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Category: Lion’s Share

  • Dating the September 1971 Lion’s Share Gigs

    Consider this a throwback post, in that it does what the blog started out doing, and that’s just trying to correct and fill out metadata around Garciavents. Here, I argue that the material we know from circulating tapes as 9/24/71 is actually from the next night, 9/25/71, also at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo. The…

  • Pearl’s Wake

    Around November 3, 1970 the Associate Press (AP) had an item in lots of papers noting that Janis Joplin had left $2,500 in her will for a big ol’ celebration of her life after her passing. Invitations went out reading “The drinks are on Pearl”, and it happened at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo.…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Garcia and Saunders at the Lion’s Share

    I see that 7/5/73 is slated for official release as (per B&N) Garcialive 6: July 5 1973 Lion’s Share (Jerry Garcia / Merl Saunders). http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/garcialive-6-july-5-1973-lions-share/29919624;jsessionid=D74E41C2738E4500EC4D90119172BE33.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=0880882255220  http://www.amazon.com/Garcialive-July-1973-Lions-Share/dp/B01F73YZZ0 See my post now titled “Garcia and Saunders at the Lion’s Share” if you want to learn more about the very interesting songs, the great performance, the mysterious trumpet…

  • RIP Michael Hunt

    http://www.marinij.com/arts-and-entertainment/20160415/michael-hunt-who-made-marin-rock-history-booking-rock-stars-at-the-lions-share-in-the-1970s-dies-at-73

  • Latest Legion Listing

    Funny the things that pop up. Here’s a listing from the Marin Independent-Journal of July 25, 1975 for Legion of Mary at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, July 30, 1975. Of course, the last known Legion gig having been on July 6th, this listing caught my eye. What does it mean? I don’t…

  • JGMS: December 27-28, 1972 – Lion’s Share

    San Francisco Chronicle music listings, December 27, 1972, p. 44. Garcia-Saunders-Fogerty at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo, December 27-28, 1972, as listed in San Francisco Chronicle, December 27, 1972, p. 44. Both the Hayward Daily Review and Berkeley Barb at various points listed Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, contrary to circulating Garcia-Saunders tape…

  • JGMS August 5-6, 1972 Lion’s Share – new to The List

    As the title says, per listing under the North Bay section, center column. Lots of other interesting stuff, by way of color.

  • New to The List

    I’ll be posting some new-to-The-List dates ad seriatim. JGMS: Wednesday, December 9, 1970, Matrix San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 1970, p. 62.  JGMS: Wednesday, January 6, 1971, Matrix Wasserman, John L. 1971. A Talent Bigger Than Her Name. San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, 1971, p. 38. NRPS: Monday, January 11, 1971, Lion’s Share JGMS: Tuesday,…