Category: venues

For a long time, for no particular reason, I have been wanting to dive into the venues that Jerry played with the Dead and on his own. In general, we’d expect the Dead to play a room first and whatever side project to play it second, the Garcia Band (for example) eventually growing big enough…

http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Venues.htm This is the “Bay Area Music Venues” page at the amazing deaddisc. It complements JGBP nicely because presents a discographical view of the same spaces.

A small sampling. I have many more. I was looking for a pic of the Marin County Clerk and Recorder’s office, but couldn’t find it. I think I took pix of the Inn of the Beginning and the Cabaret in Cotati. Definitely have one of Macky around here somewhere. I have posted a few snaps…

Harry Angus is soliciting input, anything at all, around the venues in which Garcia played or spoke. Please contribute information if you have it, and circulate this call widely. I use Jerry Garcia’s Brokendown Palaces every day I work on Garcia – it’s a great resource. http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-encyclopedia-of-jerry-garcia-music.html

Oh my goodness. Check out this masterpiece of a blog! Jerry’s Brokendown Palaces Wow. Between this and Rock Archaeology, I think I know where to go to learn about venues. Thanks to all of my colleagues doing hard work in and around this area of scholarship. It’s a pleasure.