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Monday, November 22, 2021
Late '78 Kahn (JGB at Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR, October 26, 1978)
Reuben's Electric Return: JGB at Portland Civic Auditorium, January 14, 1984
LN jg1984-01-14.jgb.all.aud-faintych.32333.flac1644
"Reuben And Cherise" (s2t06): first electric performance since 1978! Jerry had brought a bunch of the Cats stuff back in '83. This was the last to re-appear. (Gomorrah: 5/21/83 [electric]; Rhapsody In Red: 5/26/83; Cats: 6/3/83).
Jerry sounds good throughout, as, especially, does Kemper.
These pre-coma 80s JGB Knockin's are so sweet and lilting.
Rhapsody In Red? Yes, please.
A F pulled a killer balcony tape this night. Nice and full.
JERRY GARCIA BAND
Civic Auditorium
222 SW Clay Street
Portland, OR 97201
January 14, 1984 (Saturday)
Faintych balcony MAC shnid-32333
--set I (6 tracks, 5 tunes, 48:05)--
s1t01. ambience (1) [0:35]
s1t02. I'll Take A Melody [13:31] [0:05] %
s1t03. [0:09] The Way You Do The Things You Do [8:45] [0:06] %
s1t04. /When I Paint My Masterpiece [#9:01] [0:09] %
s1t05. Run For The Roses [5:11] [0:11]
s1t06. Deal [10:13] (2) [0:09]
--set II + encore (6 tracks, 62:59)--
--set II (5 tracks, 56:00)--
s2t01. [0:05] Harder They Come [12:20] [0:06] %
s2t02. [0:08] Mission In The Rain [11:30] [0:07] %
s2t03. [0:09] Cats Under The Stars [9:00] [0:06] %
s2t04. Knockin' On Heaven's Door [11:18] [0:02] %
s2t05. Rhapsody In Red [10:57] (3) [0:10] %
--encore (1 track, 6:59)--
s2t06. [0:05] Reuben And Cherise [6:47] [0:06]
! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #21a
! lineup: Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn - bass;
! lineup: Melvin Seals - keyboards;
! lineup: Jacklyn LaBranch - backing vocals;
! lineup: DeeDee Dickerson - backing vocals;
! lineup: David Kemper - drums.
JGMF:
! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; ... = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [x:xx] = 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/19840114-01
! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/16710 (AUD, shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/28905 (Otto Rice MAC); https://etreedb.org/shn/32333 (this fileset); https://etreedb.org/shn/101128 (sbd); https://etreedb.org/shn/151289 (Severson 1648); https://etreedb.org/shn/151327 (Severson 2496).
! map: https://goo.gl/maps/cwYVm4iqi6R2
! R: field recordist: Andrew Faintych
! R: field recording gear: Sony ECM-99A stereo mic > Marantz PMD-340
! R: field recording media: 2x Maxell XL-II 90
! R: field recording location: Center Box 9, mic on the balcony rail just left of center
! R: transfer: MAC > Sony TC-D5M > Soundblaster > WAV > Soundforge > CD-Wave > TLH v.1.0.0.72 (SBE-OK, Flac compression, checksums) > bt.etree Jan 2006.
! R: taper/seeder notes: There was a tape flip at 9:39 near the end of Deal. This was patched using nine seconds from shn-id source 16710. I also used seven seconds from that source to cover the beginning of Harder They Come, which was missing. Masterpiece and Run for the Roses have clipped beginnings; these were also clipped on 16710, so no new material could be added. Also, Rhapsody in Red is missing the opening notes due to a tape flip after Heaven's Door. I used Soundforge to match levels and pitch on the patched-in bits. On the master, I used Soundforge to make fades, edit out blurry pause-button moments, and to even-out the levels where needed. This venue has since been renamed the Keller Auditorium, and has a seating capacity of 2992. This was the only GD related event held at this venue. Taped and transferred by Andrew F. ENJOY!
! P: overall: super high energy performance throughout. Jerry sounds rarin' to go! Kemper is a beast, and even Kahn sounds strong this night. It could all be this cool balcony tape, but that's how it feels.
! s1t01 (1) taper's neighbor: "Is this a microphone? Are you makin' a tape?"
! R: s1t04 WIPMM clips in
! P: s1t04 WIPMM Jerry sounds engaged
! P: s1t06 Deal Kemper banging, Jerry wailing, John hitting some big notes 7:30-8.
! s1t06 (2) JG: "We're gonna take a break for a few minutes. We'll be back [inaudible]"
! P: s2t01 Kemper does a thing at 9:15 that just slays me
! P: s2t03 CUTS good. I really like the guitar work 6ish.
! P: s2t04 KOHD early 80s versions of this tune were just picture-perfect. Melvin makes them great, loping and lilting. On this version, Kahn also sounds outstanding. The tape really gets him pretty well. Some vocal roughness, but he never totally loses it.
! P: s2t05 RIR great energy. Just because: https://whitegum.com/~acsa/songfile/RHAPSODY.HTM. Hugely layered guitar work in 6, big rock and roll. Huge fanning passages 9:30.
! s2t05 (3) JG: "Thanks a lot. See ya later."
! song: "Reuben And Cherise" (s2t06): first electric performance since 1978! Jerry had brought a bunch of the Cats stuff back in '83. This was the last to re-appear. (Gomorrah: 5/21/83; Rhapsody In Red: 5/26/83; Cats: 6/3/83).
! R: s2t06 for some reason a little more muffled for this tune.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
I actually had to FF: JGB at Portland Meadows, 8/8/93
Nick thought the titular show was OK, but the vocals were so catastrophically bad that I actually couldn't really listen to this. The only other show that has revulsed me in the same way was 11/23/72, and that was as much about the recording (overloaded, especially on the vocals) as it was about the performance (which I would actually like to revisit). But 8/8/93 JGB at Portland Meadows is just a man without a voice insisting, nevertheless, on singing. I bet the crowd would have thought it cool if he had just said "My voice is shot, we'll try to do some tunes as instrumentals", but for better or for worse the protagonist keeps singing.
These are the worst vocals since pre-coma, and among the worst ever. They had played the day before in Seattle, but before that he hadn't played in six weeks or so, having spent some time in Ireland around the month of July (Greenfield 1996, 291). Maybe he was jet-lagged. I don't mean to sound too critical - voices are sometimes lost. My judgment here is purely aesthetic - I just can't listen to this.
The Maker is nice. The show has a few other moments. But, overall, a forgettable afternoon show (unless you were there, in which case maybe it was awesome).
Jerry Garcia Band
Portland Meadows
1001 N. Schmeer Road
Portland, OR 97217
August 8, 1993 (Sunday)
Vasseur shnid-145607
--set I (8 tracks, 7 tunes, 55:53)--
s1t01. [0:21] Cats Under The Stars [8:35] [0:22]
s1t02. [0:53] Mission In The Rain [7:04] [0:50]
s1t03. [0:32] That's What Love Will Make You Do [8:02] [0:11]
s1t04. And It Stoned Me,
s1t05. ambience [1:05]
s1t06. The Maker [7:19] [0:11]
s1t07. Money Honey -5:42] [0:05]
s1t08. My Sisters And Brothers
--set II (7 tracks, 63:42)--
s2t01. The Way You Do The Things You Do
s2t02. Wonderful World
s2t03. Tore Up Over You [7:42] [0:46]
s2t04. Ain't No Bread In The Breadbox [8:05] [0:06]
s2t05. Reuben And Cherise [7:52] [0:15]
s2t06. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [9:11] ->
s2t07. Tangled Up In Blue [12:17] (xx) [0:10]
! 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; [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 [mm:ss] right after a song title is an attempt to say how long the song really was, as represented on this recording.
! JGC: https://jerrygarcia.com/show/1993-08-08
! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/6343 (Schoeps MK4 shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/13134 (DAUD shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/34588 (Bearpalm MAD); https://etreedb.org/shn/78974 (Gindoff MAD); https://etreedb.org/shn/90483 (Severson MAC); https://etreedb.org/shn/145607 (this fileset); https://etreedb.org/shn/145996 (Primo Williams's MAC).
! band: http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html
! map: https://goo.gl/maps/nyuwi57rKey
! JGBP: https://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/10/portland-meadows-1001-n-schmeer-road.html
! ref: Nick, "Aug 93: JGB up north and at home," URL http://deadthinking.blogspot.com/2018/05/aug-93-jgb-up-north-and-at-home.html.
! R: field recordist: Chuck Vasseur
! R: field recording gear: 2x Neumann KM54 > DAT
! R: Transfer: DAT Master > CDR (Kyle Porter); Extract: CDR clone > EAC > WAV > FLAC16 (Bill Shaw aka Shark)
! R: seeder's Source Notes: Sometime in the early 2000's, Chuck loaned Kyle all of his 92-95 JGB masters to transfer to CDR. Kyle "mastered" the DATs to CDR, fading in/out as needed, adjusting levels (as needed) and tracking. Kyle then gave Chuck his masters back, with nice CDR copies of all of it. Chuck offered to clone the entire set for me, so I gave him a spool of 100 blank MITSUI CDRs and the next time I saw him, he gave them back to me, filled with his JGB recordings. Many of the Chuck V. JGB recordings do circulate already, but probably not all of them, and those that do may not be the Kyle Porter transfers. So, Here they are! --Shark
! R: great tape
! P: s1t01 CUTS sluggish out of the gate. Nice tone late 4 over 5. Managed to finish it without going around too many times, which is always good.
! P: s1t02 MITR IMO JG sounds absolutely terrible.
! P: s1t06 Maker is excellent. The guitar work mid-4 is very thrilling. He remembers most of the lyrics.
! P: s1t03 TWLWMYD off key and reedy. He screws up second verse, turns it into a nice little guitar piece.
! P: s1t07 Money Honey completely croaking by the end.
! P: s1T08 MSAB his voice is as croaky here as it ever was in 84-'85.
! P: s2t01 TWYDTTYD his voice did not get better over the break
! song: s2t02 WAWW is the Sam Cooke "don't know much about history" one.
! P: s2t03 TUOY coming back to this a few days after hearing the first part of the show. God, his voice is painful to hear. But TUOY finds Melvin bringing some great energy and color, and Garcia tearing it up in the 5 minute mark. The guitar isn't loud in the mix - wish it were louder.
! P: s2t05 RAC he forgets half a verse in mid-2. Man, his voice. I can't wait for this listen to end.
! s2t07 (xx) JG: "Thanks a lot. See y'all later."
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Long Ago and Far Away: JGB at Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME, June 20, 1982
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
GD Portland 7/25/72
It sounded a little Jeffersonian, a little Youngbloodsish, a little this and a little that, to me. Discuss.
update
LIA's maiden blog post was on this jam! Awesome.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
May 5, 1982 should be June 5, 1982
update: the story can now be told, and while it's interesting, it's not as interesting as Garcia coming in to help his dealer. A guy named Steve Stilling had been serving time in the OSP since 1974 for armed robbery, among other things (Cowan 19820725). A career criminal (he was arrested for armed robbery again less than six months after a December '83 parole, and I gather that he has recently been an unwilling guest of the great state of Colorado), he spent the early 1980s as a prison impresario, booking dozens of acts, including Garcia. /update
Because I obsess about dates, it's important to me to establish that the bootleggers, whomever they were --an interesting question in its own right-- misdated the gig. The Garcia-Kahn prison gig was not held on May 5, 1982, but on June 5, 1982. I first discovered this in an out-of-place folder in the amazing Grateful Dead Archive in the Special Collections and Archives at the McHenry Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I have since found independent confirmation, an expost report noting the Garcia-Kahn prison show "last week", published on June 11th, 1982 (Cowan 19820611). So this is 100% confirmed at this point.
My opening performance for the Garcia solo tour … was at the Woodsmans hall in Portland, on the third floor. There was a Mormon wedding one floor below us. Kesey was NOT there. There were two shows both two hours late, but luckily for the crowd waiting outside there was a liquor store on the corner. Roberto Morganti, an incredible unibrow juggler, was to do five minutes, Moz Wright, sword swallower/fire breather was to do five minutes, and I was to do 45 minutes. It all went horribly wrong because no one producing the show cared about anything but Garcia, who remained in hiding ... We didn't actually see him except on stage for the whole tour. Opening night, a very scary guy jumped up on stage and acted in a threatening manner despite Garcia's large Gorilla Biker bodyguard who just let him do it. My first words to him (the guy who jumped on stage) was "Full moon tonight, isn't it?" (and it was). He grew angry, and I said "You're lucky I'm not Jerry Garcia because you'd be dead by now, and not grateful". He advanced on me and I kept beseeching the bodyguard who was standing at the foot of the stage to do something, and he didn't, so I picked up my brass goose head walking stick and began to do my Kindo exercises with it and the guy backed off and left the stage. I was to put it mildly, fucking furious.
! ref: Cowan, Ron. 19820611. Elsinore 'sequel' casts Moyer in catbird's seat. Statesman-Journal (Salem, OR), June 11, 1982, p. 10D.
! ref: Cowan, Ron. 19820725. Inmate brings showbiz to prison. Statesman-Journal (Salem, OR), July 25, 1982, p. 3E.
! ref: "OSP Parolee Arrested," Statesman-Journal (Salem, OR), April 26, 1984, p. 3B.



