Fate Music

Category: Maria Muldaur

  • Expressway Day: Garcia-Saunders at the Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, December 29, 1974

    I woke up this morning with “Expressway (To Your Heart)” playing in my head. Not just any Expressway, mind you. But the one played by Jerry and Merl and crew (possibly calling themselves Legion of Mary backstage and such) at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach on December 29, 1974, to end (or just about)…

  • JGB in Binghamton, November 20, 1977: first night DLG + LAALWFH = 1/2 (two weeks later DLG + LAALWFH)

    LN jg1977-11-20.jgb.all.sbd.141495.flac1644 First night of the fall ’77 Garcia Band tour (22 gigs in 22 nights), third live gig for young Buzzy Buchanan in the drummer’s seat. The great Jerry Moore had some nasty thoughts about him, but I think he sounds fine here. Keeping time for this group could not have been a picnic. I…

  • What It Is All About: Jerry Band Monday at the Keystone, August 16, 1976

    I love love love the mid-1976 versions of “After Midnight”, with Donna seconding on “what it is all about”. (Happy 73rd birthday to DJG the day of this post, BTW!) I also like the “Stop That Train”s from this era, both imprinted on my brain from some tape I played the hell out of. This…

  • A Long Way From Spain: JGB at SUNY Stony Brook, December 9, 1977

    LN jg1977-12-09.jgb.all.aud-matera-fix.137736.flac2488 Not much time to post much detail, so some bulleted observations. 1)  Keith is playing some classical-Spanish sounding thing at the end of s1t01. Then, @ 7:21 of “Lonesome And A Long Way From Home”, I hear John hitting some Spanish stuff, too. Check it out because, while Jerry was Swedish-Irish on his mom’s…

  • What is the Opposite of a Bat Outta Hell? JGB at Keystone, September 10-12, 1976

    I am not a huge fan of the syrupy tempos of 1976 JGB, the ultimate comfort band for Our Hero. There are some great sounding tapes, the occasional killer show (4/3/76b), and some spectacular specific songs (“Right Mighty High”, “Moonlight Mile”, “Who Was John” and others are some of my faves), but the overall vibe…

  • 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…

  • Come back for Garcia Band. Come back, come back.

    LN jg1978-03-10.interview.all.fm-zimmerman.82210.flac1644 I love these March ’78 interviews. 3/11/78 is my absolute favorite, all kinds of great stuff. This one has less going on, but still interesting to the likes of me. Jerry Garcia Band InterviewWCMF-FM Studios129 Leighton AvenueRochester, NY 14614March 10, 1978 (Friday) afternoon46 minute Alan Zimmerman FM cassette (7 tracks, 46:25)jg19780310d3t001. Reuben and…

  • Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You?

    A little over a year ago, I found a review of a unique-sounding Garcia-Saunders gig, backing Maria Muldaur at the Berkeley Community Theatre on October 12, 1974. While unique at the gig level, it turns out that JGMS backing John Kahn’s then-“old lady” Maria Muldaur, still flying high from a hit record or two, was…

  • Walkin’ One and Only: JGMS backing Maria Muldaur, BCT, October 12, 1974

    updated with newly-unearthed Phillip Elwood review Well, well, well … just found a review of a Maria Muldaur show at BCT on Saturday, October 12, 1974 in the Berkeley Barb (Wikarska 1974). Maria worked with three bands this night. 1) David Nichtern (I presume “and the Nocturnes”): Nichtern, Hank DeVito on steel, Larry Jones on…