Category: SUNY New Paltz
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Fall ’77 Gig Economics: The Case of SUNY New Paltz (JGB, 11/29/77)
Handbill for JGB at SUNY New Paltz, 11/29/77. Scan via Mark Cohen. Note that Ron Tutt is erroneously listed among the personnel. The economics of the Garcia Band’s Fall ’77 tour have remained a little out of view for me, since I have never been able to track down itineraries, contracts, box office reports and…
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His voice is fading fast: JGB at SUNY New Paltz, 11/29/77
LN jg1977-11-29.jgb.all.aud-cooper.berger.124217.flac2496 I have already posted about the fascinating setlist rarity, “Here Comes The Sun” popping up in the middle of “Stir It Up”. Neat. Beyond that, I note that this is a pivotal moment in Garcia’s singing. Everything’s still arranged around the highs he could hit early in 1976 and 1977. But in the…