970: a seven part series discussing New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) gigs at the Matrix, 1970, including listening notes on the circulating tapes, speculation on dates, observations on playing, general pontificating. Introduction LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970 LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970 LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970 LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970 LN19700902:…

  • GD/NRPS19700731-19700801: Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, CA

    Note 2/12/2012: This post has been thoroughly revamped and is now deprecated. Please use/refer to the new post of 2/12/2012. Here are the listings for “New Riders of the Purple Sage & Grateful Dead, Lion’s Share, 9 pm” for both Friday, July 31, 1970 and Saturday, August 1, 1970, in the “George” (calendar) section of…

  • NRPS-Matrix-1970 03 of 7: LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970

    NRPS-Matrix-1970: a seven part series discussing New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) gigs at the Matrix, 1970, including listening notes on the circulating tapes, speculation on dates, observations on playing, general pontificating. Introduction LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970 LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970 LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970 LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970 LN19700902:…

  • NRPS-Matrix-1970 02 of 7: LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970

    NRPS-Matrix-1970: a seven part series discussing New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) gigs at the Matrix, 1970, including listening notes on the circulating tapes, speculation on dates, observations on playing, general pontificating. Introduction LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970 LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970 LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970 LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970 LN19700902:…

  • NRPS-Matrix-1970 01 of 7: Introduction

    NRPS-Matrix-1970: a seven part series discussing New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) gigs at the Matrix, 1970, including listening notes on the circulating tapes, speculation on dates, observations on playing, general pontificating. Introduction LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970 LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970 LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970 LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970 LN19700902:…

  • ‘And It Stoned Me’ Debut: JGB, The Stone, October 18, 1986

    LN jg1986-10-18.jgb.81mins.sbd-jgmf.112794.flac1648 Jerry Garcia Band The Stone 492 Broadway San Francisco, CA October 18, 1986 (Saturday)mono sbd shnid-112794 –set I (6 tracks, 33:58)– s1t01. //Think [#3:52] [0:12] s1t02. And It Stoned Me [5:25] [0:30] s1t03. Run For The Roses [5:21] [0:02] -> s1t04. Let It Rock [4:49] [0:59] s1t05. Forever Young [6:24] -> s1t06. Deal…

  • JGB: September 19, 1975, Crabshaw Corner, Sacramento, CA

    Thanks to Corry for answering my query on January 26, 1976 which also included a question about 11/4/78. Before starting my post, I  just want to take a second to recognize Corry’s role in Garcia historiography. He has been not only an essential bridge across different documents (Soto, McNally) and traditions (from handwritten lists to…

  • JGB: January 26, 1976, Keystone, Berkeley, CA (CONFIRMED)

    updated post: I used to wonder if 1/26/76 was an actual Garcia Band show. tl;dr: it was. https://jerrybase.com/events/19760126-01

  • GD19710903-4: Harding Theater, SF, CA

    Here’s another one that puzzles me. This scan from the Berkeley Tribe v.6 n.4 (issue #110) (September 3-9, 1971), p. 13 advertises a benefit for Marin County Head Start featuring Grateful Dead, Howard Wales and Shades of Joy on Friday-Saturday, September 3-4, 1971 at the Harding Theater in San Francisco. Why post? A few reasons.…