Southwest Jerry with the JGB #15b No-Longer-A-Mystery Singers: Mesa and Austin, October 30 - November 1, 1982

LN jg1982-10-30.jgb.all.aud-maurins.120334.flac1644

LN jg1982-11-01.jgb.all.aud-dogman.100575.flac1644

I have recently copped to the fact that I have no idea who the backing vocalists are from October 24, 1982 to November 15, 1982, comprising a swing south to LA and Arizona, east across Texas (Austin and Houston) and to New Orleans, and up the eastern seaboard. It hurts me to have failed you so (thus far!). I will work harder!

update 20211227: they have now been identified

That cleared my brain to be able to post a couple of listening notes from Arizona and Austin. I don't have a lot to report except that, as I have noted before, Greg Errico hits like a linebacker.

Not much noted for the afternoon show on 10/30 in Mesa, AZ,, except noting that he takes about 20 seconds to set the desired tempo for the Midnight Moonlight encore. I did like the JGC attendee recollection that "There was a Halloween costume contest in between the Bobby set and the Jerry set. The winner was dressed in a home-made Magic Mushroom costume and he beat out a guy in a store-bought E.T. costume by crowd affirmation". Ouuccchhhh.

Two Errico highlights on 11/1 at the Austin Opry House: during HTC, around 9 minutes in, he starts banging double-time to get Jerry out of a rut, and it works. Being so forceful here, there's no denying him - fast and loud, and Garcia has to get faster and louder in response. Then, in Deal, Errico just jackhammers for like a minute and a half from 5:30-7, so deep that it has a kind of pacemaker effect on the listener. My heart felt like it wanted to synchonize with what the drummer was doing, leaving me a little lightheaded.

Pretty good stuff, I'd say average shows for this tour with the as-yet unidentified vocalists.

Jerry Garcia Band

Mesa Community Center Amphitheatre

201 N. Center Street

Mesa, AZ 85201

October 30, 1982 (Saturday) - 1:30 PM

80 min (patched, complete) ambient recording by Kaj Maurins shnid-120334

--main set + encore (10 tracks, 79:54)--

--main set (9 tracks, 71:38)--

t01. tuning [0:35]

t02. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [8:07] [1:05]

t03. They Love Each Other [8:02] [0:29]

t04. Valerie [7:13] [0:31]

t05. That's What Love Will Make You Do [8:32] [0:29]

t06. Run For The Roses [4:58] [0:27]

t07. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [9:31] ->

t08. Dear Prudence [11:54] [0:28]

t09. Deal [8:49] [0:29] %

--Encore (1 track, 8:16)--

t10. Midnight Moonlight [7:54] [0:22]

! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #15b

! lineup: Jerry Garcia - el-g, vocals;

! lineup: John Kahn - el-b;

! lineup: Melvin Seals - organ;

! lineup: Greg Errico - drums;

! lineup: Elisecia Wright - vocals;

! lineup: Shirley Faulkner - 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/19821030-01

! JGC: http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1982-10-30. JGC lists early and late shows, but I believe this to be in error. User Fran Dostillio: "Outdoor Show in late October in Arizona! There was a Halloween costume contest in between the Bobby set and the Jerry set. The winner was dressed in a home-made Magic Mushroom costume and he beat out a guy in a store-bought E.T. costume by crowd affirmation."

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/33805 (unknown aud); https://etreedb.org/shn/120334 (this fileset)

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/TCs9oAV8hVr

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/08/mesa-amphitheatre-201-n-center-street.html

! band: JGB #15b http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html

! historical: Bobby and the Midnites opened. John Scher promoted. $20k guarantee for the two bands. Bobby and the Midnites to receive 100% top billing. JGBP lists capacity as 4950, my figure of 3,800 from Billboard reporting on the actual show. Ticket stub gives "Mesa Community Center Amphitheatre".

! ref: Billboard, November 20, 1982, p. 52, showing 2,147 paid, gross of $27,519.

! R: Recorded by Kaj Maurins: Aiwa cassette recorder and unknown mics;

! R: Transfer and FLAC encoding by David Minches: Master played back on Nakamichi Dragon> Korg MR-1000(DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo]) Korg AudioGate > WAV [24/96] > Adobe Audition 3.0> Ozone 4.0 > flac1644. Speed/pitch Correction by Joe B. Jones.

! R: t03 tape flip @ 7:01?, patched with shnid 33805.

! R: t08 DP tape flip @ 4:25-10:00 patched with shnid 33805. 10:25?

! P: t09 Deal gets really hot, but for less time than the really long and hot Deals of, say, February 1981 or June-December 1983.

! P: t10 about 20 second drums to start Midnight Moonlight, as Greg Errico finds the pocket. He's there. Interesting!

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JERRY GARCIA BAND 

Opry House

200 Academy Drive

Austin, TX 78704

November 1, 1982 (Monday) - 9 PM

Dogman MAC shnid-100575

--set I (7 tracks, 59:00)--

s1t01. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [8:09] %

s1t02. /They Love Each Other [#7:42] % [0:17]

s1t03. Love In The Afternoon [10:24] [0:03] %

s1t04. /Let It Rock/ [#8:37#] % [0:13]

s1t05. I Second That Emotion [8:37] %

s1t06. Knockin' On Heaven's Door [9:58] ->

s1t07. Run For The Roses [4:52] (1) [0:07] %

--set II + encore (7 tracks, 74:58)--

--set II (6 tracks, 

s2t01. [0:06] Sugaree :07-12:48 [0:02] % [0:08]

s2t02. Harder They Come [13:39] [0:03] % [0:07]

s2t03. Valerie [7:33] % [0:09]

s2t04. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [9:11] ->

s2t05. Dear Prudence [14:10] ->

s2t06. Deal [8:10] (2) [0:04]

--encore (1 track, 8:56)--

s2t07. Midnight Moonlight [8:51] [0:05]

! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #15b

! lineup: Jerry Garcia - el-g, vocals;

! lineup: John Kahn - el-b;

! lineup: Melvin Seals - organ;

! lineup: Greg Errico - drums;

! lineup: Elisecia Wright - vocals;

! lineup: Shirley Faulkner - 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/19821101-01

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/26940 (same master, multigen, s1s2p, shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/85489 (aud); https://etreedb.org/shn/100575 (this fileset).

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/mhSzK9jdGQn

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/06/austin-opry-house-200-academy-drive.html

! band: JGB #15b http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html

! personnel: Listen at the start of HTC to hear the backing vocalists clearly. This would be a good segment to compare over time to hear the different voices.

! historical: I note the last three songs of this show plus the encore are the same as the last three songs of the previous show (10/30/82 in Mesa, AZ). Probably not all that common for that to have happened, though clearly show-to-show setlist variability was much lower for the Garcia Band than for the GD.

! R: field recordist: Alan "Dogman" Miller

! R: field recording gear: Sony Walkman

! R: field recording location: deck placed on stage in front of Jerry

! R: source: 1st Gen cassette (MAC > C) used for transfer, kindly provided by Randy Gardner. Transfer: TDK SA-90s > Nakamichi DR-8 (no Dolby) > Edirol FA-66 > Wavelab > R8Brain > CD-Wave > TLH > FLAC 1644. Transfer by Andrew F. 08/2009

! P: s1t02 TLEO voice sound a little rough already.

! R: seeder notes: Same recording as ID-26940, complete & big sound upgrade. Thanks to CBass for assistance with this project.

! R: overall: very nice aud pull.

! R: s1t02 TLEO clips in

! R: s1t04 LIR clips in, clips out

! P: s1t04 LIR is hot as hell.

! P: s1t06 KOHD was quite tasty

! s1t07 (1) JG: "Thank you. We're gonna take a break for a few minutes. We'll be back [inaudible]."

! P: s2t01 Sugaree the round and round we go in 8 is pretty tasty. Fast, fluid, fluent, full of finesse, fine, flourishing fun.

! R: s2t01 Sugaree significant tape speed problems in the final minute

! P: s2t02 HTC Jerry's voice suddenly sounds a little fatigued. But man, he steps into gloriously fluent guitar around 2:40, and I forgive him. Synthy Melvin 5:23ff. At 9 Errico does a totally unique double time type thing - don't recall ever hearing this. And he hits so hard, he forces Jerry to pick up his pace and not lose amplitude. Neat!

! P: s2t03 Valerie he flubs first lyric, starting off with tell me what you want me to do in the first verse.

! R: s2t05 DP 0:08 > 0:14 patch from SHNID-85489

! P: s2t06 Deal flubs with a lot to win in the second verse as well as the first, corrects course. From 5:38 for more than a minute and a half Errico is a freaking JACKHAMMER. It's actually throwing my heartbeat off a little bit - I may have to visit the nervous hospital.

! s2t06 (2) JG: "Thanks a lot."