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The Debut of the Last Quartet: The Catalyst, 10/13/82

The Debut of the Last Quartet

was “Listening Notes: JGB, Wednesday, October 13, 1982, The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA”

–http://etreedb.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=110792

Some listening notes for this recording. See show and recording notes below.

Jerry Garcia Band
The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA
October 13, 1982 (Wednesday)

Recorded live and mastered to CD by N. Hoey with:
2x Sennheiser 441 mics > Sony TC D-5m (Dolby B) (Maxell XLIIS 90)
Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby B decoded) > Apple Powerbook G3-VX Pocket interface-Soundedit editing > Jam > Apogee gold CD > Toast 9 > Xact

–set I (6 tracks, 55:00)–
s1t01. [0:07] How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [7:47] [0:16]
s1t02. Love In The Afternoon [10:13] % (1) [0:12]
s1t03. Valerie [6:26] [0:08] %
s1t04. Let It Rock [8:09] [0:02] % [0:06]
s1t05. Simple Twist Of Fate [13:19] %
s1t06. //Deal [#8:09] [0:06]

–set II (6 tracks, 59:30)–
sd2t01. [0:09] Sugaree [11:51] % [0:21]
s2t02. I’ll Take A Melody [13:50] % [0:12]
s2t03. Dear Prudence [10:26] [0:02] % [0:06]
s2t04. Tore Up Over You [9:55] % [0:03]
s2t05. Tough Mama [7:46] ->
s2t06. Run For The Roses [4:37] (2) [0:14]

! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #15a
! lineup: Jerry Garcia – el-g, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn – el-bass;
! lineup: Melvin Seals – keyboards;
! lineup: Greg Errico – drums.

JGMF:

! R: notation: % = tape discontinuity; // = cut music; / = clipped music; # = truncated timing; -> = continuous music (“guzinta”)
! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19821013-01

! band: http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html

! Show: A very rare quartet show (no backing vocals). The fact that this is Wednesday show a week before the next scheduled JGB gig (10/21) in the relatively off-the-beaten-path Catalyst suggests that they are woodshedding a few things.

! personnel: Drummer Greg Errico returns for his longest known (as of 2/2011) continuous stint in the JGB, from October 13, 1982 through June 5, 1983. His previous known stint was also in a short-lived quartet version of the JGB, comprising a handful of shows, including a presumably very-profitable east coast swing, in July-August 1980.

! Personnel: I wouldn’t be surprised if there weren’t rehearsals with some backup singers during the intervening week. Were there “tryouts”?

! Recording: Nice tape. Vocals are very low

! d1t02 (1) JG: “The drummer is Greg Errico. [inaudible]”

! d2t04 Tore Up vocals seem especially low. But this Tore Up is unbelievably good. Go, Jerry, go! (5-min mark jam really nice!).

! d2t05 JG has a hard time with the first verse and some of the other vocals of Tough Mama. Doesn’t sound really bad, just doesn’t remember the words. Garcia’s solos are pretty good. In the melody part he is pretty choppy, some pretty straight chukka-chukka rhythm playing. Remember that the previous and subsequent versions of Tough Mama would be 7/8/77 (with the Keith/Donna/Tutt band), 7/26 and 8/20/81 (who was drumming at these shows?), this one, another one the next week (10/22), and then it would hibernate for 7+ years, making five appearances in 1990 and then disappearing for good.

! d2t06 (2) JG: “Thanks a lot, we’ll see ya later.”

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4 responses to “The Debut of the Last Quartet: The Catalyst, 10/13/82”

  1. Corry342 Avatar
    Corry342

    I hadn't thought about this interlude in quite some time. The first thing that comes to mind is actually that Jimmy Warren was out of the band. Do you know anything about Jimmy Warren? Where he came from, what he did before, whether he ever did anything after? I don't.

    Warren wasn't a guest star, he was in the JGB for 18 months and played dozens of shows. One of the biographers (Blair?) said "he had problems," but who knows what that meant. You and I are the most focused on unearthing Garcia Band mysteries, and Jimmy Warren remains the biggest one.

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  2. Corry342 Avatar
    Corry342

    I just looked at the Jerry Site for the 81-82 period and it's somewhat misleading with respect to personnel. Essra Mohawk and Liz Stires were the vocalists from June 25 '81 (Santa Cruz) through Aug 25 '81 (Keystone PA).

    Julie Stafford replaced Essra Mohawk starting on September 7, 1981 (Concord Pavilion). Stafford and Stiles were the singers through June 24 '82 (Capitol Theater, Passaic).

    Scuttlebutt at the time was that Julie and Liz were sisters. I have no idea if that was true. In the dark, from a distance, they kind of looked similar, so it was the sort of thing Deadheads would imagine to be true, even if it wasn't.

    Liz Stires is still a musician, Julie Stafford appears to be a real estate agent.

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    Corry342

    David (Daoud) Shaw was the drummer for the Jerry Garcia Band starting in January '81, and he remained the drummer through Aug 23 '81. Shaw was a Woodstock guy, and he had been Van Morrison's drummer for the Band And Street Choir album. He was also Essra Mohawk's husband. Both Mohawk and Shaw left the Jerry Garcia Band at the same time (after the June 24 '82 show).

    The next JGB show was Sep 7 '81 at Concord Pavilion. Bill Kreutzmann played drums, and very well I might add, since I was there. He seemed to just be a fill-in, however.

    For the three other Sept JGB shows (Sep 18 Keystone Berkeley, Sep 19-20 The Stone), Ron Tutt played drums. Tutt also played drums on the tour that started in Palo Alto on Oct 25 and headed East from Oct 31 (Philadelphia) through Nov 19 (Denver). On the Grateful Dead hotline, the tour was billed as "The Return Of Ron Tutt."

    Bill Kreutzmann returned to the drum chair on Dec 17 '81 at Keystone Berkeley and seems to have held it through Jun '24 82. I have not absolutely confirmed that, however, and it's possible that there were subs at some show (Gregg Errico, Gaylord Birch, etc) or that someone else took over the drums entirely. I do know that Kreutzmann generally played drums at Bay Area shows during this period, because I asked anyone who went to a show.

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  4. Corry342 Avatar
    Corry342

    I garbled the Comment a bit. Daoud Shaw and Essra Mohawk left JGB after the Aug 25 81 show, not Jun 24 '82. Whoops.

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