1973 was a transitional year for Jerry Garcia. Along with his duties in the Grateful Dead , who were begrudgingly careening into celebrity, he could also be found hanging out (and keeping his chops) in Bay Area […]
Category: Jerry Garcia
Garcia Live :: Volume Six (1973) / Volume Seven (1976)
As the jolly Captain Trips once mused: ‘All goods things in all good time’. As such, Heads around the world tuned in and took notice when the GarciaLive series made it’s roaring return with the […]
Jerry Garcia Band :: March 22, 1978 – Sebastopol, CA
GarciaLive Volume Four: March 22nd, 1978 Veteran’s Hall In late 1974 the Grateful Dead were battening down the hatches and taking refuge from the storm of popularity that had pushed them into larger venues, stage setups and crews. As the age old saying […]
Legion Of Mary :: December 14-15, 1974 – Northwest Tour
As the popularity of the Grateful Dead grew in the early 1970’s the band found themselves perpetual road dogs in an attempt to make up for lost ground after Mickey Hart’s father, Lenny, absconded with […]
Grateful Dead :: Springfield Creamery Benefit Veneta OR – 8-27-72
Rhino Records (who I consult for) asked me to contribute to their upcoming series of posts/playlists centered around what would be Garcia’s 70th birthday, August, 1st. My piece goes live later this week and centers […]
Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia :: Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan)
I don’t know if it’s the weather, an act of habit or a touch of both but I often find myself returning to Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia’s Live At The Keystone discs this time […]