Category: Gaylord Birch
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The December ’85 Garcia Band Shows
LN jg1985-12-14.jgb.all.aud-CC.137723.flac1644 LN jg1985-12-15.jgb.all-1.aud-CC.137724.flac1644 LN jg1985-12-21.jgb.all.aud-gale.14980.shn2flac LN jg1985-12-22.jgb.all.aud-gale.14981.shn2flac seealso: LN jg1985-10-14.jgb.all.aud.138028.flac1644 Earlier this year I posted listening notes on four JGB shows from August 1985, and here I do the same for December of the same year. It’s relatively feasible to do this for Rock Bottom shows because they are fun sized, with sets regularly clocking…
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Big Gigs, Little Ex Post Trace
Garcia and Saunders mostly played Bay Area clubs. But every now and then, usually in connection with multiact benefit concerts, they played larger theaters, auditoriums and arenas. Examples include BCT for the United Farmworkers on 9/22/72, Winterland for unspecified Hells Angels on 10/2/73, and BCT again for Ethiopian famine relief (8/23/74) and, on 10/12/74, for…
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During Gaylord’s Second Stint: JGB at the Stone, October 14, 1985 (Monday)
These may be the shortest two JGB sets ever played. Gaylord Birch drumming. See also “The December ’85 Garcia Band Shows“ LN jg1985-10-14.jgb.all.aud.138028.flac1644 Jerry Garcia Band The Stone 412 BroadwaySan Francisco, CA 94133 October 14, 1985 (Monday) CC shnid-138028 –set I (4 tracks, 34:48)– s1t01. Cats Under The Stars [7:12] % s1t02. When I Paint…
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Risky Reconstruction
**massively updated 11/24/2014 11 PM mountain time** I just tipped my hat to the idea of meso level musical risk in Garcia’s side trips. This is the pedantic-even-by-my-high-standards phrasing of the notion that that different bands, qua bands (combinations of players and repertoires), could and did musically challenge Garcia to different degrees. The challenge-comfort continuum…
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Reconstruction Pix by Chris Stone
Some rare, amazing Reconstruction pix from 4/23/79 and 5/18/79 by Chris Stone. This one Gaylord Birch at the Old Waldorf, May 18, 1979. Major shoutout to the photographer, 1) for getting some stunning shots, and 2) for posting these freely to share. Please be sure to credit him if you archive a copy of this…
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What’s Going On? Listening to the Show Traveling as JGMS 7/22/74
LN jg1974-07-22.jgms.146mins.sbd-GMB.86198.flac1644 I wrote about this Jerry Garcia – Merl Saunders (JGMS) set dated July 22, 1974 and located at the Keystone, Berkeley, some time back. I had suggested that this show (and the one attributed to July 21, 1974, same venue) might not be as it seemed. I initially speculated that it might be…
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Pennies From Heaven: Listening to the Tape Known as JGMS 7/21/74
**updated** Here are the reference posts for this set of listening notes: JGMF, “JGMS: “July 21-22,” 1974, Keystone, Berkeley, CA”, 7/25/2010, updated 12/16/2011. JGMF, “Jerry with Merl and/or Martin, ca. 1974, The Sand Dunes”, 5/16/2010. In brief, I am walking back from my speculation that this material is from the Sand Dunes. It’s not. It…