Category: JGB
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It’s not that bad, given how much Persian he was doing
LN jg1984-08-24.jgb.s1.aud-GEMS.124940.flac1644 There are lots of ways to interpret this performance. One reasonable way would be to say that this is just about the nadir of Garcia’s performing career (perhaps 8/26/84), a professional embarrassment shocking only because playing at least competently for a paying audience formed perhaps the only real commitment in his life, a…
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Lizless Sextet: JGB at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, June 23, 1982
LN jg1982-06-23.jgb.s1s2p.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 This date interests me because Liz Stires is said to have left the JGB tour after the previous night’s gig (6/22/82). So this would be a show with only one backing vocalist (Julie Stafford), a rare JGB sextet with two keyboards (JGB #14d, I have proposed we catalogue it). Truth is, I can’t…
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Second Gig for the new Sextet: Rissmiller’s 10/27/82
LN jg1982-10-27.jgb.s1s2p.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 Jerry Garcia Band Rissmiller’s Country Club 18415 Sherman WayReseda, CA 91335 October 27, 1982 (Wednesday) 83 min s1s2p Closet Call aud –set I (7 tracks, 57:16)– s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:28] s1t02. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [8:43] % s1t03. … They Love Each Other [8:11] [0:08] % [0:32]…
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LN jg1983-01-13.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448
Pretty perfunctory, on my part as a note-taker, as well as on the part of the band. First show of 1983. DeeDee and Jackie’s public debut. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone 2119 University AvenueBerkeley, CA 94704 January 13, 1983 (Thursday) 93 min CC aud –set I (6 tracks, 46:43)– s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:07] s1t02. How…
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Dealin’ on Johnny D’s Third Night: JGB, Keystone Palo Alto, October 14, 1979
LN jg1979-10-14.jgb.s1s2p.aud-unk-moore-berger.122979.flac1644 Understood second third show for Ozzie Ahlers and John d’Fonseca. Update: I had this as the second show for this outfit, a week after its 10/7/79 debut, but it turns out they also played the Monday night, 10/8, in Berkeley. Excellent Sugaree and After Midnight, songs which this band made its own right…
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LN jg1978-03-17.jgb.late-1.sbd-bershaw-nolan.123184.flac1644
update 20170710: Here the show doesn’t light me up, yet my CC aud listening notes from a month before this post include this: The show is quite hot, IMO. MITR ends in a manic flurry. Tore Up, my notes tell me, is “ridiculous”. Jerry is *really* into this Dixie Down. RIR is absolutely fantastic, with…
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LN jg1983-05-25.jgb.all-1.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448
Nothin’ really jumps out at me. Jerry Garcia Band Shea’s Theatre 646 Main StreetBuffalo, NY 14202 May 25, 1983 (Wednesday), 8 PM all-1 85 min CC aud –Set I (5 tracks, 38:13)– s1t01. … How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [#7:49] [0:34] % s1t02. They Love Each Other [8:08] [0:24] % [0:18]…
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Second night out for Kemper: The Stone, 7/21/83
Second night out for drummer David Kemper and Gloria Jones. See also “First Night Out for Kemper: The Stone, 7/20/83 (WED).” This was conventionally considered the second show for vocalist Gloria Jones, but the late ’83 Garcia Band tour still featured DeeDeeDickerson, raising doubts about a summer time switchover. It’s still possible, but as of…
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First Night Out for Kemper: Keystone Palo Alto, 7/20/83 (WED)
LN jg1983-07-20.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 First night out for drummer David Kemper and Gloria Jones. (See also “Second night out for Kemper: The Stone, 7/21/83“.) This was conventionally considered the first show for vocalist Gloria Jones, but the late ’83 Garcia Band tour still featured DeeDeeDickerson, and as of 2020 I am quite sure that DDD was around…
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Who Was John? JGB at GWU, April 3, 1976 (early show)
LN jg1976-04-03.jgb.early.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 OK, maybe the last post of my hiatus hiatus. 4/3/76a. This is probably the same source tape as shnid-82761. A nice show. Jerry Garcia Band Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University 730 21st and H Street NWWashington, DC 20052 April 3, 1976 (Saturday) – Early show, 7 PM 80 min CC aud-1 flac2448 [upgraded…