Category: JGB
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Two Keyboards on Tour: JGB, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, February 7, 1981
LN jg1981-02-07.jgb.early-late.aud-streeter.123543.flac1644 I have some pretty bland listening notes to catch up with posting. Might try to plant a few this weekend. Jerry Garcia Band Orpheum Theatre 1 Hamilton PlaceBoston, MA 02108 February 7, 1981 (Saturday) Streeter early and late complete MAC Miller flac1644 shnid-123543 JGMF retrack –early show (8 tracks,73:36)– a-t01. tuning [1:54] a-t02.…
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Render Unto Caesar, 1978
Garcia was never gonna be homeless after the 60s, but like so many he struggled managing his finances. 1978 was a bad year on various measures, and here’s a simple one: tax liens. I can’t imagine the stress that would be devouring most of us if we were ever to have a lien slapped against…
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JGB 9/15/76 S.S. Duchess, New York City Harbor, New York, NY
The relationship between the Grateful Dead and the Hells Angels has been pretty well discussed, though I am sure there’s tons more to say. That’s for others to do. Here I’ll just note that Garcia also worked with the Angels outside the GD framework. I have made a few posts with Hells Angels content. I…
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His voice is fading fast: JGB at SUNY New Paltz, 11/29/77
LN jg1977-11-29.jgb.all.aud-cooper.berger.124217.flac2496 I have already posted about the fascinating setlist rarity, “Here Comes The Sun” popping up in the middle of “Stir It Up”. Neat. Beyond that, I note that this is a pivotal moment in Garcia’s singing. Everything’s still arranged around the highs he could hit early in 1976 and 1977. But in the…
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Maria ‘Shaking Her Substantial Booty’ at Waterbury’s ‘Decrepit Palace Theater’: JGB 11/23/77, Commander aud
LN jg1977-11-23.jgb.all.aud-commander-berger.123904.flac1644 I have always had big love for this show. On this listen, the only song that really lights me up is TWLWMYD. (ed.: Blair Jackson points out Mission in the Rain, which is indeed stellar, deep and heartfelt. Good call.) Not sure if that’s because I am not in the mood, or this…
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That warmish-dampish-Motel-6-towel feeling, without the hygiene – JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, February 4, 1982
LN jg1982-02-04.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 I have always found early 1982 to be an exceptionally weak period for the Jerry Garcia Band. Jerry’s opiate use has really picked up, but in his side band he didn’t seem able to get back up with blow or whatever. Indeed, to tell the truth I think January, February and March JGB…
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Ozzie and Johnny D
LN jg1979-10-07.jgb.all-2.aud-angus-hart.106528.flac1644 First night out for Ozzie Ahlers and John d’Fonseca (and hence, of JGB #11a). Sunday night is consistent with pattern of breaking in new guys on off-nights, but the Garcia fans don’t worry about work on Monday morning. Probably not surprisingly, this performance is not a world-beater. They are feeling each other out.…
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“Bloody Hell”
A while back I posted some listening notes from the Jim Cooper audience tape of the Jerry Garcia Band (JGB) show at Colden Auditorium, Queens College, Queens, NY on Thursday, October 30, 1975. When called to summarize the show in a headline for my etree list, which is a date index for the site, I…
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RN Sandy Troy’s Captain Trips (1994)
Reading Notes Troy, Sandy. 1994. Captain Trips: A Biography of Jerry Garcia. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press. JG devoted to music Troy 1994, xiii JG was into all kinds of music: folk, bluegrass, country, acid rock, R&B, gospel, jazz. But he never dabbled, he always “plunged in” Troy 1994, xiii Jose Ramon Garcia emigrated from…