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  • Last Show at Alpine Valley: JGB, September 15, 1989

    Jerry smiling at Clarence Clemons, Alpine Valley, 9/15/89. Photo credit: Todd Darrow. The Dead played this space all (and very often well) throughout the 80s. Garcia played it once, and it was his last time there. There must have been plenty of room to boogie on this night, as the place was half-full, but Jerry…

  • Morse Codes as Light, Sweet and Lyrical: JGB at the Worcester Centrum, November 13, 1991

    LN jg1991-11-13.jgb.all.aud-mutterperl.81368.flac1644 I can’t believe this is my first write-up of a Fall ’91 show. I haven’t really dug into this tour the way I need to. It’s good. Jerry Garcia Band The Centrum 50 Foster St Worcester, MA 01608 November 13, 1991 (Wednesday) Mutterperl MAD flac1644 shnid-81368 — set I (8 tracks, 69:00)– s1t01.…

  • With and Without Maria: JGB at Keystone, August 6-7, 1977

    If “without and with” rolled better off the tongue, that’d be the more accurate title, because here we have a pair of summer ’77 JGB shows, the first admittedly only partially available, on which Maria Muldaur respectively does not and does make an appearance. I guess I am working toward pinning down her appearances throughout…

  • JGB in Chumash Country: Campbell Hall, UCSB, February 5, 1977

    In my writeup of the Garcia Band’s 11/20/76 gigs at the Pismo Theatre, I noted that Jerry urged the crowd to come see ol’ Hoyt Axton in a couple of weeks. “He’ll be down here doin’ a benefit for Redwind, which is just a good scene, about forty miles from here, a lot of good…

  • Greenpeace ‘No Nukes’ Benefit at the Old Waldorf: Reconstruction, April 23, 1979

    I wanted to love this, but I found very little that moved me. Maybe I was tired. LN jg1979-04-23.reconstruction.all.aud-composite.126927.flac1644 Reconstruction Old Waldorf 444 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 April 23, 1979 (Monday) – Early and Late shows composite auds flac1644 shnid-126927 –early show (10 tracks, 8 tunes, 92:26)– e-t01. announcement/crowd/tuning [0:52] e-t02. Get Up…

  • The Group Probably Will Be Short-Lived, Because Hopkins Has Other Contractual Obligations

    The titular line comes from an interview Garcia gave ca. November 22, 1975 to a Twin Cities journalist, Jon Bream, and references JGB #1. It could be that this was true all along, and the plan was just to monetize the Jerry Garcia name in the new Band, as well as Nicky’s name, for the…

  • No Sellout on Cape Cod: JGB, May 28, 1983

    LN jg1983-05-28.jgb.all.aud-huston.141978.flac2496 I have a bunch of listening notes to catch up on, but I have been holding back maybe because I don’t find myself with much to say. Saturday night, May 28, 1983 at the Cape Cod Coliseum, JGB #15c lays down a characteristically strong show. It doesn’t knock my socks off like 5/31/83…

  • Insert Pithy Title Here: JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, November 12, 1983

    Killer “Don’t Let Go”, and two short sets that foreshadow darker days ahead. Great job on the matrix by AF! update: d’oh! posted a second time about this one. DLG so nice, I had to post it twice. JERRY GARCIA BANDKeystone Palo Alto260 S. California AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94306November 12, 1983 (Saturday)*Matrix* shnid-141451 –set I…

  • Jerry Has Fallen, and He Can’t Get Up

    OK, maybe I am feeling a little bit cranky. I have been doing some late era listening, and it’s not always easy. Wednesday, April 20, 1994 at the Warfield, for example, has a “Don’t Let Go” – which is good! – but it falls into quite a remarkable rut. From 3:22-6:03 of this lovely Vasseur…

  • A Second Triumphant Return: JGB, Halloween ’92

    LN jg1992-10-31.jgb.all.aud-vasseur.141463.flac1644 Almost six years to the day after Jerry’s “Triumphant Return” from death’s door with the Garcia Band at the Stone, on October 31, 1992 he made a second comeback from a major health scare, playing with the JGB in the less homey Oakland Coliseum Arena less than three months after collapsing at home…