Category: songs-T
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The Fat Man Is Back – LN jg1987-02-24.jgb.all.aud-pinney-gems.82610.flac1644
Poster for JGB 2/24/87 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on Tuesday, February 24, 1987, image courtesy of Wolfgang’s Vault. Since I gathered an ad and a few listings in Santa Cruz, I gave the 2/24/87 JGB show at the Civic Aud a spin and discovered a great tape (a single one in circulation, thanks…
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Mahalo, Jer: JGB, January 27, 1989 at the Orpheum
LN jg1989-01-27.jgb.all.sbd-moses.84866.flac1644 Can’t believe I haven’t annotated any 1989 Garcia Band. For my money, 1988-1989 is one of the great JGB periods, which a fresh and healthy Jerry (that’s what starts to break down, for me, 1990-1991), solid band, some fresh material, rehearsed arrangements, and lots of classic American songs. Nothing too crazy, lots of…
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That warmish-dampish-Motel-6-towel feeling, without the hygiene – JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, February 4, 1982
LN jg1982-02-04.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 I have always found early 1982 to be an exceptionally weak period for the Jerry Garcia Band. Jerry’s opiate use has really picked up, but in his side band he didn’t seem able to get back up with blow or whatever. Indeed, to tell the truth I think January, February and March JGB…
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No Donna Tough Mama
LN jg1977-07-08.jgb.early.aud-moore-minches.21478.shn2flac I like this show a lot. Donna Jean is not present. Who sings harmonies? Jerry Garcia Band Calderone Concert Hall 145 N. Franklin StreetHempstead, NY 11550 July 8, 1977 (Friday) – Early Show (scheduled 8 PM) definitive Moore shnid-21478 shn2flac –(8 tracks, 92:34)– t01. [0:12] Sugaree [15:28] [3:00] t02. Stop That Train [13:00]…
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Lizless Sextet: JGB at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, June 23, 1982
LN jg1982-06-23.jgb.s1s2p.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 This date interests me because Liz Stires is said to have left the JGB tour after the previous night’s gig (6/22/82). So this would be a show with only one backing vocalist (Julie Stafford), a rare JGB sextet with two keyboards (JGB #14d, I have proposed we catalogue it). Truth is, I can’t…
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LN jg1983-05-25.jgb.all-1.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448
Nothin’ really jumps out at me. Jerry Garcia Band Shea’s Theatre 646 Main StreetBuffalo, NY 14202 May 25, 1983 (Wednesday), 8 PM all-1 85 min CC aud –Set I (5 tracks, 38:13)– s1t01. … How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [#7:49] [0:34] % s1t02. They Love Each Other [8:08] [0:24] % [0:18]…
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Jack and Jorma – Matrix – July 22, 1969 (Tuesday)
Sometimes to contemplate a piece of data requires going at least one degree of separation back. Here’s a case in point: I was listening to Garcia play the “3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds Jam” [a.k.a. “Turnaround, per the 6/28/69 official release] with Jack Casady. And I want to know how this version relates…
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JGB at Northwestern: Cahn Auditorium, March 12, 1976 (late show)
LN jg1976-03-12.jgb.late.aud-unk.xxxxx.flac1644 My love of audience tapes is evident to anyone who reads here. The anthropological instinct (and practice) underpinning field recording enthralls me. To me, everybody who ever taped a gig is right there with Alan Lomax and all the rest. Now, sometimes you have to be willing to sacrifice your aesthetics a little…
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The Group In and Around the Sarah Era: Boarding House, 1/24/73
LN jg1973-01-24.jgms.early-late.sbd-nfagdtrfb.100216.flac1644 update: this post has so many old links to the evil db.etree – please never use that URL. Substitute etreedb wherever you see db.etree. Thank you. (Man oh man does Blogger’s formatting suck. One can’t compose online, because stuff can get lost [viz my long beautiful post on Wales-Garcia 1/26/72]. One can’t compose…
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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,…