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  • Tasty Fucking Tape: JGB at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, October 28, 1978 (Severson MAC)

    LN jg1978-10-28.jgb.early-late.aud-severson.148540.flac2496 These last few shows of the Keith and Donna JGB are generally strong. And the recordings often sound really nice, not least because the bass, and I’d say generally the whole band, was dialed-in in the rooms. I don’t know who was doing room sound, but they did a great job. Mark Severson pulled the…

  • Calderone Valentine: JGB in Hempstead, NY, February 14, 1981

    LN jg1981-02-14.jgb.all.aud-hance.155565.flac2496 Just did the previous night, and I had just listened to this one to get a load of the fresh transfer from John Jay Hance‘s master. I hear plenty of stuff to like, don’t go into much detail. The “Like A Road” feels really sweet. Quicky listening notes. Jerry Garcia Band Calderone Concert Hall…

  • Last Show at Alpine Valley: JGB, September 15, 1989

    Jerry smiling at Clarence Clemons, Alpine Valley, 9/15/89. Photo credit: Todd Darrow. The Dead played this space all (and very often well) throughout the 80s. Garcia played it once, and it was his last time there. There must have been plenty of room to boogie on this night, as the place was half-full, but Jerry…

  • The Group Probably Will Be Short-Lived, Because Hopkins Has Other Contractual Obligations

    The titular line comes from an interview Garcia gave ca. November 22, 1975 to a Twin Cities journalist, Jon Bream, and references JGB #1. It could be that this was true all along, and the plan was just to monetize the Jerry Garcia name in the new Band, as well as Nicky’s name, for the…

  • The Reedman vs. The Gunslinger: JGB with David Murray, Madison Square Garden, November 12, 1993

    LN jg1993-11-12.jgb.all.aud-brennecke-litzenburger-GEMS.91812.flac1644 LN jg1993-11-12.jgb.s2.aud-gastwirt.139507.flac1648 The man had conceived the band bearing his name as a way to scratch some musical itches, play some mostly consonant music with mostly-simpatico (or at least deferential) people, and make a little bit of walking around money. The Jerry Garcia Band provided its namesake with a comfortable and, eventually, highly…

  • Let’s Spend the (Wednesday) Night Together

    November 21, 1990, a Wednesday night, Garcia played a killer “Let’s Spend The Night Together,” featuring what the seeder notes as “relentless, furious” guitar work. Indeed. “Tears Of Rage” and “Tore Up Over You” also stand out. Pack of Wolves opened, for the record. Jerry Garcia Band The Warfield 982 Market Street San Francisco, CA…

  • Never Get Yo Cornbread Made

    LN jg1995-01-13.jgb.all.aud-vasseur-ladner.21484.shn2flac I almost never listen to 1995. I mean to. And then I did. But then, it turns out that I had already listened to the second set of this show, so the novelty factor was reduced by half. On the flip side, the “study in contrasts” possibilities are wide; in this case, it…

  • Kicking off the January ’86 Garcia/Kahn acoustic tour

    LN jg1986-01-24.jgjk.all.aud-CC.138168.flac1644 A huge bulge of heretofore elusive Garcia tape from the late 70s and especially the 80s has been hitting cyberspace. I don’t have much time for this, just a few scattered notes laying down some markers for eventual discussion of the tour. First, a tour snapshot. Snapshot of the January ’86 Garcia/Kahn acoustic…

  • Linda Chicana

    Is the name of the song that has gone on Reconstruction setlists as “Linda”. Here is Cal Tjader doing it:

  • GD 6/23/74 Jai Alai Fronton

    Play it loud. https://archive.org/details/gd1974-06-23.akgd1000e.moore.berger.105755.flac24 Sard Thee Well, Jerry Moore. Only Grateful Dead version of “Let It Rock”. Interviewed by Ken Wardell 6/8/74 backstage after the Dead’s Oakland Coliseum show, Garcia talked about the tune, which he put on Compliments: One of the reasons that we did that song was that, in my opinion, that’s Chuck…