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Category: Louis Falanga

  • If ACT = JGMS and Taper = Louis Falanga, and YYMM = 7402, does XX = 17?

    I recently wrote that in engaging any Garcia event, I first want to pin down the who, the where, and the what. So I want the sociometric, geometric, and the chronometric particulars … If I can pin down those three pieces about any given event with reasonable certainty, I feel like it “exists” in a…

  • They Really Are a Scree-um: Legion of Mary at Keystone, Thursday, May 22, 1975

    LN jg1975-05-22.lom.all.aud-menke-falanga-motb-0044.87156.flac2496 I just revisited 5/21/75, and it left me a little bit … whelmed. By contrast, at some point between downloading the files in 2011 and today, I listened to and noted the next night, and I *loved* it. The Bob Menke – Louis Falanga aud belongs in the freaking Smithsonian. This stands as…

  • Take the Road Before Us and Sing a Chorus or Two: Legion of Mary at Keystone, May 21, 1975

    jg1975-05-21.lom.all.mtx-tobin-motb-0050.87219.flac1644 I recently gave 6/16/82 a listen to evaluate whether it merited its lofty reputation, or whether it might be exhibiting a case of the Cornells. I decided it was as good as its reputation. Staying with that démarche, a week ago I spun 5/21/75, Legion of Mary at the Keystone, which has long circulated…

  • Jim Nelson on the Drums and Several Great Rarities: JGMS at Keystone, October 4, 1974

    LN jg1974-10-04.jgms.all.aud-falanga.8649.shn2flac This is great to hear. Three points of historical interest. 1) Louis Falanga’s onstage audience tapes are great documents. 2) Lots of interesting material including, here, some great jazz (“Valdez In The Country”, “People Make The World Go Round”, “Freedom Jazz Dance”), and a great rare (in the Garciaverse) Motown, “Ain’t No Mountain…

  • 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…

  • The Tutt Rule: JGMS at the Keystone, June 22, 1975

    LN jg1975-06-22.jgms.all.aud-menke-falanga-motb-0048.87236.flac1644 Update: 4/20/2020: I now refer to this as JGMS, because Ron Tutt is not drumming, and Greg Errico is. Less importantly, but not unimportantly, while all of the external materials refer to the group as Legion of Mary, Rex Jackson labeled his tape boxes Jerry & Merl. Sometimes I have a modest tendency…

  • Third Night Out with Tony Saunders: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, June 6, 1974

    **updated 21:18 Eastern 20111213, mostly up front with some more historical context** LN jg1974-06-06.jgms.all.aud-falanga.6375.shn2flac A wonderful tape and a wonderful performance. Tony Saunders on bass, Billy K on the drums. We get to hear what I presume to be Freddie Herrera a time or two, interesting given how central was the Herrera-Garcia partnership over the…

  • August 9, 1974 is probably August 10, 1974: a fine show either way

    LN jg1974-08-09.jgms.s1s2p.aud-falanga.8073.shnf More listening around August 1974, as with 8/11/74 and a mention of 8/15/74. I have some doubts about the date. The always-excellent “Rock Talk by KG” column (by Kathie Staska and George Mangrum) in the Hayward Daily Review (August 9, 1974, p. 40), says “Clifton Chenier does Keystone Berkeley tonight and Jerry Garcia…

  • Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)

    LN jg1974-08-11.jgms.all.aud-falanga.6382.shnf I wanted to listen around August 1974 a bit more, to see if there was anything else like the mystery trumpet player on “8/15/74”. So I checked out 8/11. This strikes me as one of the weaker shows of this great month, though it’s been so long since I listened to most of…

  • LOM 19750522 note

    Thank you, Bob Menke and Louis Falanga. That’s all.