Fate Music

San Francisco Sessions, 1971

I have been processing information from contracts filed at the
American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local No. 6 in San Francisco.
There is nothing representative about these – I have information
on stuff that is a degree or two from Garcia, and a few other random tidbits of
idiosyncratic interest to me.
A few points of note, for me.

  • Danny Cox using the Saunders-Kahn-Vitt (and Garcia!) band in July
  • 9/30/71 Garcia and Santana together on a contract
  • More busy Jeffersons
  • Rowan Brothers getting busy second half of ‘71
  • Etc.
List after the jump.

January 2, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
PERRO
RCA Records
n/a: PR 2008 Ultimate PERRO
Is It Really Monday; You Just Sit There (Under
Anesthesia); Loser (Garcia’s Tune); Over Jordan (Wayfaring Stranger); Walkin’
in the Mountains
January 3, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
PERRO
RCA Records
n/a: PR 2008 Ultimate PERRO
Mountain Song
January 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Joey
Covington, Will Scarlett, Sammy Piazza)
RCA Records
142715; 142234
Hoo-Do Woman
January 8, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader], Papa John Creach,
Benson Kaukonen)
RCA Records
142655
Old Man; I Thunk
January 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
PERRO (Graham Nash, Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen,
???)
??? Records
n/a: Songs for
Beginners, GDH #41, PR 2008 Ultimate PERRO collection
Jam Slide; Eep Hour; Dope Deal w/ Piano; Wall Song?
(GDH #41 lists this as 11/11/71, but I suspect it’s from 1/11). Per PR’s 2008
Ultimate PERRO: Eep Hour (Rounds), Slide Jam, Dope Rap w/ Piano, Jorma &
Jerry’s Jam #2
January 11, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader], Papa
John Creach, Allen Silverman, Anna Rizzo, Victor Smith, Gregory Dewey, Richard
Sussman, Jack Bonus) + PERRO (Jerry Garcia)
RCA Records
142319; PR 2008 Ultimate PERRO
Old Man (AFM); Is It Really Monday; You Just Sit
There (Under Anesthesia); Loser (Garcia’s Tune); Over Jordan (Wayfaring
Stranger); Walkin’ in the Mountains
January 12, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader], Papa John Creach,
Carlos Santana, Jim Kelly Bryan, Victor Smith, Gregory Dewey, Jack Bonus)
RCA Records
142325
I Thunk; Joey’s New Tune
January 13, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
PERRO
RCA Records
n/a: ???, PERRO tapes? Via slip?
???
January 14, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader], Papa
John Creach, Alan Silverman, Anna Rizzo, Richard Sussman) + PERRO (Jerry
Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, ???)
RCA Records
142330; PR 2008 Ultimate PERRO, other PERRO tapes?
I Thunk [AFM]; Jam #10 (JG, Jorma, Jack); Per PR’s
2008 Ultimate PERRO: Wild Turkey (Leather-Winged Bat); Jorma & Jerry’s Jam
#1; The Wall Song x2
January 18, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
New Riders of the Purple Sage (John Dawson [leader],
David Torbert, David Nelson, Spencer Dryden, Jerry Garcia, Michael [Mickey]
Hart)
Columbia Records
141939
I Don’t Know You, Watcha Gonna Do, Portland Woman,
Henry
January 19, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
New Riders of the Purple Sage (John Dawson [leader],
David Torbert, David Nelson, Spencer Dryden, Jerry Garcia, Michael [Mickey]
Hart)
Columbia Records
141951
Dirty Business, Duck, Glendale Train, Garden Eden
January 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
New Riders of the Purple Sage (John Dawson [leader],
David Torbert, David Nelson, Spencer Dryden, Jerry Garcia)
Columbia Records
142002
All I Ever Wanted, Last Lonely Eagle, Louisiana Lady
January 26, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader], Alan Silverman, Anna
Rizzo, Jim Kelly Bryan, Gregory Dewey, Richard Sussman)
RCA Records
142334
Pretty As You Feel
February 8, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Joey
Covington, Paul Kantner, Jim Kelly Bryan, Jack Bonus)
RCA Records
142243
Wild Turkey
February 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Joey
Covington, Paul Kantner, Jim Kelly Bryan, Victor Smith, Gregory Dewey, Richard
Sussman)
RCA Records
142248
Wild Turkey, Rock & Roll Island
February 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, Will
Scarlett, Allen Silverman, Anna Rizzo, Victor Smith, Gregory Dewey)
RCA Records
142253
Candy Man
February 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, Will
Scarlett, Jack Bonus)
RCA Records
142257
Feel So Bad
February 18, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, Will
Scarlett)
RCA Records
142302
Candy Man
February 20, 1971 Matrix, SF
Merl Saunders (leader), Bill Vitt, John White, Edward Lewis, Bill
Atwood
KQED-TB, BAETA
142121
½ hr. video session; San Francisco Mix #23 ‘Working’
March 1, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
142426
Jorma’s Song, Paul’s Song, Rock & Roll Island
March 2, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, Will
Scarlett)
RCA Records
142453
Feel So Good
March 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, Will
Scarlett)
RCA Records
142457
Feel So Good
March 10, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
142430
When the Earth Moves Again
March 11, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
142434
Rock & Roll Island
March 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
142438
Rock & Roll Island
March 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
142438
Rock & Roll Island; When Your Mind Leaves Your Body
March 24, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
142448
3rd Week; War Movie
March 25, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza, Will
Scarlett)
RCA Records
142457
Jorma’s Tune
March 31, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Micheal Brewer [leader], Thomas Shipley,
Mark Naftalin, John Kahn [3 Morelos, Forest Knolls)
Kama-Sutra Records
142046
Sweet Love
March 31, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Spencer Dryden)
RCA Records
143123
No Knock
April 1, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Will Scarlett,
Sammy Piazza)
RCA Records
143153
Peggy Sue; Feel So Good
April 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143126
No Knock
April 8, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143131
Rock & Roll Island; Feel So Good; No Knock
April 13, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143136
Lawman; European Song
April 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Papa John Creach)
RCA Records
143157
Feel So Good; 3rd Week
April 19, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jack Casady, Joey
Covington)
RCA Records
143142
European Song; The Man
April 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Will Scarlett,
Sammy Piazza, Papa John Creach)
RCA Records
143203
Peggy Sue; 3rd Week
April 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143147
European Song; War Movie
April 22, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Joey
Covington, Papa John Creach)
RCA Records
143210
Rock & Roll Island
May 6, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, SF
Michael Bloomfield, Mark Naftalin (leader), Frank Davis, John
Kahn, Jose Retes, Fred Burton
Columbia Records
143936
May 7, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, SF
Michael Bloomfield (leader), Mark Naftalin, John Kahn
Columbia Records
143901
Rag; Jewish Tune; Hit the Road Jack; You Don’t Miss Your Water
May 10, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, SF
Michael Bloomfield (leader), Martin Fierro, James Patrick Cooke,
John Kahn, Hart Duncan McNee
Columbia Records
143911
May 11, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, SF
Michael Bloomfield, Mark Naftalin (leader), Frank Davis, John
Kahn, John Wilmeth, Hart Duncan McNee, Martin Fierro
Columbia Records
143946
May 12, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, SF
Michael Bloomfield (leader), Mark Naftalin, John Kahn, Frank Davis
Columbia Records
143920
May 24, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Tom Shipley [leader], Mark Naftalin, Glenn
Walters, John Kahn, Michael Bloomfield, Micheal Brewer)
Buddah Kama Sutra
142941
Merciful Love; Shake out the Demons; One by One
May 24, 1971
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady)
RCA Records
143501
Rock & Roll Island
May 25, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Tom Shipley [leader], Mark Naftalin, Glenn
Walters, John Kahn, Michael Bloomfield, Micheal Brewer)
Buddah Kama Sutra
142941
Merciful Love; Shake out the Demons; One by One
May 26, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Tom Shipley [leader], Mark Naftalin, Glenn
Walters, John Kahn, Michael Bloomfield, Micheal Brewer)
Buddah Kama Sutra
142941
Merciful Love; Shake out the Demons; One by One
May 27, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Tom Shipley [leader], Mark Naftalin, Glenn
Walters, John Kahn, Michael Bloomfield, Micheal Brewer)
Buddah Kama Sutra
142941
Merciful Love; Shake out the Demons; One by One
May 28, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Tom Shipley [leader], Mark Naftalin, Glenn
Walters, John Kahn, Michael Bloomfield, Micheal Brewer)
Buddah Kama Sutra
142941
Merciful Love; Shake out the Demons; One by One
June 1, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady)
RCA Records
143506
When the Earth Moves Again
June 2, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Papa John Creach [leader], Jorma Kaukonen,
Sammy Piazza)
RCA Records
143529
When the Earth Moves Again
June 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Sammy Piazza [leader])
RCA Records
143612
Been So Long
June 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Papa John Creach [leader], Jorma Kaukonen,
Sammy Piazza, Jack Casady)
RCA Records
143533
Feel So Good
June 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Papa John Creach,
Sammy Piazza)
RCA Records
143511
Candy Man
June 14, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Joey
Covington)
RCA Records
143515
Feel So Good
June 14, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, 829 Folsom Street, SF
Joe Osborn (leader), Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon
Columbia Records
143247
Paranoid Blues
June 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader])
RCA Records
143542
War Movie
June 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Jack Casady, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143519
Feel So Good; Candy Man
June 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143557
Rock & Roll Island
June 18, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143601
Crazy Miranda
June 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Paul Kantner [leader]
RCA Records
143447
???
June 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader], Jorma Kaukonen, Jack
Casady)
RCA Records
143547
Feel So Good
June 22, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen [leader], Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143524
Feel So Good; Thunk
June 22, 1971
Van Morrison
Warner Brothers
143447
???
June 23, 1971
Van Morrison
Warner Brothers
143447
???
June 24, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Papa John Creach [leader], Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143538
Rock & Roll Island
June 25, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington [leader])
RCA Records
143551
Thunk
July 1, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jefferson Airplane (Paul Kantner [leader], Joey Covington)
RCA Records
143606
When the Earth Moves Again
July 5, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 5, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144616
July 6, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 6, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144616

July 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a

July 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Mark Naftalin, John Kahn, Spencer Dryden)
Kama-Sutra
144620
July 8, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 8, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Mark Naftalin, John Kahn, Spencer Dryden)
Kama-Sutra
144620
July 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144626
July 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 12, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144559
July 13, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Mark Naftalin, Spencer Dryden, John Kahn)
Kama-Sutra
144609
July 14, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145803
Shine On; Train Song
July 14, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Mark Naftalin)
Kama-Sutra
144234
July 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Mark Naftalin)
Kama-Sutra
144234
July 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145810
Train Song; Red-Neck
July 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Mark Naftalin)
Kama-Sutra
144234
July 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145816
Lady Mine; Ollie Brown
July 19, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145823
July 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145829
Moody Blues; Mojo Gypsy Woman

July 20, 1971 Alembic, 320 Judah St., SF
James and the Good Brothers
CBS?
Recorded by Betty Cantor
July 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145836
Ollie Brown; Lady Mine
July 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 21, 1971 Alembic, 320 Judah St., SF
James and the Good Brothers
CBS?
Recorded by Betty Cantor
July 22, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader], Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John
Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145843
Electric Blanket Mama; It’s You

July 22, 1971 Alembic, 320 Judah St., SF
James and the Good Brothers
CBS?
Recorded by Betty Cantor

July 23, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF 11-2 and 3-6
Danny Cox (Danny Cox [leader],
Merl Saunders, Bill Vitt, John Kahn, Jerry Garcia)
ABC/Dunhill
145853
Poland Day; Lady Mine
July 26, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Merl Saunders [leader], John Kahn)
ABC/Dunhill
145511
Poland Day; Mojo Gypsy Woman
July 27, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 27, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Merl Saunders [leader], Stephen Kupka, Michael
Gillette, Emilio Castillo, Steve Mesquite, Gregory Adams)
ABC/Dunhill
145524
Question of Balance
July 27, 1971 Coast Recorders, 960 Bush Street, SF
Jamene Miller (Martin Fierro [leader], Ken Balzall, Jackson D.
King, Luis Gasca, Thomas Ayres, Eddie Adams, Frank Morin)
United Artists Records
145554
Hardcharger Woman; Music Is Me
July 28, 1971 Wally Heider’s,
SF
Jerry Garcia
Xxx
n/a
July 28, 1971 Coast Recorders, 960 Bush Street, SF
Jamene Miller (Thomas Ayres [leader], Martin Fierro, Ken Balzall,
Luis Gasca, Frank Morin, Ivory Smiley)
United Artists Records
145554
Understand; Drag On Mama
July 29, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (leader), Stephen Kupka, Michael Gillette, Emilio
Castillo, Steve Mesquite, Gregory Adams, Merl Saunders
ABC/Dunhill
145539
Train Song; Poland Day
August 2, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144243
August 3, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144243
August 4, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Danny Cox (Jose Areas [leader], Merl Saunders, Sio Page, Papa John
Creach)
ABC/Dunhill
145152
It’s You; Lectric Blanket Mama; Poland Day
August 4, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144243
August 5, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Cipollina, Chepito Areas)
Kama-Sutra
144323
August 6, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Cipollina, Chepito Areas)
Kama-Sutra
144323
August 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Cipollina, Chepito Areas)
Kama-Sutra
144323
August 19, 1971 Columbia Recording Studios, SF
Bloomfield/Naftalin (Mark Naftalin [leader], Michael Bloomfield,
John Kahn
Columbia Records
145419
My Father’s A Jockey
August 30, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Papa John Creach (leader), Robert Douglas Wilson, Sammy Piazza,
Clarence H. Olson III, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Michael Lipskin, Jack Bonus
Grunt Records
144921
St. Louis Blues; String Jet Rock
September 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Papa John Creach (leader), Nicholas Buck, Anthony Allen Smith,
Bruce Anthony Conte, Douglas Rauch
Grunt Records
144937
Papa John’s Down Home Blues
September 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Jonathan Douglas [leader], David Grisman,
Christopher Rowan, Lorin Rowan, William Wolf)
Columbia Records
151140
Mama Don’t You Cry
September 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Papa John Creach (leader), Joey Covington, John Cipollina, Pete
Sears, Michael Lipskin
Grunt Records
144947
The Janitor Drives a Cadillac
September 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Christopher Rowan [leader], David Grisman, Lorin
Rowan, William Wolf)
Columbia Records
150223, 150229
Mama Don’t You Cry
September 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Kahn, Spencer Dryden)
Kama-Sutra
144252
September 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Papa John Creach (leader), Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Sammy
Piazza
Grunt Records
144929
Plunk & Little Funk; Every Time I Hear Her Name
September 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Kahn, Spencer Dryden)
Kama-Sutra
144252
September 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Christopher Rowan [leader], Lorin Rowan)
Columbia Records
150235
Altogether ‘Round the Sun
September 22, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144331
September 23, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144331
September 24, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144331
September 24, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Paul Kantner (leader), Joey Covington
Grunt Records
145011
The Janitor Drives a Cadillac; Plunk a Little Funk
September 28, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Herbie Hancock (leader), Luis Gasca, Charles A. Williams, William
H. Hart, David Rubinson, Julian Priester, Edward Jackson Henderson, Bennie
Maupin, Robert Wooldridge, Armando Peraza, Benny Velarde
Warner Brothers
144459
September 28, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
John Lee Hooker (leader), Clifford Coulter, Robert Hooker, Stephen
A. Miller, Luther Tucker, Ray Stanley MacCarty, Chester Skaggs, John Kahn,
Kenneth Swank, Ronald Beck, Charles Cirimeli
ABC/Dunhill Records
144723
September 29, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [leader], Chris Rowan, David Grisman,
William Wolf)
Columbia Records
150249
Lay Me Down
September 30, 1971 Wally
Heider’s, SF– NB contract dated 10/21/71 – could this be “10/21/70”?
Papa John Creach (leader),
Jerry Garcia, Gregg Rolie, Joey Covington, David Brown, Carlos Santana
Grunt Records
144751
Soul Fever
October 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (William Wolf [leader], Lorin Rowan, Chris Rowan,
David Grisman)
Columbia Records
150300
Hickory Day
October 11, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144259
October 12, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144259
October 13, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144259
October 14, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144338
October 14, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (David Grisman [leader], Christopher Rowan, Lorin
Rowan)
Columbia Records
150147
Lay Me Down
October 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144338
October 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader])
Kama-Sutra
144338
October 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Thomas Hartman)
Kama-Sutra
144309
October 18, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Thomas Hartman)
Kama-Sutra
144309
October 19, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
John Thomas Hartman)
Kama-Sutra
144309
October 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Robert Simpson)
Kama-Sutra
144346
October 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [leader], Chris Rowan)
Columbia Records
150249
Hickory Day
October 22, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (David Grisman [leader], William Wolf)
Columbia Records
150153, 150158
Mama Don’t You Cry
October 23, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Lorin Rowan [leader], David Grisman, William Wolf,
Chris Rowan)
Columbia Records
145947
Altogether ‘Round the Sun
October 25, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Robert Simpson)
Kama-Sutra
144346
October 26, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Brewer & Shipley (Thomas Shipley, Micheal Brewer [leader],
Robert Simpson)
Kama-Sutra
144346
October 29, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (William Wolf [leader], David Grisman)
Columbia Records
150307
Mama Don’t You Cry; Altogether ‘Round the Sun; Best You Can
November 2, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner)
RCA Records
150423
When I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves; Look at the Wood; Silver
Spoon
November 3, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner)
RCA Records
150428
China; Million; Diana
November 4, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Spencer Dryden, Jorma Kaukonen)
RCA Records
150432
Look at the Wood; Diana (part 2)
November 5, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
150438
Sunfighter
November 6, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Jack Traylor)
RCA Records
150444, 150448
Diana (part 1); Earth Mother
November 7, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Sheldon Silverman)
RCA Records
150455, 150459
Sunfighter; When I Was a Boy I Watched the Wolves
November 8, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Charles Wing, Joey Covington, Jack Casady, Papa John Creach)
RCA Records
150507
China; Silver Spoon
November 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Joey Covington, Benson Kaukonen)
RCA Records
150514
Sunfighter
November 9, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (David Grisman [leader])
Columbia Records
150204
Untitled
November 10, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Steven Schuster [leader], Gregory
Adams, Michael Gillette, Paul Kantner, Phillip Ross Sawyer, Benson Kaukonen,
Joey Covington)
RCA Records
150522
Sunfighter; China
November 10, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Christopher Rowan [leader])
Columbia Records
150243
Lay Me Down
November 11, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner)
RCA Records
150527
Diana (part 2)
November 12, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Joey Covington)
RCA Records
150532
Holding Together
November 13, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader])
RCA Records
150537, 150542
Titanic
November 15, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner, Jack Traylor, Craig Chaquico, Spencer Dryden, Papa John Creach)
RCA Records
150550
Earth Mother
November 16, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner)
RCA Records
150554
Universal Copernican Mumbles
November 17, 1971 Wally
Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner
(Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul Kantner, Jerry Garcia [NB JG playing with
GD at UCLA])
RCA Records
150602
Holding Together
November 18, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Grace Slick and Paul Kantner (Phillip Ross Sawyer [leader], Paul
Kantner)
RCA Records
150611
Diana (part 1); Universal Copernican Mumbles; Holding Together
November 19, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
David Crosby/Graham Nash (John Barbata [leader])
Atlantic Records
151111
In A Stranger’s Room
November 20, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
David Crosby/Graham Nash (John Barbata [leader], Chris Ethridge)
Atlantic Records
151216
South Bound Train Going Down; Immigration Man
November 21, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
David Crosby/Graham Nash (John Barbata [leader], Chris Ethridge)
Atlantic Records
151225
South Bound Train Going Down
December 1, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (David Grisman [leader], William Wolf)
Columbia Records
150209
Altogether ‘Round the Sun
December 2, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Richard Greene [leader])
Columbia Records
150641
Altogether ‘Round the Sun
December 3, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (William Wolf [leader], Jonathan Douglas,
Christopher Rowan, Lorin Rowan)
Columbia Records
150313
Best You Can
December 13, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (Martin Fierro [leader], Pat O’Hara, Mel Martin,
Tom Hall, Ken Balzall)
Columbia Records
150650
Gonna Get Higher
December 14, 1971 Fantasy Records, Tenth & Parker, Berkeley
(contract date)
“Fritz the Cat” theatrical motion picture (Merl Saunders [leader],
Lee Charlton, Clyde Mel Graves, Cal Tjader, Michael Smithe, Bill Atwood, Tom
Poole, Gordon Messick, Stephen Turrey, Pat O’Hara, Ernest Diridoni, Melvyn
Martin, Robert Ferrera, James Rothermel, Charles Peterson, Ed Ottenstein,
Charles Day)
December 17, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen [leader])
Grunt Records
151014
Let’s Get Together
December 22, 1971 Coast Recorders, 960 Bush Street
Quintet (Frank Morin [leader], Benny Velarde, Martin Fierro, Ivory
Smylie, Ken Balzall)
United Artists Records
150333
December 23, 1971 Wally Heider’s, SF
Rowan Brothers (David Grisman [leader])
Columbia Records
150216
Best You Can; Hickory Day; Altogether ‘Round the Sun

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5 responses to “San Francisco Sessions, 1971”

  1. Corry342 Avatar
    Corry342

    This is a fascinating list on so many levels. I count 27 John Kahn sessions. At $90 per 3-hour session (I believe the going rate at the time),that would equal $2430 (minus union dues, of course). That doesn't seem like a lot, but Kahn's rent probably wasn't more than $100 a month, if that. Throw in a couple of dozen gigs with Bloomfield and Garcia/Saunders, and he's definitely getting by.

    It's a useful suggestion to how important studio paydays were for the working musicians in San Francisco at the time.

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    Corry342

    And of course, for those interested in mystery trumpet players who may or may not have made guest appearances with Garcia and Saunders, it's a useful primer. John Wilmeth is there, as is Bill Atwood, and I note that Ken Balzall played more sessions than I realized.

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  3. Fate Music Avatar
    Fate Music

    And Luis Gasca, of course.

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  4. Fate Music Avatar
    Fate Music

    The Jeffersons seemed to run the sessions for what became Sunfighter in November. Yet on 10/29/71 Dryden told a Cleveland journo that "he and Jerry Garcia have just finished doing some recording with Grace and Paul in California". I couldn't quite figure what he was referring to. Of course, Paul was pretty constantly at Heider's from 1970-1973 as far as I can tell, so it could have been any time. Here are some hypotheses.

    H1: "Just finished" at the end of October could mean summer, e.g., while the Jeffersons were working on what would become Bark.

    H2: pick any of the random Jeffersons sessions, including Papa John or whatever, around September, or a date that's not represented in paperwork.

    H3: "just" is more proximal, and there are undocumented Sunfighter sessions before November. Garcia's schedule looks suspiciously open October 4-18 (just two gigs with Merl, no documented studio work).

    I suspect H3 to be correct, but I really don't know.

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    Fate Music

    I guess I will link to a relevant Twitter thread here, so as not to see the good discussion about likely rehearsals with Keith, etc., vanish in the short run.

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