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Category: Keystone

  • Take the Road Before Us and Sing a Chorus or Two: Legion of Mary at Keystone, May 21, 1975

    jg1975-05-21.lom.all.mtx-tobin-motb-0050.87219.flac1644 I recently gave 6/16/82 a listen to evaluate whether it merited its lofty reputation, or whether it might be exhibiting a case of the Cornells. I decided it was as good as its reputation. Staying with that démarche, a week ago I spun 5/21/75, Legion of Mary at the Keystone, which has long circulated…

  • Twin Wonder Powers, Activate? JGMS, October 11-12, 1973 at Keystone Berkeley

    Tape Archaeology What used to be known by some of us as the Third Batch of Betty Cantor-Jackson tapes proved the most grudging of all the batches in terms of finding broad circulation. This especially vexed Garcia freaks, because it contained a number of drool-inspiring Garcia-Saunders sets. You might imagine where the mind would go,…

  • New-to-The-List from the Digitized Chronicle

    After spending X hours over X years spinning microfilm to try to find the needles of unListed Garcia gigs in the haystack of the Chronicle, the paper has been digitized. Je ne regrette rien! That said, I was able to find a few listings for The List. At this point, I cannot imagine we are…

  • 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…

  • With and Without Maria: JGB at Keystone, August 6-7, 1977

    If “without and with” rolled better off the tongue, that’d be the more accurate title, because here we have a pair of summer ’77 JGB shows, the first admittedly only partially available, on which Maria Muldaur respectively does not and does make an appearance. I guess I am working toward pinning down her appearances throughout…

  • New-to-The-List from the Examiner, 1970-1972

    In addition to the tantalizing May 20-21, 1969 Garcia gigs at the Matrix, the newly-digitized Examiner has yielded a good number of previously unlisted, mostly-midweek Garcia gigs. A little list  from 1970-1972 follows. update: see also a subsequent list from 1973-end 11/2/70 (Monday): Jerry Garcia / BBHC / Ice / Cleveland Wrecking Company. Harding Theater.…

  • Triple-Booked Vassar: October 6, 1973

    My post on Old And In The Way in Santa Cruz on Friday, October 5, 1973 referenced some of the band’s contemporaneous gigs. One of these was a gig the next night in Berkeley. In comments, I then noted that Vassar was advertised with Tut Taylor that same Saturday at the Exit/In in Nashville, whereupon…

  • Keystone Hardware, ca. 1976

    For the gearheads out there. Billboard, March 13, 1976, p. SF-19, via http://americanradiohistory.com/. Oh yeah, the idea of a 15 minute drive from the City to Berkeley, at anything other than the dead of night, sure sounds quaint!

  • GarciaLive vol. 9: JGMS at Keystone, 8/11/74

    GarciaLive Volume Nine: August 11th, 1974 Keystone Berkeley – set for 7/28 release. I have done listening notes on the Falanga-Menke aud, and beside the Four Tops’ “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)” –and the tape– it doesn’t slay me. That said, I’ll happily buy it – an uncirculated soundboard to support the…

  • Dating the Legion’s Demise: A Revisionist Account

    The demise of the Legion of Mary, Garcia’s principal side band from Ronnie Tutt’s arrival on December 6, 1974 until mid-1975, remains one of the enduring mysteries of the Garciaverse. The “why” is the biggest mystery of all. After almost five years of steady gigging and recording Garcia is said to have walked away. I…