Category: JGMS
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Stirring It Up with E.W. Wainwright: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, March 9, 1974
LN jg1974-03-09.jgms.all-1.sbd-alligator.33750.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders (JGMS) Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 March 9, 1974 (Saturday) The recent slow pace of posting is exceeded by the even slower pace of my listening. I have been able to do very little for quite some time. I did manage to sneak in some notes…
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‘Jerry, is it really ovah?’ JGMS at the Bottom Line, November 6, 1974 (early show)
LN jg1974-11-06.jgms.early.aud-moore.117248.flac2496 Garcia’s first professional tour as a named headliner outside the Grateful Dead comprised twenty-one performances over the thirteen days between Tuesday, November 5, 1974 and Sunday, November 17, 1974, inclusive. The first three nights of the tour unfolded at the Bottom Line, 15 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012, two shows per…
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LN jg1974-08-24.jgms.all.sbd.10162.shn2flac
On Saturday, August 24, 1974, the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played the Great American Music Hall at 859 O’ Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109. I have written about this show once before, just to lay out a few contradictions around the date/venue combination, which I basically dismiss. I am of the view that…
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JGMS: July 13-15, 1972 (UNCERTAIN)
The item above, from the great “Rock Talk by KG” column in the Hayward Daily Review (July 13, 1972, p. 27) says that Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders will be playing Keystone Berkeley “through July 17”, implying shows on July 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. There are no known (to me) Garcia conflicts with…
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What’s Going On? Listening to the Show Traveling as JGMS 7/22/74
LN jg1974-07-22.jgms.146mins.sbd-GMB.86198.flac1644 I wrote about this Jerry Garcia – Merl Saunders (JGMS) set dated July 22, 1974 and located at the Keystone, Berkeley, some time back. I had suggested that this show (and the one attributed to July 21, 1974, same venue) might not be as it seemed. I initially speculated that it might be…
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Pennies From Heaven: Listening to the Tape Known as JGMS 7/21/74
**updated** Here are the reference posts for this set of listening notes: JGMF, “JGMS: “July 21-22,” 1974, Keystone, Berkeley, CA”, 7/25/2010, updated 12/16/2011. JGMF, “Jerry with Merl and/or Martin, ca. 1974, The Sand Dunes”, 5/16/2010. In brief, I am walking back from my speculation that this material is from the Sand Dunes. It’s not. It…
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The Tutt Rule: JGMS at the Keystone, June 22, 1975
LN jg1975-06-22.jgms.all.aud-menke-falanga-motb-0048.87236.flac1644 Update: 4/20/2020: I now refer to this as JGMS, because Ron Tutt is not drumming, and Greg Errico is. Less importantly, but not unimportantly, while all of the external materials refer to the group as Legion of Mary, Rex Jackson labeled his tape boxes Jerry & Merl. Sometimes I have a modest tendency…
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Third Night Out with Tony Saunders: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, June 6, 1974
**updated 21:18 Eastern 20111213, mostly up front with some more historical context** LN jg1974-06-06.jgms.all.aud-falanga.6375.shn2flac A wonderful tape and a wonderful performance. Tony Saunders on bass, Billy K on the drums. We get to hear what I presume to be Freddie Herrera a time or two, interesting given how central was the Herrera-Garcia partnership over the…
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Redd and Blues
LN jg1974-06-04.jgms.all.sbd-gmb.90003.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Lion’s Share 60 Red Hill Avenue San Anselmo, CA, 94960 June 4, 1974 (Tuesday) 133 min Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard shnid-90003 –set I (5 tracks, 75:29)– s1t01. Darben The Redd Foxx [17:24] [0:16] % [0:02] {17:42} s1t02. Expressway (To Your Heart) [16:50] [0:07] % [0:10] {17:07} s1t03. I Second…
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Go Ask Alice: JGMS at the Share, June 5, 1974
LN jg1974-06-05.jgms.s2.sbd.8062.shnf Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Lion’s Share 60 Red Hill Avenue San Anselmo, CA 94960 June 5, 1974 (Wednesday)sbd set II shnid-8062 –set II (7 tracks, 76:57)– s2t01. ambience [0:27] s2t02. La-La [20:30] [3:22] s2t03. Finders Keepers [7:43] [1:44] s2t04. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [5:58] (1) [1:31] % s2t05. //Kansas…