Thursday, May 17, 2018

Confused, Trainwreck, Yeesh and Yikes: JGB at the Warfield, August 14, 1994

jg1994-08-14.jgb.all.sbd-miller.136390.flac1644

The title conveys some of the adjectives and interjections I used in listening to this rare sbd tape of late-era Jerry. He sounds bad - bad, I tell you.

Jerry Garcia Band
The Warfield
982 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
August 14, 1994 (Sunday)
remastered Miller sbd shnid-136390

--set I (7 tracks, 68:22)--
s1t01. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [6:58] [2:06]
s1t02. Waiting For A Miracle [5:59] [2:05]
s1t03. You Never Can Tell [10:26] 2:19]
s1t04. Mississippi Moon [11:58] [0:11]
s1t05. Lay Down Sally [12:29] [0:12]
s1t06. My Sisters And Brothers [3:49] ->
s1t07. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love [9:53] (1)

--set II (7 tracks, 80:34)--
s2t08. Shining Star [20:39] [0:51]
s2t09. Strugglin' Man
s2t10. And It Stoned Me
s2t11. Tore Up Over You [9:30] [0:06]
s2t12. The Maker [12:40] ->
s2t13. Gomorrah
s2t14. Tangled Up In Blue [14:17] (2) [0:03]

! ACT1: JGB #23
! lineup: Jerry Garcia - el-g, v;
! lineup: John Kahn - el-bass;
! lineup: Melvin Seals - keyboards;
! lineup: Donny Baldwin - drums;
! lineup: Jacklyn LaBranch - backing vocals;
! lineup: Gloria Jones - backing vocals.

JGMF:

! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; ... = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [ ] = recorded event time. The recorded event time immediately after the song or item name is an attempt at getting the "real" time of the event. So, a timing of [x:xx] right after a song title is an attempt to say how long the song really was, as represented on this recording.

! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19940814-01

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/warfield-982-market-street-san.html

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/ZW52vfHTbjs

! db: http://etreedb.org/shn/4306 (sbd shnf); http://etreedb.org/shn/12022 (sbd shnf, slightly modified); http://etreedb.org/shn/136390 (this fileset).

! band: URL http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/ZW52vfHTbjs

! R: SBD -> Dat -> Cassette Master -> CD -> SHN;

! R: Transfer Info: SHN -> Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 -> FLAC (2 Discs Audio / 1 Disc FLAC).

! R: Remastered By Charlie Miller (charliemiller87@earthlink.net), June 29, 2016

! R: Notes: This is a remaster of shnid-4306

! P: s1t04 Miss Moon Garcia is totally confused 5. Yikes. Complete trainwreck. Still messed up. Nice tone on the solo starting 7:25. Still really jacked up 8. No good, and jack up the end.

! P: yeesh. Boring. Miss Moon is a trainwreck. Can't hear Kahn very well. I think DB is having an off night, I often hear him when and how he shouldn't be. But, then again, finding a '1' with Jerry on this night is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.

! P: s1t06 MSAB Garcia sounds exhausted on these vocals.

! P: s1t07 ENSTL again he sounds vocally exhausted.

! s1t07 (1) "Thanks a lot. We'll see you in a little while."

! P: s2t09 SM loses the vocals, 6, then off the beat with his vocals. Yikes.

! P: s2t11 TUOY no breath to sing it the way it should be. Good energy 7. Fucks up badly at 8, does a verse instead of closing.

! s2t14 (2) "See y'all later."


5 comments:

  1. Agreed all around. Weirdly, the night before is surprisingly good imho, but this show is maybe the worst single JGB performance I've heard. Not a good time.

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  2. These things don't show up on the tape - but did anyone track the set break times at the Warfield in 94-95? I saw most every one and recall some intermissions who's length likely eclipsed the musical components of both sets.
    IN FACT - I absolutely remember a long long long set break with the crowd becoming more jumpy and anticipatory to then have the lights go down, crowd cheers go up, only to have the lights come back up, and the long set break to continue. I *think* this happened at more than one show, but sadly I wasn't taking notes. I've always been curious if others remember this weirdness. Anyhow - thanks so much for your efforts with these wonderful posts. Much appreciated, be well.

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  3. Thank you, T.B.

    The length of the intermissions would be very interesting data to analyze, but of course it can't be done. And beyond the sheer quantity of the break, your observation that Warfield folks thought he might be ready to come back out, only to hibernate more, is also insightful, and sounds very plausible to me, certainly in connection with a night like 8/14/94.

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    1. Thinking he might be ready to come out is one possibility, over the years I've wondered about other possible motivations to throw the light switch. Setting speculation aside, the lights up/lights down/lights up affair is a baffling wrinkle from the late period Warfield experience.

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  4. Feel free to email me at jgmfblog@gmail.com with any other thoughts you have.

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