tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post1115480448831550783..comments2024-03-25T06:33:12.809-07:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: Fillmore West June 6 and 8, 1969-Guest AppearancesCorry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-60972500251416283552022-10-23T12:13:10.136-07:002022-10-23T12:13:10.136-07:00I'd be happy to see what you have, Linda. Emai...I'd be happy to see what you have, Linda. Email me at jgmfblog@gmail.com.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-1233023545588637452022-10-23T06:36:54.297-07:002022-10-23T06:36:54.297-07:00I have a lot of great things from the great full d...I have a lot of great things from the great full dead four tapes double dead part 1 exhibit H pt 1 , that’s one of them and contracts between studios signed and dated and sheet music all 1969. Looking for a buyer. Thank you Linda MullenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-3459004127228573712020-11-14T12:28:17.027-08:002020-11-14T12:28:17.027-08:00Hey Everyone-
After all these years... I have to c...Hey Everyone-<br />After all these years... I have to clarify this: I Was playing lead guitar and singing lead vocals on "Checking Up On My Baby." I can confirm singing and playing lead on "Checkin' Up" because approximately halfway through the song, the guys started to falter (possibly due to my poor signaling for a break during the song which they missed,or maybe due to their "altered states?") ;) <br /><br />As they started to falter, I said, "Don't blow it now.." That got their attention, and we continued on through the rest of the song to its rocking conclusion. <br /><br />All these years later, I have to chuckle to myself, realizing that for a brief moment in Time.. I 'experienced' the privilege of having the Grateful Dead back me up on a Classic Blues song at the Fillmore.. <br />"AUMmmm.." ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059922041672065361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-78569394146372002212018-02-06T16:54:52.043-08:002018-02-06T16:54:52.043-08:00I saw this, thanks for the link. Even though we wi...I saw this, thanks for the link. Even though we will probably never get to hear them, we have to remember that the context of a 69 Dead show was two sets bracketed by Junior Walker (and the Glass Family, as I recall).Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-77357742746698602132018-02-06T06:06:20.285-08:002018-02-06T06:06:20.285-08:00The Owsley Foundation have posted photos of the ta...The Owsley Foundation have posted photos of the tape boxes for 69-6-6 on their facebook page so it seems the masters are with them, not in the Dead's Vault. Whoever wrote out the songs for tape 1 confused Smokestack with Schoolgirl and left out Checkin' Up On My Baby which was later added by someone who thought it was with Elvin Bishop. Tape 2 presumably contains the end of Lovelight and then a (second?) Jr. Walker set.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/OwsleyStanleyFoundation/photos/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-11567661675314947682013-06-20T17:45:44.575-07:002013-06-20T17:45:44.575-07:00The book Bill Graham Presents also has some discus...The book Bill Graham Presents also has some discussion of 8/1/69, with Garcia talking about his reaction to the strike. Chet Helms also discusses the quarrel with Graham & the subsequent birth of the Common at the Family Dog. <br />It's not a book I've paid much attention to due to its vague oral-history nature, but it can be useful in spots!Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-64954034127793414152013-06-18T22:42:26.619-07:002013-06-18T22:42:26.619-07:00Thanks for clarifying; McNally's account makes...Thanks for clarifying; McNally's account makes more sense now. Must have been round midnight when Garcia came to the Family Dog that night, so their discussion would probably have been about the next 2 nights.<br /><br />Wonderful how access to obscure sources can clear up speculation! Looking forward to your chapter someday... Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-84805886774205918952013-06-18T10:44:09.922-07:002013-06-18T10:44:09.922-07:00LIA, he came back to the Great Highway after the g...LIA, he came back to the Great Highway after the gig at the Bear's Lair. There is a blow by blow in one of the local counterculture papers that I have been sitting on. I have a whole damn chapter written up about this stuff.<br /><br />But I think you have it right.<br /><br />1) GD booked three nights at the Family Dog<br />2) LAG strike announced ca. 7/26/69<br />3) Garcia hastily books the gig in Berkeley so as to have an excuse not to cross the line<br />4) Weir and Kreutzmann and Phil (I have to check the accounts) cross the line and play the Dog.<br />5) Garcia comes to the Dog after his gig, they powwow, and this clears the way for 8/2/69 and 8/3/69 gigs.<br />6) The Common is born out of the whole thing. It doesn't seem to last too long, but it nets us some interesting afternoons and evenings at the Family Dog.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-31732500874629826972013-06-18T00:48:52.272-07:002013-06-18T00:48:52.272-07:00I totally forgot about that, as well as the discus...I totally forgot about that, as well as the discussion here that even has details about the band jam w/o Garcia: <br />http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2010/01/nrps-bears-lair-uc-berkeley-berkeley-ca.html <br /><br />Presumably the Bear's Lair booking was made after the Family Dog Aug 1-3 run was scheduled. Looks like Garcia/Marmaduke were listed for 2 shows, 8:30 & 10:30.<br /><br />Oddly, McNally says there's a dispute about whether Garcia was told about the LAG strike beforehand. The LAG leader said, "I had assurances from Jerry Garcia that he would honor our line;" but Garcia later said he didn't know in advance.<br />At any rate, the Bear's Lair show was advertised days in advance. (How far ahead did the LAG even know they would strike?)<br /><br />Speculative timeline: <br />- The Dead are booked for the Family Dog run <br />- Garcia hears that there will be a strike there <br />- He quickly books a show w/ Marmaduke & Hart at Bear's Lair on Aug 1... <br />- But then he somehow turns up at the Family Dog on Aug 1 anyway? With time to kill for a discussion w/ the strikers, too. McNally specifies that Garcia & Hart arrived together - late enough in the evening that there were over a thousand people there.<br /><br />Something's not right here. Either Garcia decided to cancel the Bear's Lair, or McNally's story of that night is spurious. <br />Though it is possible Garcia & Hart drove from one gig to the other. If Hart was telling the story right, far from avoiding a confrontation with the strikers, Garcia went out of his way to negotiate with them to try to get a Dead gig going that night (or, perhaps, the following two nights?). <br /><br />It still strikes me that each band-member could make his own decision about whether to cross the line & play or not; they were by no means following Garcia's choices.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-50868003427782755012013-06-17T16:17:19.028-07:002013-06-17T16:17:19.028-07:00Don't forget that Garcia and Hart were booked ...Don't forget that Garcia and Hart were booked on August 1 at the Bears Lair in Berkeley as "Marmaduke, Jerry Garcia and Friends." So Garcia never really intended to play. I think he double booked himself to avoid a confrontation. He could just skitter out and say "hey, man, I got a gig to do." Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-20182674255902628022013-06-17T11:35:35.865-07:002013-06-17T11:35:35.865-07:00I wonder what kind of Dead show there was on 8/1/6...I wonder what kind of Dead show there was on 8/1/69; McNally is a little vague. <br />His account: "When the band arrived, they found the Light Artists Guild picketing the building and, with power supplied by Helms, staging a light show on the outside walls of the Dog... There were around 400 people inside and perhaps 1000 outside at the Family Dog when Garcia and Hart arrived... Chet, Jerry, Mickey, Rock, and a representative of the LAG crowded into Ram Rod's equipment truck and began to talk... By the time they exited the truck [reaching no agreement], it was too late to play; in their absence, the band had thrown together a jam, but the full Dead did not perform." (p.324)<br /><br />McNally indicates that his account of the discussion came from Mickey Hart (whose memory is not always the most detailed or precise). What kind of show took place is unclear. <br />While Mickey & Jerry were in negotiations, did the rest of the band get tired of waiting & really put on a show in the Family Dog in defiance of the LAG? Did they perhaps play outside? Does "a jam" mean a few Weir country songs, perhaps; or maybe a spontaneous jam with other musicians who were there in lieu of Garcia? (The openers, Ballet Afro-Haiti and Albert Collins, were presumably also waiting around, if they didn't perform themselves.)<br />However, the Dead proceeded to play regular shows there on August 2-3, so something must have been worked out.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-12861913819608145152013-06-16T21:15:29.615-07:002013-06-16T21:15:29.615-07:00One random comment here. I have been pondering 8/1...One random comment here. I have been pondering 8/1/69 at the Family Dog as the only time there was a Grateful Dead show without Jerry Garcia (McNally discusses). These shows do seem to score at least fractions of points in that regard, anyway.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-56358350793245458632012-10-01T16:12:56.238-07:002012-10-01T16:12:56.238-07:00Point taken. Fixed. Thanks.Point taken. Fixed. Thanks.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-91432656198902051172012-10-01T14:12:41.426-07:002012-10-01T14:12:41.426-07:00Raises a number of curious questions, not "be...Raises a number of curious questions, not "begs". ("Begs the question" means "applies circular logic").<br />begthequestion.infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-48365543205091588102010-04-24T07:28:37.100-07:002010-04-24T07:28:37.100-07:00June 6th it was Wayne Ceballos, according to the m...June 6th it was Wayne Ceballos, according to the man himself at <a href="http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=9494" rel="nofollow">http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=9494</a>:<br /><br />Hi guys-<br />Seems to me "I" was playing guitar on "Beat It On Down the Line" that night. I was walking by the stage when Phil (Lesh) asked me to come up and sit in on guitar. I distinctly remember playing guitar on BIODTL. Things were so crazy that night- but I DO remember playing on BIODTL.<br /><br />I can back up my statement up because Jerry (Garcia) himself states in Bill Graham's autobiography that<br /><br />"...One night I came to the gig REAL late and there was this OTHER guy playing guitar with the Grateful Dead. This guy from AUM.(my band) He was a pretty good blues guitar player. I thought, 'Geez, Bill is gonna fuckin' kill me,' but he didn't say anything..." (P. 220- 222, I believe).<br /><br />I have a copy of me singing "Love Light" with the Dead- (possibly Pigpen in the mix as well). I don't know if that was the gig two days later, or was at the Monterey Peninsula College gig a few days before...<br />Man, we were ALL pretty toasted! : ) Anyway- thought my info might help clarify things.<br />Cheers!<br /><br />Wayne "Tha Harpe" Ceballos<br />2715 Crownspoint Dr.<br />Austin, Texas. 78748<br />(512) 292-7221Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-75038630116533177762010-04-18T20:16:36.961-07:002010-04-18T20:16:36.961-07:00Ok, Billy Nicks was the drummer with Junior Walker...Ok, Billy Nicks was the drummer with Junior Walker and The All-Stars...that might explain the extra drummers. Perhaps Nicks took over the traps, or played congas, but it really fits. <br /><br />As for the Bishop/Ceballos thing on the 6th, its not Elvin. I have plenty of Elvin Bishop albums, I've seen him and heard him many times--it isn't him. To top it off, I've got an AUM album (the first one). Whoever says its Elvin Bishop on the 6th is just wrong, period. <br /><br />Ceballos is a technically proficient guitarist, but he doesn't really have a defined style. Someone makes a point on the Archive reviews that whoever it is plays Jerry's rig (Gibson SG plus Fender Twin Reverb), and a mimetic guitarist like Ceballos is going to play in Garcia's groove. A player like Bishop, with his own (underrated) style, wouldn't sound like Garcia even on Jerry's equipment.<br /><br />As for McNally's vague remark about Jerry "missing a show," it could just as well mean that Garcia walked off stage for a while. There may have been a set break after the two Bishop songs, so the time offstage may have been substantial.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-67503838911914885682010-04-18T18:56:15.786-07:002010-04-18T18:56:15.786-07:00Nice work here... This does make more sense than t...Nice work here... This does make more sense than the suggestion that some reel(s) got switched between dates.<br /><br />Would you have the exact Garcia quote about finding Ceballos playing with the Dead? <br />The text file on the Archive suggests that while Ceballos is singing on the 6th, it's still Bishop playing. I don't know their styles enough to comment on that, but perhaps it's a possibility. (Especially since they were also both onstage on the 8th.)<br /><br />The 8th is also interesting because of the Dead's quick recovery... They don't sound at all incapacitated for that first set, and are able to pull together an Other One suite after the 'guest set'. Course, who knows how much later that was... <br /><br />By the way - Billy Nicks was the drummer for Junior Walker & the All Stars, who were also playing at that show!Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-8397340269491336672010-04-18T12:21:38.283-07:002010-04-18T12:21:38.283-07:00Phil Lesh photos from The Fillmore - http://www.pe...Phil Lesh photos from The Fillmore - http://www.performanceimpressions.com/PhilLesh&FriendsNewYear%27sShow+Kimock.htmlDavid Oppenheimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509788713982731446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-77671136359993499312010-04-18T07:56:30.901-07:002010-04-18T07:56:30.901-07:00I like this line of thinking. There were two Festi...I like this line of thinking. There were two Festival type events in the city in the afternoon of June 8, and many of the musicians probably came to Fillmore West to hang out afterwards. We know Elvin Bishop was on stage, so I'll bet a few others from those shows were too.<br /><br />I wonder who Billy Nicks might have been?Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-73656692027376568272010-04-18T06:38:30.816-07:002010-04-18T06:38:30.816-07:00I think it should read Nicks rather than Nix.I think it should read Nicks rather than Nix.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-28903988722137971862010-04-18T01:51:35.609-07:002010-04-18T01:51:35.609-07:00A couple of random notes. The annotations to my li...A couple of random notes. The annotations to my list of Fillmore shows lists Wayne Ceballos sitting in the the 6th and Elvin Bishop, Billy Nix and others sitting in on the 8th. These annotations are by no means recent and may dat back as far as tape covers in the late 1970s. <br /><br />As a matter of interest, KSAN broadcast a Grateful Dead tribute from 7 through 10 on the 8th. <br /><br />There were also two other major music events happening in the city on the 8th. In Golden Gate Park (from midday) the 13th Tribe had Elvin Bishop, Sons of Champlin, Crazy Horse, Cedro Wooly, Linn County at Speedway Meadow. Also, from 2 through midnight, there was a Benefit for Church of Fellowship of All Peoples at the Unitarian Center (Geary and Franklin) with Sons of Champlin, Phoenix, Bicycle, Dementia, Ace of Cups, Freedom Highway, Morning Glory, Interplayers Circus, Lights by Dr Zarkov.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.com