Category: Santa Rosa
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Bear Tracks and Bear Drops in the Bear Republic
“Slewfoot” was a great selection for the Dead’s Santa Rosa shows June 27-28, 1969: “Bear tracks” in the Bear Republic. date venue city state 6/11/69 California Hall San Francisco CA 6/21/69a Fillmore East New York NY 6/27/69 Veterans Auditorium Santa Rosa CA 6/28/69 Veterans Auditorium Santa Rosa CA 7/3/69 Reed’s Ranch Colorado Springs CO 7/4/69 …
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Garcia’s Penultimate Sonoma County Gig, and a Great ‘Don’t Let Go’
LN jg1988-02-05.jgb.all.aud-CC.121594.flac2448 My favorite year of the canonical Jerry Garcia Band, i.e., what I mean when I say The Jerry Garcia Band, i.e., Garcia-Kahn-Seals-Kemper-Jones-LaBranch. Jerry’s penultimate show in Sonoma County. Top-three version of “Don’t Let Go“, along with the next night (2/6/88) and 5/19/89 in Irvine. some of my favorite Garcia music of all time.…
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JGB: June 23, 1977: Benefit Concert for the Survival of the Forest Community of Camp Meeker
On Thursday, June 23, 1977, Jerry Garcia Band (JGB) out-of-pattern early and late shows at Santa Rosa High School. High school gigs were pretty unusual for Garcia at any point (beyond early Grateful Dead), but by the late 1970s it almost always meant that there was some personal connection, somehow, to Garcia. For example, Garcia-Kahn…