Category: JGB
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What is the Opposite of a Bat Outta Hell? JGB at Keystone, September 10-12, 1976
I am not a huge fan of the syrupy tempos of 1976 JGB, the ultimate comfort band for Our Hero. There are some great sounding tapes, the occasional killer show (4/3/76b), and some spectacular specific songs (“Right Mighty High”, “Moonlight Mile”, “Who Was John” and others are some of my faves), but the overall vibe…
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Long Ago and Far Away: JGB at Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME, June 20, 1982
LN jg1982-06-20.jgb.all.aud-lamarre.139447.flac2496 Great pull by Doug Lamarre, very good JGB from the strong month of June 1982. Bobby Cochran and Bob Weir from Bobby and the Midnites sit in on the encore, which includes the JGB singleton “Johnny B. Goode”. Jerry sounds quite strong. Two new tunes stand out. “Valerie” holds some serious heavy-metal appeal, and…
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Kean College Tour Closer: JGB, November 15, 1982 (Late Show)
jg1982-11-15.jgb.late-1.aud-vita-minches.78008.flac1644 Pretty standard late ’82 gig to my ears, not the equal to 11/11/82 late or 11/13/82, IMO. Errico’s Gatling Gun start to HTC is awesome. Three little oddities jump out to my pattern-obsessed brain. First, no early show tape. Hm. Second … , both the Vita aud and the soundboard tape are missing the encore. Hm. never…
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Second Night Out for Liz and Essra: JGB, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, June 25, 1981
update: the original title of this was “First Night Out”, but I have discovered a warmup gig on 6/24/81 at the Keystone Palo Alto (not in Salinas, as I had elaborately laid out). Liz Stires and Essra Mohawk appear to debut as backing vocalists on the night before this show. There are no singers on the late…
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Garcia-Hunter Originals
Somehow, I had never pinned down in my mind that Jerry played none of his original tunes before the advent of the Jerry Garcia Band in 1975. Pure covers before then. Hm. You all probably knew this. And at some level I did, too. But it has come into sharper focus for me with this…
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“I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes”: JGB at the Warfield, March 4, 1995
LN jg1995-03-04.jgb.all.aud-sonics.141470.flac1648 I don’t feel like I have time or energy to do a full write-up, so let me try to sketch a few thoughts around a recent listen to taper Wilson66’s very enjoyable Sonic Studios DSM-6 drink rail tape of the Jerry Band on home turf, March 4, 1995. Tone and Technique > Lyrical Precision…
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Last Time in Irvine: JGB at Irvine Meadows, May 15, 1994
I forewarned a few posts back that I had some backlogged listening notes, and have been posting them this weekend. They were backlogged, in many cases, because I just didn’t have that much to say. I often check the date index for the blog in picking something to listen to, looking for gaps or inflection…
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Last Freddie-ish Gig on Tape: JGB at the Stone, May 28, 1987
update: I can’t believe I didn’t know that Freddie didn’t actually run the Stone and KPA. I knew the Coronas were involved, but Corry informs me in comments that they actually ran the KPA and the Stone, and Freddie really only had the Berkeley club. Learn something new everyday. I will still refer to this…
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At Wolfgang’s Orpheum: JGB with Clarence Clemons, March 3, 1989
The success of the Dead’s Touch of Grey didn’t only limit that band’s venue (and even city) options. It also impacted ol’ Midas’s bar band. Freddie Herrera’s last remaining club, the 700-seat Stone on Broadway, didn’t stand a chance, and a four-night Garcia Band run on May 27-28 and 30-31, 1987 brought the curtain down on Jerry and…