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Category: Martin Fierro

  • 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)…

  • Two Sax Attack? JGMS at the GAMH, February 5, 1974

    LN jg1974-02-05.jgms.all.sbd-ladner.32088.flac1644 I won’t elaborate much. I have always held early ’74 Garcia-Saunders in rather low esteem, despite my early familiarity with, place-based affinity toward –I attended Campolindo High School, just down the road– and resulting inordinate love for the 2/9/74 Rheem Theater show. I was prompted to check-in with 2/5/74 by valued commenter runonguinness’s observation…

  • Shades of Joy

    Anyone know if Martin Fierro would have been performing with the band Shades of Joy in May of 1973?

  • San Francisco Sessions, 1970

    **updated 8/10/2015, especially under heading D** **update2 8/11, more, especially, in section D** **updated 8/12, re-ordered sections (now goes from more micro and Jerrycentric to more macro (and less so)), also reworked some of section D, though not really many new words.** I have been processing information from contracts filed at the American Federation of…

  • San Francisco Sessions, 1967-1968

    updated title 20160319 San Francisco Sessions Series San Francisco Sessions, 1967-1968 San Francisco Sessions, 1969 San Francisco Sessions, 1970 San Francisco Sessions, 1971 San Francisco Sessions, 1972  In the course of my research into Jerry Garcia’s musical life outside the Grateful Dead, I have gathered up, well, an awful lot of stuff. Sometimes I can’t…

  • Expressway to Homer’s: JGMS in Palo Alto, May 4, 1973

    LN jg1973-05-04.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.31283.flac1644 I. Introduction Acquisitiveness is a real affliction. Not only is it unattractive in its own right, but the pursuit of the “unhad” oftentimes crowds out other, periodically more productive activities. Consider my own pursuit of Garcia recordings. While I imagine what could be on a tape (real or imagined) that I don’t have,…

  • By the Grace of the Lord: Legion of Mary at the Masonic Temple, Scranton, April 12, 1975

    LN jg1975-04-12.lom.late.sbd-gems.117832.flac1644 Legion of Mary Masonic Temple 420 North Washington AvenueScranton, PA 18503 April 12, 1975, 11 p.m. late show (Saturday) sbd gems shnid-117832 –late show, 11 pm, main set + encore (7 tracks, 91:36)– –late show, main set (6 tracks, xx:xx)– t01. Let It Rock [12:27] [0:16] % [0:04] t02. tuning [0:38], La-La [12:44] (1)…

  • LN jg1974-08-24.jgms.all.sbd.10162.shn2flac

    On Saturday, August 24, 1974, the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played the Great American Music Hall at 859 O’ Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109. I have written about this show once before, just to lay out a few contradictions around the date/venue combination, which I basically dismiss. I am of the view that…

  • Redd and Blues

    LN jg1974-06-04.jgms.all.sbd-gmb.90003.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders Lion’s Share 60 Red Hill Avenue San Anselmo, CA, 94960 June 4, 1974 (Tuesday) 133 min Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard shnid-90003 –set I (5 tracks, 75:29)– s1t01. Darben The Redd Foxx [17:24] [0:16] % [0:02] {17:42} s1t02. Expressway (To Your Heart) [16:50] [0:07] % [0:10] {17:07} s1t03. I Second…

  • JGMS: July 19, 1973, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

    Heitman, Dianne. 1973. Merle [sic] & Jerry soar at Music Hall – so does audience. San Francisco Phoenix v.1 n.24 (August 10), p. 8. Positive review of Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, July 19, 1973, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA. The Great American Music Hall, at 859 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco, CA,…