Category: methodology
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Rabbit’s Epistemology: If It Says So, Then It Is So
Lyrics: A map is not a guess An estimation or a hunch A feeling or a foolish intuition A map is a dependable Unwavering, inarguably accurate Portrayer, of your position Never trust your ears Your nose, your eyes Putting faith in them Is most unwise Here’s a phrase you all Must memorise In the printed…
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Arnold, Corry. 2012. The Janet Soto List Manuscript Tradition
The Janet Soto List Manuscript Tradition By Corry Arnold For some reason that is unknown to me, GDP employee Janet Soto made a typewritten list of every Grateful Dead performance from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1980. I have no idea why this list was created, but I’m glad it was. I received my…
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Pedantry
Just wanna mention that there’s an amazing literature on blogging as a, or an aspect of the, scholarly vocation. I know of it but I haven’t read it. For me, the most relevant aspect would be how standards of evidence and citation have evolved, and where they stand. E.g., is there an authoritative “best practice”…
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The Last Quartet Show
LN jg1982-10-23.jgb.all.aud-knudsen-GEMS.112275.flac1644 This show is the last for the short-lived October ’82 quartet configuration, which did a quartet of shows on 10/13/82, 10/21-22/82, and this night. In Guerneville on the 24th, backing vocalists would augment the ranks. If I am not mistaken, this could be the last show the JGB ever played as a quartet…
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An Evening With the Gratetul Dead
edited 20110502 am LN jg1970-05-01.gd.all-126mins.sbd-miller.95683.flac1644 It is presently “commonly known” that the “An Evening With The Grateful Dead” show concept / set format debuted in Alfred, NY on Friday, May 1, 1970 [Jerrybase | shnid-95683 | archive.org]. McNally (2002, 366) narrates things this way, Deadlists’ entry presents the show in conventional AEWTGD form, and so…
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The One and only book of Dead lists, 1974-1985
Does anyone have a hard copy of this that they might consider scanning? [“Have rare vintage lists to trade”!?!? :)]? Better, anyone have a scanned copy? Best, anyone have , or know anyone who might have, a hard copy that they’d be willing to part with? I’d like to add this to the JGMF archives,…
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Q: Where was Jerry on June 24, 1981? A: Breaking in new singers at the Keystone Palo Alto
update: I have found a listing for JGB playing Keystone Palo Alto this Wednesday night, 6/24/81. It makes sense – first night out for Liz Stires and Essra Mohawk, and they usually played gigs on off-nights and/or off-the-beaten path when breaking in new members. That seems especially pertinent when the first two gigs are going…
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JGB: September 19, 1975, Crabshaw Corner, Sacramento, CA
Thanks to Corry for answering my query on January 26, 1976 which also included a question about 11/4/78. Before starting my post, I just want to take a second to recognize Corry’s role in Garcia historiography. He has been not only an essential bridge across different documents (Soto, McNally) and traditions (from handwritten lists to…
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TJS and phantom gigs
How should The Jerry Site handle phantom gigs? In another post, commenter David Minches said that disconfirmed dates should be left in with a note that they are incorrect. I agree. But I think the “misdates” need to be filterable and should be marked off by text or color or font or border or something.…
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When did Melvin Seals begin with JGB?
Edited 20110216 The Jerry Garcia Band show listed as Saturday, December 20, 1980, Keystone Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, has always struck me odd. I argue here that (1) “12/20/80” is a “phantom” listing, a mislabel of 12/20/79. Along the way (2) I argue that “1/18/81” is also a phantom, a mislabel of 1/18/83. This…