tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post2178472037484259673..comments2024-03-15T18:58:45.318-06:00Comments on Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger: NRPS-Matrix-1970 05 of 7: LN19700730: Thursday, July 30, 1970Fate Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-45971520910349413792018-11-30T19:50:07.816-07:002018-11-30T19:50:07.816-07:00Unfortunately, this stuff still seems to be embarg...Unfortunately, this stuff still seems to be embargoed. It was in light circulation in the late 1990s and never even made it to the FTP servers of that era. I try not to post too much about stuff that can't be shared, but that seems to be the case here. If / when I can, I will.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-35056823573913203062018-11-29T06:39:48.256-07:002018-11-29T06:39:48.256-07:00I will try to find out.I will try to find out.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-70684487515871297892018-11-28T22:57:55.015-07:002018-11-28T22:57:55.015-07:00Any chance this will ever circulate? I’ve been dy...Any chance this will ever circulate? I’ve been dying to hear (and searching) since I read this years ago. arzjrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619849533939223443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-30176822358208456552011-04-24T12:32:46.666-06:002011-04-24T12:32:46.666-06:00LIA, I am going to try to provide some deeper anal...LIA, I am going to try to provide some deeper analysis of the recordings, room sound, audience characteristics, etc. It might take awhile, but it's important.<br /><br />The only reason I don't torrent the filesets is that I think it's <i>verboten</i> to do so with NRPS soundboards that aren't already circulating. I'll try to find out more.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-45910031980075844992011-04-23T20:06:39.695-06:002011-04-23T20:06:39.695-06:00"Garcia was more influenced by sounds than li..."Garcia was more influenced by sounds than licks"<br /><br />That's a great phrase, and I agree. Whenever I have gone listening for the Freddie King influence on Garcia --to which Jerry frequently attested-- I could never really hear it so long as I was listening for King's licks. But it wasn't that, it was his sound. Perfect.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-34009437359292869862011-04-23T14:11:25.780-06:002011-04-23T14:11:25.780-06:00The comments about Weir's performances prefigu...The comments about Weir's performances prefiguring the Grateful Dead's Bakersfield sound in 1971 or so are very interesting. One way to look at it is that Garcia is sitting and listening while playing the pedal steel, rather than concentrating on singing and playing simultaneously. So he heard the harmonies he liked and copped them. <br /><br />Another way to look at songs like "El Paso" and "The Race Is On" would be that Garcia copped Dawson's harmonies AND Nelson's Fender guitar sound. Garcia could have chosen to play pedal steel behind Weir, but instead chose to play six-string. I think Garcia was more influenced by sounds than licks--he could make up his own parts (on any instrument) easily enough, but he liked listening to how specific combinations sounded on a rock sound system.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-11074636180031900232011-04-23T11:19:34.530-06:002011-04-23T11:19:34.530-06:00I also suspect that the little GD set with this da...I also suspect that the little GD set with this date is incomplete, that there may have been more songs before TLMD. So that may be consistent with the NRPS set being incomplete as well. <br />And the crowd did seem kind of small in the GD set. Would you say the audience noise/size seems the same on both tapes? I noticed you didn't want to address how sonically similar the two tapes are! But I would guess few people reading your blog have even heard these NRPS sets, so who else can compare?<br /><br />It also struck me that your NRPS setlist is totally different than what deadlists lists. This issue of 'floating NRPS sets' is a little confusing, hopefully you can clear some of that up!Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com