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Category: CA

  • Wally Heider’s, July 1971

    Of course, we already knew that Jerry was recording Garcia in July of 1971 (though I have never been able to find any precise dates, and Bob Mathews won’t answer my queries). We also already knew that Heider’s was absolutely happening. I keep hoping that someday Steve Silberman will write a book about the Planet…

  • Hartbeats: October “1969” misidentification

    I just briefly posted some time back with an image of the Matrix poster that I bought myself. I have now had it framed and I have to say that it looks wonderful. The nice thing about having obscure taste is that some of the stuff that really interests me (e.g., New Riders) has less…

  • GD: May 16, 1969, Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA

    (From the 1969 Campolindo yearbook — thanks to Marcus Buick for the scan!) —Caveat Lector: the really colorful account that follows seems to be somewhere between partly and wholly fictionalized. It’s still a good read. Please read it as a story of what might have been.– Campolindo High School (Moraga, CA) is my alma mater.…

  • GD: August 17, 1970, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA

    I am sure this has been gone over many, many times over the years. I imagine that in the days before ubiquitous tapes and information the Playboy article “Grateful Dead I Have Known” by Ed McClanahan (1) was probably scrutinized very closely, like some Rosetta Stone capable of unlocking the 1970-era GD. That it was…

  • June 1969 Community in Musical Efforts (COME) program, Oakland, CA

    I have found two 1969 articles related to Community and (some say “in”) Musical Efforts (COME), a two week series of seminars and workshops in “now” music to be held at Mills College, Oakland, CA, in June of 1969. Teachers were set to include Jerry Garcia, John Handy, Mickey Hart, Roland Kirk, the Tape Music…

  • Possible Jerry Gig? October 15-16, 1971, Keystone Korner, SF, CA

    So, here’s one that caught my eye. Nick the Greek, Merl, Tom Fogerty, Dave Getz (presumably) and John Kahn gigging at the Keystone Korner on a Friday-Saturday night in October, 1971 when Jerry is not known (to me) to have been otherwise occupied. Jerry and Merl were billed at the same place the weekend before.…

  • NRPS: June 12-13, 1971, Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA

    So, I discovered this ad for New Riders of the Purple Sage at Keystone Korner on June 12-13, 1971 when going through the Berkeley Barb last summer … the old fashioned way … microfilm. Makes my eyes dry up just thinking about it. All well and good. I assume Jerry was there.and have updated my…

  • JGMS: July 10, 1973, Keystone, Berkeley, CA

    I have just parsed out the officially released material by release: Live at Keystone, volume 1 datings; Live at Keystone, volume 2 datings ; Live at Keystone, volume 3 (encores) datings Turning it around, here’s the perspective from the shows. This info based on most complete circulating copies. Key is below. Jerry Garcia and Merl…

  • JGMS: Live at Keystone, vol. 3 (encores) datings

    Keystone Encores Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt Initial release : 1988 Fantasy FCD 7703-2 *Hi-Heel Sneakers (Robert Higgenbotham) [7/10/73] *It’s Too Late (She’s Gone) (Chuck Willis) [7/10/73] *I Second That Emotion (William Robinson / Al Cleveland) [7/10/73] *One Kind Favor (Traditional) [7/11/73] *Money Honey (Jesse Stone) [unknown, presumed to…

  • JGMS: Live at Keystone, vol. 2 datings

    Live at the Keystone, Volume 2 Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt Initial release : 1988 Fantasy FCD 7702-2 * That’s Alright Mama (Arthur Crudup) [7/11/73, album comes in @ 5:19] * My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart) [7/11/73] * Someday Baby (Sam Hopkins) [7/10/73] * Like A Road Leading…