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  • LN jg1975-04-05.lom.early.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448

    So, this show has not really circulated complete, unless it does and I missed it. Nice to hear the John Scher introduction intact. The first 60 minutes have never made the digital jump, as far as I know. There’s a “Creepin’” here, which is conceptually interesting but practically, to my ears, not so much. We…

  • Hiatus Hiatus LNjg1978-03-17.jgb.late.aud-CC.noshnid.flac2448

    jg1978-03-17.jgb.late.aud-CC.noshnid.flac2448 Late show has never entered circulation, AFAIK. Some pretty spare notes. Jerry Garcia Band Capitol Theatre 326 Monroe Street Passaic, NJ 07055 March 17, 1978 (Friday) Late Show – 11 PM 81 minute CC aud flac2448 –late show main set + encore (9 tracks, 80:47)– –main set (8 tracks, 72:57)– t01. John Scher Introduction…

  • Garcia’s Penultimate Sonoma County Gig, and a Great ‘Don’t Let Go’

    LN jg1988-02-05.jgb.all.aud-CC.121594.flac2448 My favorite year of the canonical Jerry Garcia Band, i.e., what I mean when I say The Jerry Garcia Band, i.e., Garcia-Kahn-Seals-Kemper-Jones-LaBranch. Jerry’s penultimate show in Sonoma County. Top-three version of “Don’t Let Go“, along with the next night (2/6/88) and 5/19/89 in Irvine. some of my favorite Garcia music of all time.…

  • JGB at Northwestern: Cahn Auditorium, March 12, 1976 (late show)

    LN jg1976-03-12.jgb.late.aud-unk.xxxxx.flac1644 My love of audience tapes is evident to anyone who reads here. The anthropological instinct (and practice) underpinning field recording enthralls me. To me, everybody who ever taped a gig is right there with Alan Lomax and all the rest. Now, sometimes you have to be willing to sacrifice your aesthetics a little…

  • JGB: June 23, 1977: Benefit Concert for the Survival of the Forest Community of Camp Meeker

    On Thursday, June 23, 1977, Jerry Garcia Band (JGB) out-of-pattern early and late shows at Santa Rosa High School. High school gigs were pretty unusual for Garcia at any point (beyond early Grateful Dead), but by the late 1970s it almost always meant that there was some personal connection, somehow, to Garcia. For example, Garcia-Kahn…

  • The Group In and Around the Sarah Era: Boarding House, 1/24/73

    LN jg1973-01-24.jgms.early-late.sbd-nfagdtrfb.100216.flac1644 update: this post has so  many old links to the evil db.etree – please never use that URL. Substitute etreedb wherever you see db.etree. Thank you. (Man oh man does Blogger’s formatting suck. One can’t compose online, because stuff can get lost [viz my long beautiful post on Wales-Garcia 1/26/72]. One can’t compose…

  • The Merle [sic] Saunders Experience: Boarding House, January 25, 1973

    LN jg1973-01-25.jgms.early-late.sbd.7670.shn2flac1644 Introduction Not long ago I posted a set of notes on JGMS 1/15/73 at the Inn of the Beginning, the second known date (and the earliest circulating tape) of the Garcia-Saunders-Kahn-Vitt group to include singer Sarah Fulcher. The Sarah Era, as I’ll call it, holds lots of appeal: she’s a mysterious figure about…

  • Summertime in January: The Merle [sic] Saunders Experience, January 15, 1973 at the Inn of the Beginning

    Rex Jackson wrote the band name as ” Merle [sic] Saunders Experience” on his tape boxes for this night, FWIW. LN jg1973-01-15.jgms.early-late.sbd-jgmf.5428+9573.shn2flac Among the Inn of the Beginning materials [JGMF | COAU] I unearthed last summer were ledgers indicating shows by Garcia-Saunders on January 14-15, 1973, only the latter of which had previously been known…

  • Stirring It Up with E.W. Wainwright: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, March 9, 1974

    LN jg1974-03-09.jgms.all-1.sbd-alligator.33750.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders (JGMS) Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 March 9, 1974 (Saturday) The recent slow pace of posting is exceeded by the even slower pace of my listening. I have been able to do very little for quite some time. I did manage to sneak in some notes…

  • LN jg1983-05-06.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448

    Nothing much to hear here. Jerry Garcia Band Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 May 6, 1983 (Friday) CC aud shnid-137910 –set I (6 tracks, 50:39)– s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:38] s1t02. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [9:17] [0:10] % [0:31] s1t03. I’ll Take A Melody [13:12] [0:08] % s1t04.…