Category: Reconstruction
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Risk and Challenge in the 1970s
Here’s a back-of-the-napkin sketch, my subjective assessment, of the musical risks and challenges associated with Garcia’s 1970s bands (qua personnel and repertoire) playing black and race-fusion music. So, this includes Wales-Garcia, all of the Jerry and Merl outfits, and all of the JGBs. It excludes NRPS, OAITW, GAMB/GASB (playing mostly white roots music), and the…
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Reconstruction Pix by Chris Stone
Some rare, amazing Reconstruction pix from 4/23/79 and 5/18/79 by Chris Stone. This one Gaylord Birch at the Old Waldorf, May 18, 1979. Major shoutout to the photographer, 1) for getting some stunning shots, and 2) for posting these freely to share. Please be sure to credit him if you archive a copy of this…
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Ozzie and Johnny D
LN jg1979-10-07.jgb.all-2.aud-angus-hart.106528.flac1644 First night out for Ozzie Ahlers and John d’Fonseca (and hence, of JGB #11a). Sunday night is consistent with pattern of breaking in new guys on off-nights, but the Garcia fans don’t worry about work on Monday morning. Probably not surprisingly, this performance is not a world-beater. They are feeling each other out.…
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LN Reconstruction May 19, 1979 Old Waldorf, set II
Corry attended the Reconstruction show at the Old Waldorf on May 19, 1979, and has written it up very nicely from all of the angles that matter. He saw the 1st set. The second set, probably most of it, circulates from a very nice but unattributed audience recording. It’s not the best Reconstruction set around,…
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An Echo at Reconstruction’s Ending
JG19790929: Reconstruction: Saturday, September 29, 1979, Keystone Palo Alto (UNCERTAIN) Listing for Reconstruction at Keystone Palo Alto, 9/29/79, from BAM no. 63 (September 1, 1979), p. 14. Like lots of us, I have been really busy. I’ll resist temptation to say a whole lot about this, but will try hard to just put it out…
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Casey Jones Used Cocaine: LN19790613 Reconstruction River Theater Guerneville CA
jg1979-06-23.reconstruction.late-1.aud-bershaw-GEMS.96235.flac1644 On Wednesday, June 13, 1979, Reconstruction appears to have played the River Theater in Guerneville, CA. As far as I know this gig is only known because of a surviving audience recording made by Alan Bershaw. update: I now am about 99.9% sure the correct date is 6/23. Reconstruction River Theater 16135 Main Street…
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Reconstruction: June 8, 1979, venue question
Still can’t believe how little I’ve had to say about Reconstruction. All in due time, I guess. Anyway, a quickie: I think the correct venue for the June 8, 1979 Reconstruction show is probably the Rio Theater (140 Parker Avenue, Rodeo, CA, 94572). Here’s how it looks today: View Larger Map This is based on…
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Reconstruction: August 10, 1979, Temple Beautiful, San Francisco, CA
I don’t think I have blogged much about Reconstruction, the jazz-R&B-soul-funk-rock-disco outfit formed by John Kahn that performed in 1979 and that regularly “featured” Jerry Garcia on guitar. This is one of Garcia’s most unusual side trips. It features lots of tunes that he had never done before and would never do again, with my…