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Category: Keystone Palo Alto

  • “awww, no, last song?!?” (LN jg1985-06-03.jgb.all.aud-russjcan.92786.flac1644)

    Keystone Palo Alto on a Monday night, as Garcia is trying to kick his junk habit. The show is mostly notable because Garcia plays a Modulus guitar. Playing anything other than the Irwin “Tiger” at this time was an exceptionally rare event. Blair Jackson’s amazing Golden Road (no. 7, Summer 1985, p. 9) mentions that…

  • ‘Drink ’em up, it’s the last one’: JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, July 23, 1977

     LN jg1977-07-23.jgb.all.sbd-miller.30662.flac1644 Meh. This doesn’t light me up. Equipment gremlins running amok, things never achieve escape velocity to my ears. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone Palo Alto 260 South California AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 July 23, 1977 (Saturday) – 9:30 PM MSC Miller flac1644 shnid-30662 –set I (6 tracks, 64:25)– s1t01. tuning [1:02] s1t02. Sugaree [15:01]…

  • That warmish-dampish-Motel-6-towel feeling, without the hygiene – JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, February 4, 1982

    LN jg1982-02-04.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 I have always found early 1982 to be an exceptionally weak period for the Jerry Garcia Band. Jerry’s opiate use has really picked up, but in his side band he didn’t seem able to get back up with blow or whatever. Indeed, to tell the truth I think January, February and March JGB…

  • Late for Supper: JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, October 7, 1978

    LN jg1978-10-07.jgb.all.aud-angus-hart.105024.flac2496 Jerry Garcia Band Keystone Palo Alto 260 South California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 October 7, 1978 (Saturday) Angus-Hart complete aud flac2496 shind-105024 –set I (6 tracks, 56:11)– s1t01. tuning [0:20] s1t02. I Second That Emotion [12:40] [0:08] % s1t03. It Ain’t No Use [8:31] [0:02] % (1) [1:00] s1t04. Knockin’ On Heaven’s…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Is Jimmy Here? JGB, Keystone Palo Alto, January 23, 1981

    LN jg1981-01-23.jgb.all.aud-latvala.97205.flac1644 Well, I hear some electric piano here (see notes), but I think it’s Melvin. So, as Corry indicated, this (along with 1/22/81) might be a hitherto unknown quartet configuration of Garcia, Kahn, Seals and Shaw — no Jimmy Warren on second keys, as traditionally believed. Otherwise, nothing to write home about, to my…

  • Melvin in the House: JGB, Keystone Palo Alto, January 22, 1981

    LN jg1981-01-22.jgb.partial.aud-latvala.97266.flac1644 Corry listened to this and said he didn’t hear two keyboards (in comments to his main post on Jimmy Warren). I don’t think I do, either, but I’d love for someone to check the 2-minute mark of I’ll Take a Melody and the 6-minute mark of Like a Road. I have a much…

  • The Last Quartet Show

    LN jg1982-10-23.jgb.all.aud-knudsen-GEMS.112275.flac1644 This show is the last for the short-lived October ’82 quartet configuration, which did a quartet of shows on 10/13/82, 10/21-22/82, and this night. In Guerneville on the 24th, backing vocalists would augment the ranks. If I am not mistaken, this could be the last show the JGB ever played as a quartet…

  • When did Melvin Seals begin with JGB?

    Edited 20110216 The Jerry Garcia Band show listed as Saturday, December 20, 1980, Keystone Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, has always struck me odd. I argue here that (1) “12/20/80” is a “phantom” listing, a mislabel of 12/20/79. Along the way (2) I argue that “1/18/81” is also a phantom, a mislabel of 1/18/83. This…