Category: JGAB
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Kenny Kosek
Has anyone ever pinned down the dates on which Kenny Kosek performed with JGAB on Broadway? I know he came out west for the Warfield and Wiltern gigs, but I have never pinned down when he was and was not present at the Lunt-Fontanne.
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten (née Nevill) (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was a profoundly original American folk musician, vectoring between the music of isolated early 20th century North Carolina and the multimodal hypersounds of the present – check her out playing in crystal clear black and white on your youtube. A southpaw church and…
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New Lost City Ramblers Song Book
Seeger, Mike, and John Cohen, eds. 1964. The New Lost City Ramblers Song Book. New York: Oak Books. Here’s a brief list of tunes in the NLCR songbook that Garcia is known to have played. This does not include the Elizabeth Cotten tunes (I have considered them separately) and has not been carefully vetted, since…
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On Broadway: Act One – October 28th, 1987
http://jerrygarcia.com/on-broadway-act-one-october-28th-1987/ buy it here- –> https://www.garciafamilyprovisions.com/product/JYCD57/jerry-garcia-band–on-broadway-act-one-102887-3-cd-set On Broadway: Act One – October 28th, 1987 We’re excited to announce the debut of On Broadway, a new archival series celebrating Jerry’s magical 13 night run at the historic Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City’s Broadway theater district. The first installment, On Broadway: Act One – October 28th,…
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Jerry Garcia Band Electric
**update 1: final paragraph, 8:47 Eastern 20111212** Jerry Site administrator slipnut just updated the venue name for a show given as Jerry Garcia Band, California Theatre, San Diego, CA, on Friday May 23, 1986. Handbill follows: Handbill for Jerry Garcia Band Electric, California Theatre, San Diego, CA, 5/23/86. Possibly courtesy of Iver McLeod. The venue…
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How JGAB Ended
Can’t believe I have never posted about the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (JGAB), a.k.a. the “Black Mountain Boys” (1987 model), a.k.a., in a weird little Bill Graham marketing campaign, “Jerry Garcia: The Band Acoustic”. This is the wonderful band consisting of Jerry (ac-g, vocals), John Kahn (ac-bass), David Nelson (ac-g, vocals), Sandy Rothman (dobro, mandolin,…