Category: Lion’s Share

  • New Riders of the Purple Sage and Acoustic Grateful Dead: Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, July 30-August 1, 1970

    (This is an updated version of an earlier post, “GD/NRPS19700731-19700801: Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, CA, 4/20/2011.) Some time back, I reported listings for “New Riders of the Purple Sage & Grateful Dead, Lion’s Share, 9 pm” for both July 31, 1970 and August 1, 1970, in the calendar section of the Berkeley Tribe. Here’s the…

  • Redd and Blues

    LN jg1974-06-04.jgms.all.sbd-gmb.90003.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Lion’s Share 60 Red Hill Avenue San Anselmo, CA, 94960 June 4, 1974 (Tuesday) 133 min Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard shnid-90003 –set I (5 tracks, 75:29)– s1t01. Darben The Redd Foxx [17:24] [0:16] % [0:02] {17:42} s1t02. Expressway (To Your Heart) [16:50] [0:07] % [0:10] {17:07} s1t03. I Second…

  • Where Was Paul Humphrey on June 5-6, 1974?

    Ad for Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music, Oakland Coliseum, June 4, 1974. Hayward Daily Review, May 24, 1974, p. 38. Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music, “With All 40 T.V. Stars!”, appeared On Stage! In Person! at the Oakland Coliseum on June 4, 1974. I wonder if Paul Humphrey was with them? By October,…

  • Go Ask Alice: JGMS at the Share, June 5, 1974

    LN jg1974-06-05.jgms.s2.sbd.8062.shnf Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Lion’s Share 60 Red Hill Avenue San Anselmo, CA 94960 June 5, 1974 (Wednesday)sbd set II shnid-8062 –set II (7 tracks, 76:57)– s2t01. ambience [0:27] s2t02. La-La [20:30] [3:22] s2t03. Finders Keepers [7:43] [1:44] s2t04. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [5:58] (1) [1:31] % s2t05. //Kansas…

  • Garcia and Saunders at the Lion’s Share (LN jg1973-07-05.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.79032.flac1644)

    update 20230709: the trumpet player is Mike Price. update 201605015: this show has now been officially released as Garcialive 6: July 5 1973 Lion’s Share (Jerry Garcia / Merl Saunders). slight update 20110816, as noted below Like 2/16/74, this was a previously uncirculated Betty Board dropped by the mysterious ‘alligator’ into the ether at Lossless Legs,…

  • LN jg1973-07-21.oaitw.early.sbd-smith-boswell.113805.flac1644

    ad for Keystone, Berkeley, July 19 – August 1, 1973; Berkeley Barb (7/19/73-8/1/73), p. 21 Let me just make a few points to head up these listening notes for this newly-circulated version of these rehearsals. They are very, very important. First, the provenance of the tape is awesome. Thanks to the Pacific Northwest Crew for…

  • NRPS-Matrix-1970 04 of 7: LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970

    NRPS-Matrix-1970: a seven part series discussing New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) gigs at the Matrix, 1970, including listening notes on the circulating tapes, speculation on dates, observations on playing, general pontificating. Introduction LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970 LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970 LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970 LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970 LN19700902:…

  • GD/NRPS19700731-19700801: Lion’s Share, San Anselmo, CA

    Note 2/12/2012: This post has been thoroughly revamped and is now deprecated. Please use/refer to the new post of 2/12/2012. Here are the listings for “New Riders of the Purple Sage & Grateful Dead, Lion’s Share, 9 pm” for both Friday, July 31, 1970 and Saturday, August 1, 1970, in the “George” (calendar) section of…

  • Listening Notes: Great American String Band (GASB), Lion’s Share,San Anselmo, June 12, 1974

    **update 20140823 – Elwood 1974 is clear that GASB played the Lion’s Share on Wednesday, June 12, 1974. Thanks to Blair Jackson!** Here are some thoughts based on my notations from this recording (shnid-7331). I’ll start with a few analytical points, then reproduce the raw notations below. It sounds like a single two-set show to…

  • Great American String Band: June 12-14, 1974 (update)

    **update 20140823 – definitely Lion’s Share 6/12/74 and Keystone 6/13-14/74, per Elwood 1974. Thanks to Blair for providing the raw materials!** So, awhile back I posted on the mid-June 1974 recordings of the Great American Music Band / Great American String Band. I have to leave the name issue alone for now, but for the…