Category: John Scher
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Armistice Day Rocker: JGB at Felt Forum, November 11, 1982
JGB #15b played two long, smoking shows for John Scher and the assembled faithful on Thursday, November 11, 1982. Among these faithful was taper Jim Wise, who pulled two beautiful, powerful tapes from the theater inside Madison Square Garden. If forced to choose, I’d recommend the late show to you. Clocking in at 108 minutes…
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Dull as Dishwater in a Classic Art Deco Movie Palace: JGB, Astor Theatre, Reading, PA, September 20, 1976 late show
zzzzz LN jg1976-09-20.jgb.late.aud-peters.138205.flac1644 The rooms sounds fantastic, but the show bores me to tears, except for some nice flowing guitar work in “Catfish John”. My copy of the band itinerary lacks the pages after Ithaca College (9/18), but for that gig they flew in and out of Teterboro, coming back to the St. Moritz and…
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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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Full concerts from the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 1973-87
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Bob Coburn Interviews Jerry Garcia, November 8, 1982
Garcia, Jerry, 1942-1995, “Bob Coburn with Jerry Garcia. “Rockline” radio show, hosted by Bob Coburn, broadcast on November 8, 1982. Includes an interview and phone calls from listeners [radio broadcast],” Grateful Dead Archive Online, accessed August 2, 2015, http://www.gdao.org/items/show/378595. Garcia had two pretty good reasons to do a live national “Rockline” radio interview on Monday,…
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Reading Notes – Loren 2014
Loren, Richard, with Stephen Abney. 2014. High Notes: A Rock Memoir. Demariscotta, ME: East Pond Publishing. When I read a book that I will need to be able to cite chapter and verse, this is how I arrange the chapters and verses. I just pull out quotes and other observations, I effectively tag them, and…
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LN jg1974-11-09.jgms.late.aud-slabicky.8661.shnf
I guess I’d say I see that as a rather loose and very good show, maybe above average for the time. Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Capitol Theatre 326 Monroe Street Passaic, NJ 07055 November 9, 1974 – 11 PM Late Show Slabicky shnid-8661 shn2flac –(9 tracks, 85:20)– l-t01. band introduction (1) [0:26] l-t02. Harder…
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I sing the blues, where has it led?
LN jg1983-05-31.jgb.all.aud-vita.76578.flac1644 On Tuesday, May 31, 1983, the Jerry Garcia Band (#15c) lit up an SRO West 52nd Street institution, the venerable Roseland Ballroom, with one of the finest shows of the 1980s. On any given night, Jerry Garcia could deliver the fucking goods, and this is the fucking goods. Everything crackles. I have titled…
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Jersey Shore, Jerry and Scher (VN jg1977-07-09.jgb.early)
In July 1977, the Jerry Garcia Band went out east for a few big paydays playing for John Scher in Hempstead, NY and two shows on the Jersey Shore, at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park. I have reported on the first night (7/8) and on the 7/9 late show from an audience tape. Lots…
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Checking Donna Out While Jamming With Her Husband: JGB, April 2, 1976
VN jg1976-04-02.jgb.late.video-youtube-Deadvids I’ll tag this “VN” in the title, for viewing notes. B&W Monarch Entertainment video from the Cap in Passaic. Not even a crusty aud in circulation, and low-gen video of the complete show drops from the sky, 38 years later. Wow. Viewing notes below. One of the most interesting things for me is…