tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post2490506027519731181..comments2024-03-25T06:33:12.809-07:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Tour Itinerary September-October 1969Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-23423749482037911642020-08-02T20:46:07.908-07:002020-08-02T20:46:07.908-07:00The Chronicle noted the changed date of the London...The Chronicle noted the changed date of the London show to September 13 in the September 5 edition with some added detail (Ace of Cups were going) that it was on as late as Sept 4 https://twitter.com/gratefulseconds/status/1290129365896851456Grateful Secondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611234014012885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-10711977032554176182019-03-12T20:27:54.197-07:002019-03-12T20:27:54.197-07:00For what it's worth, apparently Garcia was in ...For what it's worth, apparently Garcia was in Northern California judging a pot contest on 9/19/69.<br /><br />https://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-HUMBOLDT-COUNTY-Marijuana-Pot-Cannabis-POSTER-drug-art-weed-Jerry-Garcia-69-/312521455764?oid=312473608289Jim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775659356285581409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-30746121199642758002017-10-30T22:28:32.567-07:002017-10-30T22:28:32.567-07:00Tom Constanten's memory that the Dead jammed w...Tom Constanten's memory that the Dead jammed with the Airplane at the 9/1/69 New Orleans Pop Festival was tantalizing but unproven. <br />However, an advance schedule for the festival had it concluding with a 1 a.m. "Jam Session featuring Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Cat Mother, Santana, Chicago Transit Authority, and Beautiful Day." <br /><br />I wasn't able to search the Baton Rouge papers or the New Orleans Times-Picayune from 9/2/69 for reports on the festival, but it was covered in multiple articles, so there was probably some mention of the jam.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-59464652819970337542011-11-10T12:30:49.583-08:002011-11-10T12:30:49.583-08:00"the little cannon that was sometimes fired a..."the little cannon that was sometimes fired after "one man gathers what another man spills" in "St Stephen""<br /><br />Ah! So THAT'S what that sound is! I've learned a lot by working my way backwards through this blog, but this was the first "ah, ha!" moment for me.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231522886424791492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-67445814819945957992010-06-01T17:10:09.036-07:002010-06-01T17:10:09.036-07:00A correct story about the canceled Crosby, Stills,...A correct story about the canceled Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Hyde Park gig......<br /><br />Contrary to what is written by Ralph J. Gleason in his above article, the Hyde Park free concert was originally scheduled for Saturday 6 (not Sunday 7) and Joni Mitchell was not scheduled to play (his presence was reasoned only because she was Graham Nash's girlfriend at that time). The "some additions what to be announced" to which RJG refers was the Quicksilver Messenger Service. The show was first postponed to one of the following Saturdays and later canceled not because Graham Nash had "throat problems" as you said (Graham was found to have nodes on his vocals cords in previous July 1969 and their planned debut at the Fillmore East on 25-26 was canceled for this problem) but because at the time Graham was having trouble with his work permit for the U.S. and if he had gone to England, he wouldn't have been able to return to the U.S. for at least six weeks.Bruno Ceriottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902562334118804557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-80443216320299569922010-03-15T16:25:07.270-07:002010-03-15T16:25:07.270-07:00Source for the above is Mick Skidmore, "Ned L...Source for the above is Mick Skidmore, "Ned Lagin: An Interview," <i>Relix</i> 18, 3 (June 1991), p. 31.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-66246123399374899412010-03-15T16:24:08.068-07:002010-03-15T16:24:08.068-07:00By way of anticlimax, after Lambert's recollec...By way of anticlimax, after Lambert's recollections, I'd like to note that Ned Lagin first saw the GD in October '69 at the Boston Tea Party. He says that there were only 100-200 people there, and that the place held 400 people. (The latter, of course, can be checked and is probably known more definitively by the readers of and writers on these pages.)Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-42308953599768241832010-03-15T13:04:01.065-07:002010-03-15T13:04:01.065-07:00My, pleasure, Corry! And thanks in return for the ...My, pleasure, Corry! And thanks in return for the pointer to your au Go Go history. If I can contribute any memories over there, I will!<br /><br />A few more random memories of the Dead run there...<br /><br />At one of the shows, the little cannon that was sometimes fired after "one man gathers what another man spills" in "St Stephen" was deployed, but too close to Phil Lesh and *way* too loud in that claustrophobic space. Phil made his displeasure known with a healthy little burst of invective.<br /><br />My friends and I got there good and early one of the show days so we could get seated front and center, and were first in line. From that vantage point, we were treated to the spectacle of Garcia happily striding toward the club with a bulging paper bag from a quick shopping excursion across Bleecker Street. "What did ya get, Jer?," someone asked. "COMIC BOOKS!"," he replied, with a gleeful grin. He must have had a couple of dozen comics there - he collected 'em passionately. Also remember Jerry shamelessly flirting (and with good reason!) with the stunning six-foot-tall blonde who served as the club's hostess. 41 years later, I *still* remember her!Legs Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737925237169340651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-6109473098471516952010-03-15T12:21:40.148-07:002010-03-15T12:21:40.148-07:00Gary, these are amazing comments, particularly on ...Gary, these are amazing comments, particularly on getting Pigpen to relay your requests.<br /><br />You know that I have attempted the complete story of the Cafe Au Go Go on another blog?<br /><br />http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/search/label/Cafe%20Au%20Go%20Go<br /><br />(which I will now update, of course)<br /><br />thanks so much!Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-58234324298483401062010-03-15T12:20:02.382-07:002010-03-15T12:20:02.382-07:00I was at all the shows in both the 9/26-27 run at ...I was at all the shows in both the 9/26-27 run at Fillmore East and 9/29-10/1 at Cafe au Go Go. With two shows a night at both venues, that makes it my most insanely concentrated GD show cluster ever: 10 shows in six days, with the 28th off! (Of course, when the band played one-a-night, multiple-set shows with no co-billed acts in later years, you actually got more music, but this was a most enjoyable marathon nonetheless.<br /><br />Some tidbits about the two runs:<br /><br />Although Country Joe and the Fish were indeed the top-billed act at those Fillmore shows, they did an amazingly gracious and sensible thing: after the Dead blew the roof off the dump at the first three shows, Joe McDonald voluntarily surrendered the closing slot for the 11:30 show on the 27th and played in the middle instead. He explained from the stage by saying something along the lines of: "We can't follow the Grateful Dead... NO ONE can follow the Grateful Dead. They're the greatest fuckin' band in the world!"<br /><br />The Cafe au Go Go shows had a different opening act on each of the 3 nights. Don't remember the exact order in which they appeared, but they were: Singer-songwriter Eric Mercury; pioneering rock guitar god Lonnie Mack (a real treat, I'll bet, for Garcia and Weir, who both cited Lonnie as an early hero and influence); and the beautifully demented Holy Modal Rounders (who, I think, still had budding playwright Sam Shepard as their drummer). I remember Peter Stampfel's wild fiddling style being a bit of a problem, as his bow kept hitting the subterranean club's low ceiling.<br /><br />Since Tom Constanten was the primary keyboardist at the time, Pigpen played congas, maracas and other small percussion when he wasn't singing or playing harmonica (or taking his turn at the B-3 for the occasional blues tune). But his congas wouldn't fit with all the gear on the club's rather tiny and low stage, so he was actually seated at floor level, squeezed in among the paying customers - at some of the shows, right next to me and my friends. During a tuning interlude in one set, with audience members yelling out requests, Pig turned to our table and casually asked "what do y'all wanna hear?" I said "How 'bout that new song about Casey Jones?" Pig yelled "Hey, Garcia... how 'bout Casey Jones?" Garcia said "OK!" Request granted!<br /><br />About the au Go Go closing in 1969... it did surface yet again in 1970, with a different physical configuration. Instead of the stage against the east wall of the building mid-room, surrounded on three sides by audience, the new incarnation had more of a conventional proscenium setup, with the stage at the south end of the room, with all seats facing toward it. I went there a few times when it had that look, most memorably for several Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks shows shortly after "Where's The Money?" came out.Legs Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737925237169340651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-54449287617481144072010-03-15T12:10:26.886-07:002010-03-15T12:10:26.886-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Legs Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737925237169340651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-49708872907556961142010-02-22T07:28:16.059-08:002010-02-22T07:28:16.059-08:00Although I am not certain of the exact parameters ...Although I am not certain of the exact parameters of the KPFA Sunday night show in the 1960s, I am fairly certain that they only broadcast 1/2 hour or hour pieces of shows. This would explain why there were great "pieces" of shows (and not just by The Dead) circulating for years, without the corresponding complete show.<br /><br />I got the 10/25/69 chunk decades ago, and at the time it was one of the few listenable 60s tapes available.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-62707845436246438522010-02-22T07:24:29.473-08:002010-02-22T07:24:29.473-08:00Re the 10/25/69 Stills sit-in, NB too that 10/24/6...Re the 10/25/69 Stills sit-in, NB too that 10/24/69 was supposedly the date that Garcia laid down the steel track for Teach Your Children.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-27939916977339897692010-02-22T04:24:43.019-08:002010-02-22T04:24:43.019-08:00A few small comments -
The canceled 9/7/69 show:...A few small comments - <br /><br />The canceled 9/7/69 show: Rock Scully flew to London in early September to arrange the free Hyde Park show (inspired by the Stones' Brian Jones memorial show back in July). I don't know why it fell through, but his being busted for LSD possession at the airport probably did not help! The idea didn't die, though - while in England, he talked to the Stones about doing a free show in San Francisco during their upcoming tour.... <br /><br />9/11/69: An AUD tape of only one song from an unknown show is the most frustrating kind of AUD tape.... The Easy Wind is definitely an early arrangement though, so it's almost certain to be from September '69; the 9/11 date can't be too far off. The slide guitar guest is said to be Jorma Kaukonen. The venue is said to be unknown, which raises all kinds of questions.<br /><br />Speaking of audience tapes - it is both remarkable & puzzling that four New York shows from 9/26 to 9/30 were caught on AUD tapes - and all the tapes are incomplete, mostly at 45 minutes. <br />Apparently the Dead played early & late shows at the Cafe au Go Go, which was unusual for them. <br /><br />10/2-4/69: The Dead seem to have had a good relationship with Boston in '69, playing three 3-night runs there that year. I think it was the only city outside of SF and NYC where that happened. Someone there must have liked them.... It's a shame this run isn't circulating, given how they played the other two runs.<br /><br />10/5/69: An audience member recalled Lovelight from this show. (It's amusing that, when strapped for time, the Dead chose their longest number....) <br /><br />10/24-26/69: You mention the Dead's Winterland shows being broadcast (in part) on radio; but the only part of these three shows that circulated in the old days was a half-hour from 10/25. (This show is also the first time Stephen Stills played with the Dead.)<br /><br />And, it was in a fall San Francisco show that sheriffs repossessed Pigpen's organ from the stage before the show. I don't know what date, though....Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-25910085978751636092010-02-22T00:25:48.515-08:002010-02-22T00:25:48.515-08:00April 22 and 23, 1970 can be confirmed at Mandrake...April 22 and 23, 1970 can be confirmed at Mandrake's - with support both nights from the Robert Savage Group. Clover and The Crabs do indeed perform on the Thursday. April and May 1970 saw some great shows in Berkeley and some unusual proototions - how about Doug Weston putting on Phil Ochs at the berkeley Community Theatre on May 2.<br /><br />As a teaser - I have not cropped the advert for the shows as you may wish to glance across at the beautiful ad for Charlie Musselwhite at the Family Dog - with support form the new Riders of the Purple Sage - Mickey Heart (sic) and his Heartbeats and Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck - the personification of niftiness.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-21503472642142976262010-02-21T19:09:01.146-08:002010-02-21T19:09:01.146-08:00The April 70 Mandrake's shows fit in with the ...The April 70 Mandrake's shows fit in with the theme of breaking in NRPS for the Dead's upcoming National tour. Mandrake's, then Family Dog, then Peninsula School, then Matrix, giving everyone a chance to get their feet wet.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-91241887850906161242010-02-21T17:10:13.064-08:002010-02-21T17:10:13.064-08:00OK, my apologies to Corry. I will be posting the *...OK, my apologies to Corry. I will be posting the *correct* ad for the NRPS shows at Mandrake's, which do indeed appear to have been Oct. 14-16, 1969.<br /><br />The good news is that, if the ad linked above is correct, there may also have been NRPS shows at Mandrake's in April 1970 that I have not previously been aware of.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-18011555460418767502010-02-21T16:47:18.282-08:002010-02-21T16:47:18.282-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-18986478911565493062010-02-21T16:35:33.376-08:002010-02-21T16:35:33.376-08:00I can confirm the Mandrake's shows - advertise...I can confirm the Mandrake's shows - advertised as Jerry Garcia, NRPS. An advertisement appears in the Berkeley Tribe. I will email it over.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-68806829048191763632010-02-21T15:56:19.465-08:002010-02-21T15:56:19.465-08:00Yikes! A closer look at the scan of the NRPS ad I ...Yikes! A closer look at the scan of the NRPS ad I just linked suggests that it is from April 1970, not October 1969. Not sure how I got my wires crossed, but it looks like I did.<br /><br />So now I have a few questions.<br /><br />1) is there any evidence for Mandrake's NRPS shows in October 1969? 14th, 15th, 16th, any/all? I have myself confused.<br /><br />2) since the scan is undated, what are we to infer about the dates of the Mandrake's New Riders shows? To the left, the Family Dog has the April 10-11-12 listings. But above, the New Orleans House listing is for a week after that. I am going to go with Tuesday April 21 and Wednesday April 22 for the New Riders shows at Mandrake's. Those are open dates on Garcia's schedule, unlike the week earlier, when the Wed (4/15/70) found the GD at Winterland.<br /><br />Thoughts?Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-57285494856551771272010-02-21T14:37:45.389-08:002010-02-21T14:37:45.389-08:00Point taken on the third night at Mandrake's. ...Point taken on the third night at Mandrake's. Two nights made more sense anyway (I have no idea why I had three).<br /><br />My understanding was that there was a NRPS gig at Matrix around Oct 12, so to some extent its a placeholder. Joe I think knows more about it, so I'll leave it be for the moment until we get some more information. <br /><br />With that being said, it would make sense if there were more NRPS gigs at the Matrix.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-40344127595193017572010-02-21T14:26:47.571-08:002010-02-21T14:26:47.571-08:00Great job, as always. I just have a few small comm...Great job, as always. I just have a few small comments/questions.<br /><br />First, you list 1969-10-12, based on Gary Jackson's (right?) diaries. But I don't remember seeing this date in his diary. The list of Matrix shows based on his info does include "Jerry Garcia and Friends" 1969-10-08 through 1969-10-12. I had speculated at http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2010/01/hartbeats-october-8-10-1969-matrix-san.html that these dates derived from the mistaken listing in <i>Art of Rock</i>. Looking back on it, that might account for the 8-9-10th, but not the 11th-12th. So, do you now think that the 12th happened? If so, wouldn't it be logical to think (based on the same source) that the 11th happened?<br /><br />Regarding 1969-10-16 at Mandrake's, where does this come from? I have just <a href="http://www.thejerrysite.com/uploads/0000/0979/jg1969-10-14-15.nrps.ad.jpg" rel="nofollow">posted to the Jerry Site</a> the image of an ad for NRPS at Mandrake's on 10/14-15. The 16th looks like Clover and The Crabs at Mandrake's.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-62648359147929691192010-02-21T12:46:04.520-08:002010-02-21T12:46:04.520-08:00I can confirm that Doug Kershaw did play the Winte...I can confirm that Doug Kershaw did play the Winterland shows.The Yellow Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001772238662274893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-26201362646746699712010-02-21T09:58:46.868-08:002010-02-21T09:58:46.868-08:00Interesting...I'll have to look into the Doug ...Interesting...I'll have to look into the Doug Kershaw thing, and see where I got it. I have a vague idea I have a tape somewhere.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-86802970986185814242010-02-21T08:14:22.417-08:002010-02-21T08:14:22.417-08:00About October 24-26, 1969 gig at Winterland: Corry...About October 24-26, 1969 gig at Winterland: Corry in your old post about "Jefferson Airplane Performance List" and in your "Winterland Shows List" too, you billed Doug Kershaw too....finally he play or not?Bruno Ceriottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902562334118804557noreply@blogger.com