tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post3534073695223617923..comments2024-03-15T18:58:45.318-06:00Comments on Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger: NRPS-Matrix-1970 03 of 7: LN19700707: Tuesday, July 7, 1970Fate Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-16438510391823050262020-03-23T17:02:33.150-06:002020-03-23T17:02:33.150-06:00Having been fortunate enough to hear this, I just ...Having been fortunate enough to hear this, I just wanted to add: I think the "pedal steel" effect Jerry gets in this show is a combination of his wahwah pedal and either a volume pedal or his physically adjusting the volume knob with his little finger while he's picking (like Roy Buchanan did). Adjusting the volume is probably how he creates that "swelling" kind of effect on each note (he did this in many Dark Stars, too: 2/13/70 for example). Volume pedals were pretty standard tools for pedal steel players, and according to the dozin guitar site Jerry used a combo volume/wah pedal around 1972-74ish. "All I Ever Wanted" has both effects: at the very beginning, Jerry is doing something with the volume, but during his other solos in the song, he's using his wahwah. On other songs, I also hear him using some kind of fuzz pedal in small doses.<br /><br />I'm not sure what guitar he is using, but another thing that might account for the difference from his usual guitar sound is the amp he was using (if his main rig was still in transit back from the Canada trip).Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628132999021385676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-41429358357185943782019-03-18T10:55:31.749-06:002019-03-18T10:55:31.749-06:00Someone asked this on one of the other posts in th...Someone asked this on one of the other posts in the series. It turns out that, while these tapes circulated very lightly in the early CD era, the NRPS powers-that-be have asked that they not be further circulated. I think there is some hope that some day they might be subject to a release. I know it's maddening, and I certainly don't intend to have this out there flaunting. It's a weird circumstance.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-60479217315440870802019-03-18T09:56:45.504-06:002019-03-18T09:56:45.504-06:00where can I find this recording? I can't seem ...where can I find this recording? I can't seem to find it on bt or shnflac...enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165695777355606377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-54997942149647907162016-10-04T06:52:11.347-06:002016-10-04T06:52:11.347-06:00That's not THE David Bromberg, I don't thi...That's not THE David Bromberg, I don't think.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-13721616319768758082016-10-02T20:53:59.998-06:002016-10-02T20:53:59.998-06:00A pretty fascinating interview, not least since Mr...A pretty fascinating interview, not least since Mr Bromberg is the interviewer. For those of you who like foreshadowing, note Jerry's explanation of how Janis Joplin inadvertently od'd in some dive<br /><br />The situation is you're making a record, and you're putting out a lot of effort, long hours in the studio. You get pretty weird. You come out afterwards, go to a bar, get a few drinks to level out. Everything's going pretty good, but you have to relax `cause tomorrow you have to go back to the studio. So it's back to the hotel, you have a little smack, you know, it's like a tranquilizer, or a downer when you're not strung out.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-29985393484746207602016-10-01T10:25:29.520-06:002016-10-01T10:25:29.520-06:00"Run out of track and I caught the plane / Ba..."Run out of track and I caught the plane / Back in the county with the blues again"Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-45222146190039833462015-03-14T17:22:19.321-06:002015-03-14T17:22:19.321-06:00Hunter in Browne 2015a: "That was one of the ...Hunter in Browne 2015a: "That was one of the happy times, going on that train trip."Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-77859273008944386002013-11-29T20:17:46.208-07:002013-11-29T20:17:46.208-07:00Note to self: JG talks about Festival Express Trip...Note to self: JG talks about Festival Express Trip in David Bromberg interview:<br /><br />http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2013/11/february-1971-jerry-garcia-interview.htmlFate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-59001481944258766792013-05-10T12:28:44.660-06:002013-05-10T12:28:44.660-06:00The last day of the Festival Express was July 3, 1...The last day of the Festival Express was July 3, 1970. Although the GD played July 8th at Southern Illinois University, it's perfectly conceivable that this gig happened, with Jerry, on this date. As a general matter, he seems to have spent as much time as possible in the Bay Area.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-59727320097544419262013-05-10T06:01:37.857-06:002013-05-10T06:01:37.857-06:00Hi all,
This is confusing to me because as far as...Hi all, <br />This is confusing to me because as far as I knew Jerry was still aboard the Festival Express train on July 7 1970. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-73992030926004938432011-04-20T05:55:38.859-06:002011-04-20T05:55:38.859-06:00That would be very, very interesting. A Sylvia Tys...That would be very, very interesting. A Sylvia Tyson connection (hence Great Speckled Bird, and hence Festival Express, hence Buddy Cage) and a Guaraldi connection. Worlds fold in on themselves!Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-58045359774455118172011-04-19T22:48:23.851-06:002011-04-19T22:48:23.851-06:00I have been thinking about the guest vocalist on &...I have been thinking about the guest vocalist on "Long Black Veil." My initial nominee would be Beverly Bivens, former lead singer of the group We Five (who hit it big in '65 with Sylvia Tyson's "You Were On My Mind"). The We Five are generally lumped with The Mamas And The Papas and those sorts of groups, but the band members were well connected to the Fillmore/Avalon bands. <br /><br />Bivens had left the We Five in 1967, despite their success, due to management issues. She had married bassist Fred Marshall in 1966, and she largely stepped away from professional music after 1967. Marshall had played with Vince Guaraldi (he helped record the "Peanuts" theme), and he was also part of the jazz-and-light-show "Light Sound Dimension" with Bill Ham and others.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-31848460556431865842011-04-19T20:18:38.116-06:002011-04-19T20:18:38.116-06:00The B-Bender theory really makes a lot of sense. I...The B-Bender theory really makes a lot of sense. I strained to differentiate the various guitar sounds I was hearing, but really couldn't come up with anything.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder of the rarity of Jerry on banjo with NRPS. I know we discussed that at some point.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18366371.post-86350442005885157402011-04-18T15:03:11.954-06:002011-04-18T15:03:11.954-06:00This is the only time I know of when Jerry played ...This is the only time I know of when Jerry played banjo on stage with NRPS, excepting the 3-18-73 show at Felt Forum.<br /><br />As to Jer's electric guitar, if its ambiguous as to whether its electric or steel, it could be a six-string with a "B-Bender." The B-Bender was invented by Byrds drummer Gene Parsons for his friend Clarence White (the Byrds lead guitarist), so he could play steel licks on the six-string. I had always been surprised that Jerry never used one--maybe he did on this show. Even if there were only a few at this time, Jerry knew Clarence, so he would have had access.<br /><br />The B-Bender was attached to the shoulder strap, and it bent the the B-String of the guitar when the player moved his shoulder (or something along those lines). A good example of the B-Bender sound, I'm fairly sure, is Fred Burton's guitar on Brewer And Shipley's "One Toke Over The Line." A B-Bender sounds like a pedal steel because its doing the same thing to the string, but its much less pronounced and its often only for a few licks.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.com