Category: listening notes
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LN jg1987-03-14.jgb.all.aud-archival_audio.124259.flac2448
Garcia doesn’t quite have his stamina back. Nothing particularly noteworthy happening here. Good tape. Ian Stoy’s ticket stub for JGB 3/14/87 at the Wiltern Theatre in LA Jerry Garcia Band Wiltern Theatre 3790 Wilshire BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90010 March 14, 1987 (Saturday) Ian Stoy MAC flac2448 shnid-124259 –set I (8 tracks, 60:40)– s1t01. crowd and…
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At Wolfgang’s Warfield: JGB, March 2, 1991 orchestra tape
LN jg1991-03-02.jgb.all.aud-mk4-orchestra.123611.flac1648 Obviously I don’t get much into the 1990s, though I’ll need to do more to do the whole GOTS story justice. (seealso: JGB 3/1/91 listening notes) This is a totally professional gig, musically excellent. Old Jerry has his charms. He’s a sophisticated storyteller and themeweaver on the guitar. I have performance notes below,…
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LN jg1981-02-11.jgb.s1.aud-stankiewicz.127292.flac2496
Nice tape, nice show. Bob Minkin took some nice photos this night, a bunch of tapers nailed it, the band sounds strong. This must have been a great, weird old room. Jerry Garcia Band The Palladium 126 E 14th St New York, NY 10003 February 11, 1981 (Wednesday) – 8 PM Stanki s1s2p flac2496 shnid-127292…
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‘Drink ’em up, it’s the last one’: JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, July 23, 1977
LN jg1977-07-23.jgb.all.sbd-miller.30662.flac1644 Meh. This doesn’t light me up. Equipment gremlins running amok, things never achieve escape velocity to my ears. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone Palo Alto 260 South California AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 July 23, 1977 (Saturday) – 9:30 PM MSC Miller flac1644 shnid-30662 –set I (6 tracks, 64:25)– s1t01. tuning [1:02] s1t02. Sugaree [15:01]…
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Angels in the Balcony? JGB, March 27, 1982 Keystone
LN jg1982-03-27.jgb.all-1.aud-knudsen-GEMS.111727.flac1644 Gave this an anniversary listen today, and it pleasantly surprised me. There’s an awful lot of depth of feeling in this whole show. Sugaree is very good right off the bat, and in the first set only “After Midnight” does less than it might have; I blame the arrangements, which just feel too…
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Finders Keepers: JGMS with Jim Nelson on Drums, Keystone, October 5, 1974
LN jg1974-10-05.jgms.all.aud-falanga.8665.shn2flac I have no idea who Jim Nelson, the drummer, might be. There are some tempo issues all night long. I really like this period for JGMS. “La-La” and “Freedom Jazz Dance” are standouts to me. “Finders Keepers” is also pretty good. When these tapes came into the light, back before 9/11, they were…
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Checking Donna Out While Jamming With Her Husband: JGB, April 2, 1976
VN jg1976-04-02.jgb.late.video-youtube-Deadvids I’ll tag this “VN” in the title, for viewing notes. B&W Monarch Entertainment video from the Cap in Passaic. Not even a crusty aud in circulation, and low-gen video of the complete show drops from the sky, 38 years later. Wow. Viewing notes below. One of the most interesting things for me is…
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Grateful Dead Three Ways: December 20, 1975
Selvin (1975c) reviewed the December 19, 1975 Winterland show billing Keith and Donna Godchaux, Kingfish, and the Jerry Garcia Band as “Grateful Dead Divided Three Ways”. Hence, my title, even though I am working the crossings through the next night. Since I have fallen down the rabbit hole of a long post on 10/17/75, and…
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Ronnie’s Return, Pete’s Payoff: JGB in Provy, November 15, 1981
Ticket stub for JGB 11/15/81, contributed by Doc Gillespie to TJS. LN jg1981-11-15.jgb.all.aud-stankiwiecz.127050.flac2496 Ron Tutt is a great drummer, but am I biased? Ron Tutt is a beast. Check out the little one-minute fragment discussed in note #1. No biggie, just fun. Then pick some of the other songs I note and hear him play.…
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Grungy: JGB at the Starry Night in Portland, December 6, 1984
LN jg1984-12-06.jgb.s1s2p.aud-Rice.124941.flac1644 The second half of 1984 is Garcia’s Rock Bottom period. But it’s not all terrible, and some of it is rather amazing. Ain’t that always the way. My reaction to 12/6/84, a Thursday at the Starry Night in downtown Portland, is similar to my reaction to 8/24/84. The vocals are unprofessional, embarrassingly bad.…