Category: Laker Hall
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Soft, Gentle and Round vs. Burning, Fiery and Huge: JGB at Laker Hall, SUNY Oswego, February 17, 1980
LN jg1980-02-17.jgb.all.aud-gatto.9017.sh2flac The adjectives in the subject allude to the contrasts that really defined Garcia’s guitar playing in 1980. Some tunes, like “I’ll Take A Melody” featured both modes, the contemplative and the rockin’. “Friend Of The Devil”, here in one of its last electric GOTS performances, features long, gentle, lovely progressions, as does “It Takes…