Or something like that.
Forgive me, for I have sinned. I have added entropy to the world. I am here to make amends.
When the Falanga-Menke Stash of Garcia-Saunders tapes from 1974 first came to
me, one of them was labeled 8/14/74. I had what I thought was another recording
of the show connected to Lou Tambakos. Somewhere along the line, in the first
decade of the 21st century, I decided that the correct date was
8/15/74. Because I was an early source of recording metadata, that dating has
really stuck. I even wrote about it once because of a mystery
trumpeter.
But I think I was wrong. I now believe that Wednesday, August 14, 1974 is
the correct date of this mid-August 1974 JGMS show at the Great American Music Hall.
Three streams of evidence.
8/14/74 JGMS at GAMH has no contrary listings and these
confirmatory ones: Bill Alex, “Around Town,” San Francisco Examiner,
August 9, 1974, p. 23; San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook,
August 11, 1974, p. 4; Todd Tolces, “Out to Lunch,” Berkeley
Gazette, August 14, 1974, p. 11; San Francisco Examiner, August 14,
1974, p. 27.
8/15/74 JGMS at GAMH has no confirmatory listings and the
following contrary listings: Hayward Daily Review, August 9, 1974,
p. 40; Daily Independent Journal, August 9, 1974, p. 20; Bill Alex,
“Around Town,” San Francisco Examiner, August 9, 1974, p. 23; San
Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, August 11, 1974, p. 4;
Todd Tolces, “Out to Lunch,” Berkeley Gazette, August 14,
1974, p. 11. All of these bill John Hartford at GAMH on this date.
Tapes: not only was the Falanga-Menke tape labeled
8/14/74, but so was a beat-up old dubbed cassette the Jerry had in his tape
collection.
So, QED. Change your lists. Change your fileset info!