Category: The Stone
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The Shortest Two-Set Electric Show? JGB at the Stone, Sunday, September 16, 1984
LN jg1984-09-16.jgb.all.aud-jjoops.97573.flac1644 A little dive into the Rock Bottom period yields this pearl of an electric JGB show – two four-tune sets clocking in around a half-hour of music each. I don’t really note anything much about the performance, other than its brevity and Garcia’s unsurprising vocal limitations. I don’t want to be mean. I am…
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Jam Session Celebrating Dick Clark
Joel Selvin’s “Lively Arts” column in the Chronicle/Examiner pink section on September 6, 1981 contained this little oddity: Evergreen TV host Dick Clark celebrates his 30th anniversary on live television Thursday [9/10/81] with a program that will include a jam session featuring Duane Eddy, Gregg Allman, Stanley Clarke, Bo Diddley, Nigel Olsson, Dickey Betts, Charlie…
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JGB19900302: Saturday, March 2, 1990, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
update: this was originally posted some years ago. I accidentally reposted it today. It looks like it is not perfectly together – you get what you pay for. I wanted to try a little experiment by just unpacking a single show. I am not a very effective “prosopographer”, so I can’t do what Corry does,…
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Acoustic Sing-Along at the Stone: Garcia and Kahn, September 27, 1985
I don’t have a ton to say about this – it’s about what you’d expect. Two sets below the 45-minute Minnelli Line, voice bad to start and shot by the end. But, besides the fact that this was taped by the lovely Don Dearth, who was my third grade teacher, the best part about this…
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Above Ground, But Below the Minelli Line: JGB, The Stone, August 9, 1985
A decade before the final fall, Garcia played another Friday night at the Stone. I still think of this as the Rock Bottom period, even though he is clearly recovering. Two sets below the Minelli Line (45 minutes), the whole gig fits snugly on a single Maxell, with room for filler on the B-side. Nothing…
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I stand corrected: it is that bad
The pithy title I gave to a set of 8/24/84 listening notes (s1 only) was “It’s not that bad, given how much Persian he was doing.” I stand corrected. Yes, yes it is. It is *that bad*. Here are notes on the three consecutive tracks of s2: ! P: s2t01 HTC … these vocals are…
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The Twin Keys Quintet: JGB, The Stone, February 23, 1981 (Monday)
LN jg1981-02-23.jgb.all.aud-CC.xxxxxx.flac2448 which became jg1981-02-23.jgb.s1s2p.aud-CC.138135.flac1644 Andrew F. is transcribing the Closet Call tapes. What follows is from my deprecated transfer, with some updated details about Andrew’s shnid’d version mixed-in. Funny that I found this show so bland, because I loved 2/22/81 when it first hit the streets. “I have absolutely nothing of note to say.…
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During Gaylord’s Second Stint: JGB at the Stone, October 14, 1985 (Monday)
These may be the shortest two JGB sets ever played. Gaylord Birch drumming. See also “The December ’85 Garcia Band Shows“ LN jg1985-10-14.jgb.all.aud.138028.flac1644 Jerry Garcia Band The Stone 412 BroadwaySan Francisco, CA 94133 October 14, 1985 (Monday) CC shnid-138028 –set I (4 tracks, 34:48)– s1t01. Cats Under The Stars [7:12] % s1t02. When I Paint…
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The Final “After Midnight”: JGB, March 7, 1983, The Stone
Garcia played J.J. Cale’s “After Midnight” a bunch –by my count, 96 times starting 6/30/72– with a number of different personnel configurations, for about ten years. But then, after Monday March 7, 1983, he just dropped it. A new fileset of 3/7/83 shows me some killer guitar work in “After Midnight”, “Catfish John”, and “Tore…
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A 35 Minute Second Set: JGB at The Stone, March 4, 1984
LN jg1984-03-04.jgb.all.sbd-gmb.85294.flac1644 Sunday night, 3/4/84, Jerry races out of the building with a 35 minute set II. Maybe he was late for mass. Nothing much else to report. Jerry Garcia Band The Stone 412 Broadway San Francisco, CA 94133 March 4, 1984 (Sunday) sbd GMB flac1644 shnid-85294 –set I (5 tracks, 48:57)– s1t01. //Rhapsody In…