Category: JG-host
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Garcia-Saunders with Guest Doug Sahm, ca. December 1972
Clearing out old paper files of stuff, found this piece by John Swenson about Doug Sahm: Swenson, John. 197305. The Psychedelic Cowboy Makes His Move. Crawdaddy (May): 65-70. After narrating the good time on 11/23/72 in Austin, Sahm continues Then we went back up to Frisco an’ did it up at Keystone with Tom Fogerty…
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Ross Valory “has … jammed with the Jerry Garcia – Mel [sic] Saunders group in Bay Area clubs”
update: David Kramer-Smyth notes in comments that the article was edited, and that it originally said George Tickner had sat in with Jerry and Merl. True enough. I will keep this here for posterity, in any case. Blumenthal, Les. 1975. Music to make your adrenalin [sic] rush. Spokesman-Review, July 6, 1975, Spokane Week section, p. 1.…
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Expressway Day: Garcia-Saunders at the Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, December 29, 1974
I woke up this morning with “Expressway (To Your Heart)” playing in my head. Not just any Expressway, mind you. But the one played by Jerry and Merl and crew (possibly calling themselves Legion of Mary backstage and such) at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach on December 29, 1974, to end (or just about)…
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Slowly Unraveled Over You: JGB 3c at Keystone Palo Alto, April 9, 1977
Obviously I am catching up on posting some listening notes. Quality will be even more variable than usual. LN jg1977-04-09.jgb.all.aud-bunjes.13361.shn2flac Some tapes travel unlikely paths to our ears. Here’s an unattributed aud tape, the only one circulating, which went to Germany before coming out into the broader world. I really love the feel of it. It’s…
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Ike Stubblefield with the Jerry Garcia Band (aside on Bernard Purdie)
Thanks to commenter Patrick, the following claim has been brought to my attention: “In the ’70s, during which he moved between London, New York and San Francisco, Ike Stubblefield shared the stage with the Jerry Garcia Band.” I guess Mr. Stubblefield just passed away (RIP). His wikipedia page notes gives a timeframe for the JGB…
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First JGB at the Keystone: October 11-12, 1975
The JERRY GARCIA Band Prior to fall of 1975, Garcia’s side bands had mostly a) been relatively loose aggregations and/or b) not had his name on the marquee. All of this preserved a kind of informal quality, maybe some plausible deniability, a little bit little less spotlight to go with his insatiable appetite for gigging.…
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What It Is All About: Jerry Band Monday at the Keystone, August 16, 1976
I love love love the mid-1976 versions of “After Midnight”, with Donna seconding on “what it is all about”. (Happy 73rd birthday to DJG the day of this post, BTW!) I also like the “Stop That Train”s from this era, both imprinted on my brain from some tape I played the hell out of. This…
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Two Sax Attack? JGMS at the GAMH, February 5, 1974
LN jg1974-02-05.jgms.all.sbd-ladner.32088.flac1644 I won’t elaborate much. I have always held early ’74 Garcia-Saunders in rather low esteem, despite my early familiarity with, place-based affinity toward –I attended Campolindo High School, just down the road– and resulting inordinate love for the 2/9/74 Rheem Theater show. I was prompted to check-in with 2/5/74 by valued commenter runonguinness’s observation…
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updated post on Garcia’s unidentified guests
I have cleaned up and slightly updated my ten-year old post on Garcia’s unidentified guests.
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JG-HOST: Garcia hosting other musicians
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17wXtgegY_SfHpa609QibCj-RPdoRoRN6p-cdU2D8w5o/edit?usp=sharing Have at it. You will see some ambiguities around guest vs. membership. I am happy to receive any thoughts or comments you might have.