Category: Keystone

  • JGMS: “July 21-22,” 1974, Keystone, Berkeley, CA

    **updated 20111216 2057 GMT** Tony Saunders is the bassist on these two tapes. The Jerry Site has listings for Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders at Keystone, Berkeley, on July 21 and July 22, 1974. I doubt both date/venue combinations, for reasons I’ll lay out below. A) “JGMS 7/21/74, Keystone, Berkeley” This first date is so…

  • GASB/GAMB: mid-June 1974

    update 20140907: June 12 was Lion’s Share, June 13-14 was Keystone Berkeley. This post mostly deals with stuff that has been clarified by Elwood (1974), but there’s still some good analysis of things other than date/venue in the old text /update The Great American String/Music Band is one of my favorite Garcia-involved aggregations. It was…

  • JGB: December 31, 1975, Keystone, Berkeley: who was drumming?

    update: we know now it was Greg Errico, with Hart sitting in in the third set, so enjoy this post as a waystation in the growth of knowledge. Jerrybase exists now! update: see also my “Jerry’s New Year’s Eve” post.   I am not the big fan of the 12/31/75 JGB show that most people…

  • JGMS: July 11, 1973, Keystone, Berkeley, CA

    A while back I did a little miniseries linking the July 1973 Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders shows at Keystone Berkeley to the official releases. I did it from the show perspective and from the album perspective. I.e., July 10, 1973: what goes on which albums; Live at Keystone, vol. 1 (CD): which songs come from which…

  • JGMS: July 10, 1973, Keystone, Berkeley, CA

    I have just parsed out the officially released material by release: Live at Keystone, volume 1 datings; Live at Keystone, volume 2 datings ; Live at Keystone, volume 3 (encores) datings Turning it around, here’s the perspective from the shows. This info based on most complete circulating copies. Key is below. Jerry Garcia and Merl…

  • JGMS: Live at Keystone, vol. 3 (encores) datings

    Keystone Encores Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt Initial release : 1988 Fantasy FCD 7703-2 *Hi-Heel Sneakers (Robert Higgenbotham) [7/10/73] *It’s Too Late (She’s Gone) (Chuck Willis) [7/10/73] *I Second That Emotion (William Robinson / Al Cleveland) [7/10/73] *One Kind Favor (Traditional) [7/11/73] *Money Honey (Jesse Stone) [unknown, presumed to…

  • JGMS: Live at Keystone, vol. 2 datings

    Live at the Keystone, Volume 2 Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt Initial release : 1988 Fantasy FCD 7702-2 * That’s Alright Mama (Arthur Crudup) [7/11/73, album comes in @ 5:19] * My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart) [7/11/73] * Someday Baby (Sam Hopkins) [7/10/73] * Like A Road Leading…

  • JGMS: Live at Keystone, vol. 1 datings

    Seeing a new torrent for 1973-07-10 at Lossless Legs reminds me that deaddisc.com has not included the information on dates from which the different performances derive. So I will post them. Here’s volume one (CD release). Live at the Keystone, Volume 1 Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt Initial release…