40th Birthday of my 18th Show: November 14, 1978 Boston Music Hall

Night two in Boston was my 7th show of the year, 18th in all and I was still 19 years old.  These new shows were low on my list of shows I had been to between 1976-1978 but still sounds good when I play them today.  After seeing the clever I Need A Miracle>Good Lovin' on SNL on Saturday night, the set one closer with Miracle is pretty rockin' which you can hear above.

I have included the Steve Rolfe recording mastered by Charlie Miller which you can listen to on its 40th Anniversary Day.   Big feature of this night are Dick Latvala's notes and the nifty audience tape 

Whole show here

Up To Marin: Jerry Garcia Band with Phil in Fairfax 1981-08-22

So I am 8 months into my move from Maine to California and I have only seen some Jerry and Bobby shows at the Keystone Berkeley, as well as acoustic benefit in April at Berkeley High School and May 22 at the Warfield (my first visit as I missed the multi-week acoustic run in 1980 by only two months). Damn senior year!  Vist http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2009/07/may-22-1981-fox-warfield-theatre-san.html  for some great Corry342 analysis of those shows.

Then this show comes along. The other time I ever saw the Jerry Band without John Kahn. And his replacement is Phil. And many of my east coast friends are in town for the summer like Liza, Kelly and Pammie and Susan (?) and about one million more.  I think Buddah and Don and Jimmy had already left. Harriet can provide remember more than me. I do recall Steve Parish hitting on several of my female college friends that night too.

There are some awesome pictures that the amazing Bob Minkin took that night. Can I have permission to put one her Bob? I bought your book and am winning the KPFA bid on your 5-2-87 Jerry picture. For now, here is the link

http://www.minkindesign.com/photo/jgb/jgb_08-22-81-02a.html

Some say that Billy K was there this night, but I dont really recall.  I dont even recall if I say the shows in Berkeley the prior two nights, but I did know the first Greek theater shows were being held in Berkeley in less than two weeks and I was sitting pretty with tickets to each show.

This was a fun show at the little bitty venue in the famous town of Fairfax, many years before the Furthur rehearsal shows nearby in Mill Valley

My 596 of Grateful Seconds tonight is the second song in the first set: "Mission In the Rain"
I only heard the Dead play this once, during my 2nd show 6-12-76 from the Boston Music Hall, and since Phil was there, this was almost the Dead.  Enjoy

FLAC
Mission in the Rain mp3