Category: Catalyst
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Santa Cruz Blues
LN jg1985-10-16.jgjk.all.sbd-Miller.139756.flac1644 One of the most widely bootlegged Garcia performances, alongside the ’82 Oregon State Penitentiary gig, is another Garcia-Kahn acoustic duet performance from the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on October 16, 1985. As with other beautiful recordings from this venue, an enterprising insider made a 4-channel tape combining stereo sbd feed and stereo ambient…
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The Great Barcia
Rock Scully’s book occasionally referred to Jerry as “the Great Barcia“. I had originally thought it was Salvador Dalí, but looking back, I guess not. It still tickles me. This just came back to mind as I came across two ads, a month apart, for Reconstruction at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on 3/31/79. Someone…
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LN19810129 JGB Catalyst Santa Cruz
Jerry Garcia Band, Sunday, January 29, 1981, The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA. shnid 111412. So I thought I’d check out an early Melvin Seals JGB show as a reward for having concluded that his public debut with JGB was 1/22/81. Randomly picked this one. Pretty nice tape that puts you FOB, but the show is…
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When did Melvin Seals begin with JGB?
Edited 20110216 The Jerry Garcia Band show listed as Saturday, December 20, 1980, Keystone Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, has always struck me odd. I argue here that (1) “12/20/80” is a “phantom” listing, a mislabel of 12/20/79. Along the way (2) I argue that “1/18/81” is also a phantom, a mislabel of 1/18/83. This…
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The Debut of the Last Quartet: The Catalyst, 10/13/82
The Debut of the Last Quartet was “Listening Notes: JGB, Wednesday, October 13, 1982, The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA” –http://etreedb.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=110792 Some listening notes for this recording. See show and recording notes below. Jerry Garcia Band The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA October 13, 1982 (Wednesday) Recorded live and mastered to CD by N. Hoey with: 2x…