Farewell to Ronnie at the Rainbow: JGB in Denver, November 19, 1981

! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #14b
! lineup: Jerry Garcia – el-g, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn – el-b;
! lineup: Jimmy Warren – electric keyboards;
! lineup: Melvin Seals – organ;
! lineup: Ron Tutt – drums;
! lineup: Julie Stafford – vocals;
! lineup: Liz Stires – vocals.

JGMF:

! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; … = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [x:xx] = recorded event time. The recorded event time immediately after the song or item name is an attempt at getting the “real” time of the event. So, a timing of [x:xx] right after a song title is an attempt to say how long the song really was, as represented on this recording.

! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19811119-01 (early) and https://jerrybase.com/events/19811119-02 (late).

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/25792 (this fileset); https://etreedb.org/shn/116909 (early-p, late-p, flac1644).

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/HckBP

! JGBP: URL http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/10/rainbow-music-hall-east-evans-avenue.html

! preview: “Jerry Garcia Band to appear at Denver’s Rainbow Music Hall Nov. 19,” Gazette-Telegraph (Colorado Springs, CO), November 6, 1981, p. 8E

! caption: Gazette-Telegraph (Colorado Springs, CO), November 13, 1981, p. 10E

! personnel: Jerry’s last live performance with Ronnie Tutt.

! metadata: this traveled forever as a single three-set show. But Mike Cutler’s ticket stubs confirm a single early set and a two-set late show.

! setlist: The setlist still has some fuzziness. First, old lists long included a TLEO between Sugaree and ISTE in the early show. It fits pretty plausibly there, but Cutler didn’t remember it there and it is not on the tape. Unless more tape shows up, it’s hard to know. We no longer list it at Jerrybase. Second, Mike and friends recalled the late show as two five-song sets, with ITAM not appearing second in set 1, but leading off set 2. Their notations on the back of the ticket stub had it in the former position, crossed out, and then in the latter position. We will leave it where it is on the tape (late show set 1, second song) and hope that another master comes forward to shed more light.

! R: unknown aud, shn2flac and rename by jgmf 9/5/2020. Not bad at all, all things considered. The drums sound amazing. A layer of his becomes more noticeable to me late 5, but maybe it was there and I just wasn’t paying close attention. By STOF, the hiss is thick as SF summer fog.

! P: e-t04 TWLWMYD Tutt is killing here! bass feature 6:49ff

! R: e-t04 STOF drop @ 3:43

! P: e-t06 Deal interesting. It gets quiet late 6, Tutt does some amazing shit, and this version is really open here for a bit. Unusual!! It’s like Jerry and Ronnie duetting, almost.

! e-t06 (1) JG: “Thanks a lot. See ya later.”

! R: l-s1-t01 TWYDTTYD cuts in

! P: l-s1-t02 ITAM JG sounds good, committed to these lyrics late 3. God, Tutt is playing so well. Incredible 10:30 ish – so inventive!

! P: l-s1-t04 Valerie very slowly paced for this tune early in its tenure. Love it!

! R: l-s1-t05 Miss Moon clips in

! P: l-s1-t06 HTC man oh man, Ronnie sounds great, Jerry sounds great here in the 3 minute mark. Tutt is on fire! Tempo seems to pick it up even further 5:20ish.

! l-s1-t06 (2) JG: “Thanks. We’re gonna take a break for a little while. We’ll be back in a litle bit.”

! l-s2-t01 MITR Garcia is noodling something spookily interesting before MITR

! P: l-s2-t02 TNTDODD Tutt is doing some march beats in 5:30 that are so perfect for the civil war! I don’t remember ever hearing him do this.

! P: l-s2-t04 TUIB Garcia on fire 9, crowd appreciative.

! l-s2-t04 (3) JG: “Thanks a lot. See ya later.”