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Category: Cotati

  • Picture of the Murdering Punks at the Inn

    A little piece in the from the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat on the tenth anniversary of the Inn of the Beginning in Cotati notes that “A picture spread in the Pacific Sun featured Jerry Garcia and the New Riders of the Purple Sage playing there in their early days”. Great – now I *have* to track…

  • Cotati Cabaret magazine

    Just read that the Cotati Cabaret was doing a magazine (much as its Cotati plaza neighbor, the Inn of the Beginning, had done) in 1979 that was getting a print run of 15k. If anyone has a stash of these somewhere, I would love to consult them. ! ref: Mason, Clark. 19790413a. Life is a…

  • Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band, featuring Jerry Garcia

    Here’s a weird one bottom of column 1 to top of column 2: “Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band, faturing Jerry Garcia. Performing music from their album Blues From the Rainforest, July 26 at the Great American Music Hall and July 27 at the Cotati Cabaret” Several possibilities. First, perhaps most likely (?), whoever called…

  • Summertime in January: The Merle [sic] Saunders Experience, January 15, 1973 at the Inn of the Beginning

    Rex Jackson wrote the band name as ” Merle [sic] Saunders Experience” on his tape boxes for this night, FWIW. LN jg1973-01-15.jgms.early-late.sbd-jgmf.5428+9573.shn2flac Among the Inn of the Beginning materials [JGMF | COAU] I unearthed last summer were ledgers indicating shows by Garcia-Saunders on January 14-15, 1973, only the latter of which had previously been known…

  • Aunt Monk: June 1, 1975, Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA

    May 1975 Inn of the Beginning calendar, courtesy Mark Braunstein What a great piece of art, first of all. I am afraid I neglected to note the name of the artist/artists on the IOTB fliers. Mea culpa! Anyway, bottom right tells me that on Sunday, June 1, 1975, Jerry Garcia played with Aunt Monk (comprising…

  • Merl Saunders and Friends: May 31 – June 1, 1974, Inn of the Beginning, Cotati

    Here is one of the tantalizing little performances that you come across and really, really want to know more about, while understanding how miraculous it is that you are able to know anything about it at all. The Inn of theBeginning in Cotati hosted Merl Saunders and Friends, including Jerry Garcia, with Paul Pena opening,…

  • OAITW: July 18, 1973, Inn of the Beginning, Cotati

    The McNally-Arnold JG List had listed an Old and in the Way show at the Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA, 94931, on Wednesday, July 18, 1973. This carried through to Deadbase (Corry Arnold having given a copy of the list to Stu Nixon) and through to The Jerry Site (Ryan…

  • OAITW 19730424 Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA

    Tuesday, April 24, 1973: Old And In the Way featuring David Diadem (Grisman), Jerry Garcia and Peter Rowan played the Inn of the Beginning at 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, CA, 94931. George Edwards opened. This was billed as a “Special Show” (as 3/5/73 had been) and the $2.50 ticket price was just about the…

  • OAITW 19730305 Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA

    Sharp-eyed readers who checked out the March 1973 Inn of the Beginning flyer in my post about Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders 1/15/73 and Sarah Fulcher may have looked to the top-left, and seen this: Here we have listings for two Monday, March 5, 1973 shows (9pm and 11 pm) by Old And In The Way (OAITW)…

  • JGMS 19730114-19730115 Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA

    We know of the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders show at the Inn of the Beginning on Monday, January 15, 1973 from the circulating tapes (http://db.etree.org/shn/9573), which are Betty Boards rescued by Rob Eaton from the muck and filth of God-knows-what-or-where (listening notes). There are severe problems with the recording, especially with the start of…