The Shortest Two-Set Electric Show? JGB at the Stone, Sunday, September 16, 1984

LN jg1984-09-16.jgb.all.aud-jjoops.97573.flac1644

A little dive into the Rock Bottom period yields this pearl of an electric JGB show - two four-tune sets clocking in around a half-hour of music each. I don't really note anything much about the performance, other than its brevity and Garcia's unsurprising vocal limitations. I don't want to be mean. I am just calling 'em as I see 'em.

I have been doing some listening, but not making much in the way of notes. I guess "not much to say" is a datum, too, so I may post a bunch of stuff this weekend. Or not.

The Examiner has revealed that there was an opening act this night (Ron Price), and for more local early 80s gigs than has generally been appreciated. I suspect Jerry didn't come on until quite late, but I don't know that for sure. An opening act would have been useful to keep the beer-buying crowd buying beer while awaiting the big fella.

Jerry Garcia Band
The Stone
412 Broadway
San Francisco, CA 94133
September 16, 1984 (Sunday)
aud shnid-97573

--set I (4 tracks, 30:54)--
s1t01. //How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [#8:07] [0:20] %
s1t02. /They Love Each Other [#8:08] ->
s1t03. Run For The Roses [5:12] [0:23] % [0:11]
s1t04. Deal [8:29] (1) [0:05]

--set II (4 tracks, 32:12)--
s2t05. //Harder They Come [#10:04] [0:07]
s2t06. Like A Road Leading Home [8:08] ->
s2t07. Reuben And Cherise [6:57] ->
s2t08. Midnight Moonlight [6:44] (2) [0:12]

! ACT1: JGB #21b (THE Jerry Garcia Band)
! lineup: Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn - bass;
! lineup: Melvin Seals - keyboards;
! lineup: David Kemper - 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.

! JB: https://jerrybase.com/events/19840916-01

! JGC: http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1984-09-16

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/97573 (this fileset)

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

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/Vr6EBXU6KvA2

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/07/stone-mothers-412-broadway-san.html

! ad: SFSECDB-19840909p16. $8 show, Ron Price opened.

! R: Lineage: MA? > ? > CD (from the Jjoops Tupperware of Treasures) > Eac > Wav > Gems Edit Station > flac. Edited and Mastered by Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station; Trac'ed Cdwave, Flac'ed TLH Level 8 a **GEMS Production** www.shnflac.net.

! P: Garcia sounds absolutely terrible. Dreadful. This has to be one of the shortest electric Garcia shows on record, even with the tight editing of the tape considered. 5/23/85 acoustic was shorter (see http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2017/04/acoustic-at-denver-rainbow-jgjk-may-23.html), but as of 2/23/19 I cannot identify a shorter two-set electric show.

! R: s1t01 HSII cuts in

! R: s1t02 TLEO clips in

! s1t04 (1) JG: "We're gonna take a break for a little while, be back a little later."

! R: s2t05 HTC cuts in

! P: s2t05 HTC Garcia can barely sing at all. Notwithstanding that. it's surprising that it ends when it does - most versions would take a turn or several more.

! s2t08 (2) JG: "Thanks a lot. See ya later."