Saxophone Somewhere Far Off Played: JGB at the Warfield, December 2, 1989

If you are following along, you might notice that I listened to a bunch of early December shows from various years, but am late in posting them. It's rare for me to get enough contiguous time to listen and note and post these days.

My notes on this show, from a soundboard tape (shnid-117562) and the balcony tape of the great and wonderful Marcus Buick (Campolindo HS '87) (shnid-81060), are pretty spare, and I don't particularly have tons to say here, so just a few comments.

First, Clarence Clemons is here this night, but was not present the night before. I raved about that show, in part because its Clarencelessness suits me. But he is good this night, and I just love how the crowd shows him and a knowing, careful Jerry some love on the "saxophone somewhere far off played" line of Dylan's "Simple Twist Of Fate".

Second, maybe not quite as strong as the night before, but this is a characteristically strong gig for the late '89 Jerry Band. Garcia sounds articulate, energetic, focused right out of the gate. He sings intentionally. He plays well.

Third, "Don't Let Go" is good, maybe even very good. It certainly makes I had been there with Bu, ogling (while guarding) those Brüel & Kjær 4011s.

I won't bother with a jump - listening notes follow.

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LN jg1989-12-02.jgb.all.aud-buick.81060.flac1644

Jerry Garcia Band

Warfield Theater

982 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

December 2, 1989 Saturday - 8 PM

Buick MAD shnid-81060

--set I (7 tracks, 57:25)--

s1t01. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [6:31] [1:05]

s1t02. They Love Each Other [7:38] [1:24]

s1t03. Simple Twist Of Fate [12:35] [1:08]

s1t04. Run For The Roses [5:35] [0:50]

s1t05. Like A Road Leading Home [8:35] [0:27]

s1t06. My Sisters And Brothers [4:22] ->

s1t07. Deal [7:01] [0:11]

--set II (7 tracks, 73:52)--

s2t01. [0:06] Harder They Come [11:34] [1:25]

s2t02. I Shall Be Released [11:45] [1:00]

s2t03. Someday Baby [7:07] [1:23]

s2t04. Waiting For A Miracle [5:49] [0:54]

s2t05. And It Stoned Me [7:42] [0:31]

s2t06. Don't Let Go [17:10] ->

s2t07. Midnight Moonlight [7:08] [0:15]

! ACT1: JGB #21b

! 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;

! guest: Clarence Clemons - saxophone.

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/19891202-01

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/6310 (sbd shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/22513 (sbd shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/22514 (Schoeps shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/81060 (this fileset); https://etreedb.org/shn/117562 (sbd flac1644); https://etreedb.org/shn/123333 (Schoeps s2 flac1644)

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

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

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

! venue: http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2011/11/september-25-1980-fox-warfield-theater.html

! R: field recordist: Marcus Buick

! R: field recording gear: 2x Brüel & Kjær 4011 microphones (handheld) > Aerco PS @ 29.3dB > Panasonic SV-250

! R: field recording location: balcony seats 107-109 Row D,E

! R: lineage: master DAT > Sony PCM 601 > Sony SL-360 beta/0 > Sony SL-HF450 playback > Sony PCM-601 > Digital Domain VSP-P > Digital Audio Labs Card Deluxe soundcard > Cool Edit 2000 > flac encoding. Transfer by David "The Machine" Minches.

! R: s1t01 HSII fades in.

! P: s1t01 HSII great energy, especially at the end, Garcia giving extra oomph to the vocals.

! R: s1t02 TLEO digisnit @ 5:54.

! P: s1t03 STOF crowd gives a good knowing hand at the "saxophone somewhere far off played" line. Garcia is singing this with beautiful care. And I am enjoying Clarence's contributions this night, unusually. 8:45 or so some kind of hassle, maybe somebody objects to the taping, or is getting in the taping space ... But a really nice STOF.

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LN jg1989-12-02.jgb.all.sbd-arf.117562.flac1644

Jerry Garcia Band

The Warfield

982 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

December 2, 1989 (Saturday)

sbd shnid-117562

--set I (7 tracks, 55:36)--

s1t01. //How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [#6:13] [1:04]

s1t02. They Love Each Other [7:30] [1:22]

s1t03. Simple Twist Of Fate [12:15] [1:07]

s1t04. Run For The Roses [5:28] [0:50]

s1t05. Like A Road Leading Home [8:22] [0:05] %

s1t06. My Sisters And Brothers [4:21] ->

s1t07. Deal [6:55] (1) [0:06]

--set II (7 tracks, 69:59)--

s2t01. Harder They Come [11:21] [1:22]

s2t02. I Shall Be Released [11:31] [0:08] %

s2t03. Someday Baby [7:01] %

s2t04. Waiting For A Miracle [5:51] [0:52]

s2t05. And It Stoned Me [7:40] % [0:08]

s2t06. Don't Let Go [16:58] ->

s2t07. Midnight Moonlight [7:04] (2) [0:04]

! ACT1: JGB #21b

! 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;

! guest: Clarence Clemons - saxophone.

JGMF:

! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; ... = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [mm:ss] = 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/19891202-01

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/6310 (sbd shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/22513 (sbd shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/22514 (Schoeps shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/81060 (this fileset); https://etreedb.org/shn/117562 (sbd flac1644); https://etreedb.org/shn/123333 (Schoeps s2 flac1644)

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

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

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

! venue: http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2011/11/september-25-1980-fox-warfield-theater.html

! R: source: Soundboard > ? > 2C (three tape sides, unknown generation)

! R: lineage: trade cassettes (Dolby B) > Harmon Kardon TD 302 (Dolby B on, heads aligned to each tape side) > Zoom H2 @16/44.1 > SDHC card > PC > tracked & edited with wavepad > flac level 8 & checksums with traderslittlehelper. Transfer by arfarf, December 9, 2011.

! R: seeder notes: Additional tape edits on the source recording are ...at the start of s2t03, and at 07:40 of s2t05

! R: s1t01 HSII cuts in

! P: s1t01 HSII JG sounds amazingly articulate, focused, energized right out of the gate.

! s1t03 STOF bass feature 6:25ff-8:25ish.

! s1t07 (1) JG: "Thanks a lot. We'll be back in a few minutes."

! P: s2t06 DLG nice. Garcia steps up the pace around 11:30, and it's nice.

! s2t07 (2) JG: "Thanks a lot, everybody. See y'all later."