Category: JGJK
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On Accuracy
The recent June 5th brought out more than a tiny number of people to recognize the Oregon State Penintiery show on the anniversary of its performance — June 5, 1982 — rather than on the date given by the old bootleg tape. Because the bootleg was one of the mostly widely held Garcia recordings in…
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Wabbit Hunting with Garcia and Kahn in Oakland and Guerneville, August 17-18, 1985
I shouldn’t be mean. But posterity might not recall that many characterized Jerry’s vocal sound in 1985 as resembling Elmer Fudd, so I am doing it for future generations. You can thank me later. Not much to report. While the Dunsmuir House and Gardens maybe have been a cool place to see Jerry on an…
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Kabuki Acoustics
LN jg1982-08-23.jgjk.early-late.aud-menke-connor.12586.shn2flac LN jg1984-06-03.jgjk.all.sbd-unknown.81273.shn2flac Bill Graham ran the Kabuki Nightclub in Japantown for a few years in the early 1980s, and Garcia played twice, both times acoustic with ol’ buddy John Kahn. I am not a huge fan of the Garcia-Kahn acoustic duet, and these shows do nothing to move me from that basic position. Jerry still…
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Jerry Garcia at the Warfield – August 21, 1982??
What a strange thing this is. SFC listing for Jerry Garcia at the Warfield, August 21, 1982. It almost certainly wasn’t JGB: that band had last played June 24 out east, and wouldn’t play again (in a new configuration) until October 13th. It was almost certainly planned to be the Garcia/Kahn acoustic duo, two days…
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Santa Cruz Blues
LN jg1985-10-16.jgjk.all.sbd-Miller.139756.flac1644 One of the most widely bootlegged Garcia performances, alongside the ’82 Oregon State Penitentiary gig, is another Garcia-Kahn acoustic duet performance from the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on October 16, 1985. As with other beautiful recordings from this venue, an enterprising insider made a 4-channel tape combining stereo sbd feed and stereo ambient…
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Acoustic Sing-Along at the Stone: Garcia and Kahn, September 27, 1985
I don’t have a ton to say about this – it’s about what you’d expect. Two sets below the 45-minute Minnelli Line, voice bad to start and shot by the end. But, besides the fact that this was taped by the lovely Don Dearth, who was my third grade teacher, the best part about this…
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The Roving Gambler: JGJK, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, February 2, 1986
Nine days after kicking off a lucrative little acoustic tour with the D.A.R. in D.C., Garcia and Kahn closed things off at the Orpheum in Boston. The main point of interest is “The Roving Gambler”, which makes its only known public appearance in the GOTS era (what some might call the Grateful Dead era) of…
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Kicking off the January ’86 Garcia/Kahn acoustic tour
LN jg1986-01-24.jgjk.all.aud-CC.138168.flac1644 A huge bulge of heretofore elusive Garcia tape from the late 70s and especially the 80s has been hitting cyberspace. I don’t have much time for this, just a few scattered notes laying down some markers for eventual discussion of the tour. First, a tour snapshot. Snapshot of the January ’86 Garcia/Kahn acoustic…
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Acoustic at the Denver Rainbow – JGJK, May 23, 1985 (late show)
LN jg1985-05-23.jgjk.late.aud.137966.flac1644 These shows have been very elusive, and the early show still has not made a digital appearance. Standard “Rock Bottom Era” take: croaking vocals and very good (acoustic) guitar picking. The one plus of the acoustic setting is that he can sing quietly, which works well on a relative rarity like “She Belongs…
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Bill Cooper Interviews Jerry Garcia, May 1982
Here’s a nice companion piece that really resonates with “Bob Coburn Interviews Jerry Garcia, November 8, 1982″. My notes/transcriptions are little sketchy, but here’s what jumps out to me. On Run for the Roses, with some anti-marketing: I’ve been working on it for quite a long time. I’ve had to squeeze it in amongst and…