My 17 year old sister Debbe went with friends and invited my just 14 year brother Ralph to go and not me.
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Here's the show Boston Pink
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Here's the show Boston Pink
Friday, August 2, 2019
RIP Walter Becker
I always liked Steely Dan records, as far back as the Dead. They rarely played live, but I like this little set from March 1974 in Los Angeles. Give it a listen here
RIP Walter
tracklist
01 - Introduction/Waiting for drummer
02 - Bodhisattva
03 - The Boston Rag
04 - Do It Again
05 - Any Major Dude
06 - King Of The World
07 - Rikki Don't Lose That Number
08 - Pretzel Logic
09 - Your Gold Teeth II (Jam)
10 - Reelin' In The Years
11 - This All Too Mobile Home
Lineup:
Donald Fagen – piano, vocals
Walter Becker – bass
Jeff Baxter – guitar
Denny Dias – guitar
Jim Hodder – drums
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Royce Jones – percussion, backing vocals
Michael McDonald – electric piano, backing vocals
RIP Walter
tracklist
01 - Introduction/Waiting for drummer
02 - Bodhisattva
03 - The Boston Rag
04 - Do It Again
05 - Any Major Dude
06 - King Of The World
07 - Rikki Don't Lose That Number
08 - Pretzel Logic
09 - Your Gold Teeth II (Jam)
10 - Reelin' In The Years
11 - This All Too Mobile Home
Lineup:
Donald Fagen – piano, vocals
Walter Becker – bass
Jeff Baxter – guitar
Denny Dias – guitar
Jim Hodder – drums
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Royce Jones – percussion, backing vocals
Michael McDonald – electric piano, backing vocals
Donna Jean Returns: Bonnaroo 2016
Download Here or Watch below: Cool that Donna Jean sat in. I thought it was David Gans, who recently spoke about Donna Jean to the Alabama Hall of Fame ceremony was the guy who put DJ back with the guys (for the first time at a public performance since February 1979?) but he says no way dude
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Jerry Garcia Band 15-Show East Coast November 1993 Tour Grabs $4 Million
Happy Birthday Jerry #77. I'll hang with you in about 20. Weir will still be playing 250 nights at year then.
Typically when I saw the Jerry Garcia Band the audience size was maybe a few hundred and some times 2 thousand or so. Just released Garcia Live 11 id from a bigger era
But late era Jerry Garcia Band grew to arena size, specifically in the three giant East Coast tours in September 1989, November 1991 and the biggest one he ran in November 1993 when 15 shows averaged more than 11,000 tickets sold per gig for a cool $4 million in gross. Knowing Jerry you probably netted $2 million and split it evenly with the band. :) JGMF has some very cool detail to the 1993 tour including http://jgmf.blogspot.com/search/label/1993 for everything and what I think is the coolest item the November 1993 tour, the tourbook http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-hypothesis-is-wong-long-live.html This thing is way cool.
GarciaLive 11 from Providence can be bought from the Garcia Family Here https://www.garciafamilyprovisions.com/dept/garcialive-vol-11?cp=640_105645
Check this Tourbook out from JGMF see link http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-hypothesis-is-wong-long-live.html
from the wiki
Typically when I saw the Jerry Garcia Band the audience size was maybe a few hundred and some times 2 thousand or so. Just released Garcia Live 11 id from a bigger era
But late era Jerry Garcia Band grew to arena size, specifically in the three giant East Coast tours in September 1989, November 1991 and the biggest one he ran in November 1993 when 15 shows averaged more than 11,000 tickets sold per gig for a cool $4 million in gross. Knowing Jerry you probably netted $2 million and split it evenly with the band. :) JGMF has some very cool detail to the 1993 tour including http://jgmf.blogspot.com/search/label/1993 for everything and what I think is the coolest item the November 1993 tour, the tourbook http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-hypothesis-is-wong-long-live.html This thing is way cool.
GarciaLive 11 from Providence can be bought from the Garcia Family Here https://www.garciafamilyprovisions.com/dept/garcialive-vol-11?cp=640_105645
Check this Tourbook out from JGMF see link http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-hypothesis-is-wong-long-live.html
Garcia Live Volume 11
| Garcia Live Volume 11 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | July 12, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | November 11, 1993 | |||
| Venue | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island | |||
| Genre | Rock, rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 131:35 | |||
| Label | Round / ATO | |||
| Producer | Marc Allan, Kevin Monty | |||
| Jerry Garcia Band chronology | ||||
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| Jerry Garcia chronology | ||||
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Garcia Live Volume 11 is a two-CD live album by the Jerry Garcia Band. It contains the complete concert recorded on November 11, 1993 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was released on July 12, 2019.[1][2][3][4]
This show was part of what turned out to be the last East Coast tour by the Jerry Garcia Band.[1] The album marks the first release of a Garcia Band concert recorded after 1991. It features the band's long-running musical lineup of Jerry Garcia(guitar, vocals), Melvin Seals (keyboards), John Kahn (bass), David Kemper (drums), Jaclyn LaBranch (vocals), and Gloria Jones (vocals).
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
The First Ride The Tiger Shows, Oakland August 4-5, 1979
My first Grateful Dead shows ever in the Bay Area were #33 and #34 out of 80 on August 4 and 5, 1979 at the debut of the Oakland Auditorium. This was also the show where Jerry Garcia switched guitars to Tiger (see https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/a-brief-history-of-jerry-garcias-five-most-well-known-guitars/)
On night one, we got the very first Althea and first Lost Sailor which slipped into Deal.
August 5 give us the second Althea and Lost Sailor, prior to the invention of Saint of Circumstance. it was still Heaven Fight Tiger, ie Lost Sailor>Althea>Promise Land. This night also gave me a view of Hamza Al-Din
While these aren\t my favorite shows of the 1970's or even 1979, they were still fun and I was rocking the Dead in the Bay Area finally, which I would do another 35+ times.
Here are some memories of these shows
Music from both shows
https://www.jambase.com/article/jerry-garcia-debuts-tiger-guitar-with-grateful-dead-in-1979
1979 through 1990- TIGER
August 4th 1979 at The Oakland Auditorium Tiger debuts
"Tiger" (pearl coverplate) Description: Seven years to make, ebony fingerboard on maple neck, an arched cocobola top and back, vermilion neck and body striping, and W. flamed-maple body core. Meticulous scrolled inlay finger position markers and hand-crafted brass hardware; Strat approach, but with one DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil and two DiMarzio Super 2 humbuckers that were easily removed 'cause Jerry thought their ouput weakened after a year or two. Also had Jerry's effects bypass loop (he knew his electronics!), as well as an op-amp buffer/amp to maintain the high end during effects "on". Result: Garcia's favorite guitar for the next ll years & most played. Jerry strapped this heavy 13 1/2-pound guitar for 11 years.
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Best review of these shows at Lost Live Dead
On night one, we got the very first Althea and first Lost Sailor which slipped into Deal.
August 5 give us the second Althea and Lost Sailor, prior to the invention of Saint of Circumstance. it was still Heaven Fight Tiger, ie Lost Sailor>Althea>Promise Land. This night also gave me a view of Hamza Al-Din
While these aren\t my favorite shows of the 1970's or even 1979, they were still fun and I was rocking the Dead in the Bay Area finally, which I would do another 35+ times.
Here are some memories of these shows
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| Ride the Tiger, Day One |
https://www.jambase.com/article/jerry-garcia-debuts-tiger-guitar-with-grateful-dead-in-1979
1979 through 1990- TIGER
August 4th 1979 at The Oakland Auditorium Tiger debuts
"Tiger" (pearl coverplate) Description: Seven years to make, ebony fingerboard on maple neck, an arched cocobola top and back, vermilion neck and body striping, and W. flamed-maple body core. Meticulous scrolled inlay finger position markers and hand-crafted brass hardware; Strat approach, but with one DiMarzio SDS-1 single coil and two DiMarzio Super 2 humbuckers that were easily removed 'cause Jerry thought their ouput weakened after a year or two. Also had Jerry's effects bypass loop (he knew his electronics!), as well as an op-amp buffer/amp to maintain the high end during effects "on". Result: Garcia's favorite guitar for the next ll years & most played. Jerry strapped this heavy 13 1/2-pound guitar for 11 years.
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