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Category: SF

  • These Listening Notes May Be A Touch Unreliable: JGB at Orpheum, December 2, 1988

    LN jg1988-12-02.jgb.all.aud-webber-small.xxxxxx.flac1644 In my neck of the scientific woods, reliability refers to the reproducibility of empirical measurement. My  measurement is reliable to the extent that another scholar can follow my procedure (which must be made transparent, of course) and arrive at the same value. For measurement that involves subjective judgment (how prevalent is corruption in country…

  • Blissfully Clarenceless on Market Street: JGB at the Warfield, December 1, 1989

    LN jg1989-12-01.jgb.all.aud-bk4011.141459.flac1648 God, ’89 was such a great year for the Jerry Band. I really need to find some more of the out-of-town shows to spin, though everytime I do I tend not to note much, because it’s all just really consistently good. This show, 12/1/89, is absolutely outstanding. I am glad that, contrary to what…

  • Warmup for Four: JGB at the Stone, July 19, 1980

    LN jg1980-07-19.jgb.all.aud-moore-berger.122980.flac1644 These notes were orphaned – I listened to this sometime back, never posted them. Last of three warmups for the short-lived JGB #11b quartet. We used to think that this band happened because the 11a drummer, John d’Fonseca, died in Spring 1980. But we now know that’s not true, so it’s not clear why…

  • Gettin’ Churchy: JGB at the Stone, Sunday, November 30, 1986

    LN jg1986-11-30.jgb.all.aud-corley.21301.shn2flac Spun on its 34th anniversary yesterday, this show supplied me with a delightful hour and a half of easy-feeling post-coma Jerry Band. “Stop That Train” opens the show for the second and final time ever (also 1/29/77), and returns to the lineup after nine years away (11/26/77a). “My Sisters And Brothers” also returns after…

  • Weakest Show of ’88? JGB, December 3, 1988, Orpheum SF

    I absolutely love 1988 JGB. There’s not much of it, but it’s mostly all light and bouncy and healthy sounding and interactive and good. He does speak from stage here, as he did on 7/10/88. That’s kind of noteworthy, I guess. That said, just spun 12/3/88 and it left me whelmed. Bill Reutelhuber made a…

  • 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…

  • “Garcia Sounds Pretty Wrecked” – JGB at the Stone, July 31, 1984

    A rare Tuesday night outing finds the newly-formed JGB #21b sounding pretty typical for the period. Apparently the second set started after midnight, which meant it happened on Garcia’s 42nd birthday, which the crowd apparently commemorated with a song of its own. Not much to note. I noted generically that Garcia sounds pretty wrecked, noted…

  • Kabuki Acoustics

    LN jg1982-08-23.jgjk.early-late.aud-menke-connor.12586.shn2flac LN jg1984-06-03.jgjk.all.sbd-unknown.81273.shn2flac Bill Graham ran the Kabuki Nightclub in Japantown for a few years in the early 1980s, and Garcia played twice, both times acoustic with ol’ buddy John Kahn. I am not a huge fan of the Garcia-Kahn acoustic duet, and these shows do nothing to move me from that basic position. Jerry still…

  • Jerry, tògòtigi – JGB at the Warfield, Wednesday, March 9, 1994

    Marquee for Jerry (who?) at the Warfield, March 9, 1994. I would LOVE to find out who the photographer is and give credit. I love the image above, of the Warfield marquee reading just “Jerry” for the March 9, 1994 JGB show, because, assuming his last name is not photoshopped out, it speaks to who…

  • Dawn of the NRPS

    I am sure you have already pre-ordered, as I just did, but just in case, here’s link to the upcoming Owsley Stanley Foundation (OSF) release called “Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage”. I cannot freaking wait to hear this! https://owsleystanleyfoundation.org/bears-sonic-journals/dawn-of-the-new-riders-of-the-purple-sage/