Category: songs-L
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Expressway to Homer’s: JGMS in Palo Alto, May 4, 1973
LN jg1973-05-04.jgms.all.sbd-alligator.31283.flac1644 I. Introduction Acquisitiveness is a real affliction. Not only is it unattractive in its own right, but the pursuit of the “unhad” oftentimes crowds out other, periodically more productive activities. Consider my own pursuit of Garcia recordings. While I imagine what could be on a tape (real or imagined) that I don’t have,…
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Stirring It Up with E.W. Wainwright: JGMS, Keystone Berkeley, March 9, 1974
LN jg1974-03-09.jgms.all-1.sbd-alligator.33750.flac1644 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders (JGMS) Keystone 2119 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 March 9, 1974 (Saturday) The recent slow pace of posting is exceeded by the even slower pace of my listening. I have been able to do very little for quite some time. I did manage to sneak in some notes…
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LN jg1974-08-24.jgms.all.sbd.10162.shn2flac
On Saturday, August 24, 1974, the Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played the Great American Music Hall at 859 O’ Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109. I have written about this show once before, just to lay out a few contradictions around the date/venue combination, which I basically dismiss. I am of the view that…
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Odes to Joy: Aunt Monk at the Generosity, May 9, 1975
LN jg1975-05-09.aunt-monk.84mins.aud-castelli-motb-0144.107829.flac1644 For a couple of years, the good people at Mouth of the Beast (MOTB) were dropping some ridiculously great and important listening material on the masses. Most important, from the perspective of Garcia on the Side (GOTS) were the Robert Castelli tapes, a handful of recordings made by the gentleman of that name…
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NRPS-Matrix-1970 05 of 7: LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970
NRPS-Matrix-1970: a seven part series discussing New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) gigs at the Matrix, 1970, including listening notes on the circulating tapes, speculation on dates, observations on playing, general pontificating. Introduction LN19700430: Thursday, April 30, 1970 LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970 LN19700729: Wednesday, July 29, 1970 LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970 LN19700902:…
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Reading Notes: Kahlbacher, Gene. 1974. Aquarian Interview: New Riders of the Purple Sage. Aquarian, January 29 – February 12, 1974, pp. 14, 27, 31.
NB: I didn’t have the year of this publication, somehow. But from the context of Torbert leaving and Battin just arriving, I believe it is 1974. Kahlbacher 1974, 14: How much of an inspiration has JG been to NRPS, and was he its Founding Father? Spencer Dryden: “Rather than father, I look to Jerry for…
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I did not know that
According to Alex Allan’s incredible Grateful Dead Lyric and Song Finder site, Love in the Afternoon credits lyrics to Robert Hunter and music to John Kahn. “I did not know that.”