In 1968, the place (The Monk) moved closer to campus, to the corner of University and Shattuck Avenues. The new club at 2119 University was called The New Monk. It had local rock bands headlining on weekends, but most of the time it was just a beer and pizza place for college students.
In Berkeley California, just two blocks from the UC campus, there stood a cavernous, shabby, dark, and wonderful club called the Keystone Berkeley. It was a venue for rock and roll shows.
It became the place where more important living was done and more memories were formed than any other place in the Bay Area. It stood at the intersection where University and Shattuck Avenues formed a "T". University ran due east from the bay and the Berkeley marina, about 2 miles away. Shattuck ran due north from Oakland, heading straight for the Keystone, which lay not along its side, but directly in its path at the top of the T. Here, the headlights of the oncoming traffic, before making a forced left turn onto University, would light the front of the club and the crowd milling outside waiting to get in, magically marking it as the place to be after dark; a down-to-earth Berkeley equivalent of klieg lights sweeping the sky to draw attention.
In the middle of 1971, however, The New Monk started booking higher profile club bands. Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders played there on June 4 and 5, 1971, and then again on June 26 and June 27. At the end of August, Keystone owner Freddie Herrera officially announced that he would be buying the New Monk. It's my belief that Herrera had been booking the New Monk already for some months. Garcia played Keystone Korner 20 times in 1971, so clearly it was the preferred venue, but Herrera's takeover of The New Monk put it on Garcia's radar..
In March, 1972, the New Monk changed it's name to Keystone Berkeley, to distinguish it from Keystone Korner in San Francisco. The first Keystone Berkeley show I have been able to find was March 2, 1972, with the Sons Of Champlin. The first Garcia/Saunders show at Keystone Berkeley was soon after that, on March 8, 1972. (lostlivedead)
The club had a conventional setup, a rectangular room with the stage at the far end, opposite from the bar. There was a little balcony for the soundboard and a few tables (members of the Dead would sometimes watch the Garcia Band from the soundboard). Backstage, such as it was, was a big room behind the bar. It can be viewed on the inside cover of the Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders
Live At Keystone album.
there was no backstage
per se, as the stage was on the opposite end from the bar and the back room. Thus the band--including Garcia--had to walk through the audience to get to the stage. It was actually on the East Coast where the Dead became really huge, and Garcia became larger than life. Nonetheless it was still astonishing that the Dead could headline Madison Square Garden, and a few weeks later Garcia would play this bar where he had to walk through the crowd to get to the stage. (lostlivedead)
The Keystone served mostly as a home for local bands on the way up (or often going nowhere), but also sometimes featured bigger acts on the way down, or enjoying brief revivals after having already hit bottom once. The acoustics there could have been anything from perfect to horrible. My untrained ears didn't care. As long as a stack of amps could rock the room, my friends and I were happy. Someone from the club must have thought differently, because one night strange sound baffles (or maybe deflectors?) suddenly showed up on the walls to both sides of the stage, apparently in some effort to improve the sound. I never noticed any difference. It didn't matter, because the sound was not what the place was about. Heat and sweat, fun and energy were what it was about. If a good band was forcing a high ticket price, there were usually tables set in front of the stage. For the cheap shows that wouldn't draw very well, the tables were cleared to form a large dance floor. The long walls to the left and right of the stage had benches that were about 30 inches high and ran the length of the floor. They were made of plain boards, three high and one deep. They reminded me of the storage bins that circled the floor in the basement of the house where my two brothers and I were raised in Brooklyn. Those held blankets, toys, books, and whatever else would have been useless or in the way upstairs. They were just big enough so that a boy playing out of sight of his parents could climb in and pretend to be a vampire in his coffin. The ones at the Keystone were scaled to adult size. If they too opened for storage, I never saw it, but they were perfect perches for this new nocturnal life, where I could suck beers between feverish wild dances.
Paul Pena began playing in Bay Area clubs, opening shows at the Great American Music Hall and the Keystone in Berkeley for Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders. "We were friends," says Pena of Garcia. "I didn't know him well, but I knew him well enough for him to recognize me. I opened for him in the Keystone for around three years. As a matter of fact, that's how I started being able to work out here at all -- the first thing I did was call the Grateful Dead office."
Pena said of Keystone owner Freddie Herrera, "His idea of an audition was for me to come and open up for Garcia and Saunders. That went on for some time. Whenever he would have somebody, not knowing who would open, he would call me."
Saunders recalls Pena fondly. "A great player," he says. "I have always wanted to produce him." He remembers hearing Pena at the Keystone and being immediately struck by his talents. "I heard something from the back of the room, and I said, 'I gotta use this guy again.' "
In 1973 Pena was recording at Grossman's Bearsville Studios, and this time he had a sizable cast of musicians working with him: Jerry Garcia assisting on guitar, Merl Saunders on keyboards, a cappella soul singers the Persuasions on backup, and Ben Sidran, who had been playing with Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs since the early '60s, on piano.
Today in Berkeley, University Avenue still forms a T with Shattuck. The traffic still flows there, the same building still stands, and each night it is again thrust into the spotlight - except now it's a drug store and I shop in it to buy my razor blades and shaving cream. They're over on the east wall where we sat and drank our beers. Waiting at the register while the bar codes are scanned on my purchases leaves me standing exactly where the stage was. I can close my eyes for one second and a guitar is being played right above me, the girls are screaming just behind me, and the flaming cymbals are there on my left. The ghost ship of the Keystone refuses to go down. Sugaree still echoes in my head. I open my eyes, and then my wallet to pay for my stuff, with the knowledge that in spite of all I now see around me, rock and roll is not dead in here because I still care. As I'm saying "Have a good one," and accepting my change, I finally, but silently make my request in this place: "Let the music and the feelings of the Keystone live."
(excerpts from Howie Spielman)
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| The last marquee |
In 2004 a five story apartment building was built on this site. The architect was Kirk Peterson.
Last sold on 4/20/2007. Last assessed at $15,648,613 on 2010.
Jerry performed here on
6/4/71 Merl Saunders/Grateful Dead (New Monk)
“The New Monk in Berkeley. The show had been advertised as a Jerry Garcia Band show but the Dead showed-up instead and they did all covers. This was the last time I saw Pigpen, he did not look good at all. This is my favorite show because 1) I can remember some of it and 2) it was totally unique for them. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Johnny B. Goode are the two great tunes I remember them doing.”[21]
"I'd really appreciate getting a recording of that New Monk show, the only one I know of was made by Carlos and Jorge Santana, who my friend and I were sharing a joint with during the show."[22]
"Relix: Tell me about your first meeting with Ron?
Merl: I had just come back from New York in 1970 to the Haight-Ashbury where I used to live. I started to do some sessions with this guitar player named Jerry [Garcia]. I started hanging out at this club with Jerry and that is where I first met Pigpen. We only lived four blocks from each other. I had heard about Pigpen but I had never met him. My father [laughter] knew more about the Grateful Dead then(sic) I did. I was into Jimmy Smith and the Hammond Organ sound. Jerry and I started playing The Keystone in Berkeley and Ron and the rest of the guys would come down. Ron would sit in with us and I was always trying to get him to play keyboards. He would say “No, I just want to play my harmonica behind your organ playing.” That is how we got it going. We had actually discussed doing a thing together with piano, organ and harmonica. There was a little club off of Broadway in North Beach that was going to hire us, but unfortunately it never happened.
We liked playing together. Ron was responsible for me playing the organ on Bertha. He was truly a dear, soulful musician. He was the root of the band, playing the blues the right way. He was a very sweet guy. Very earthy and bluesy."[23]
The exact date of this event is unknown.
6/5/71 Merl Saunders (New Monk)
“One night [in 1971] I went to hear Jerry play a gig with Merl Saunders at a small place in Berkeley and one by one, for ‘no reason,’ the rest of the Dead showed up too, and eventually they got up on the stage and started playing. As Jerry says, they just liked to hang out together.”[20]
The exact date of this event is unknown.
6/26/71 Merl Saunders (New Monk)
Tom Fogerty started playing with Garcia and Saunders within DAYS of leaving Creedence. His first solo single Goodbye Media Man was released not under his own name, but under the name "17th of June 1971" the day he left Creedence Clearwater Revival. His first gig with Garcia-Saunders was just nine days later, on the 26th of June.[4]
New Monk was SRO and when they began playing, the crowd couldn't sit still. Garcia also did some singing. They got together some bluegrass, gospel and rock."(
6/27/71 Merl Saunders (New Monk)
"In 1971 at the New Monk in Berkeley, the venue was headed as Jerry Garcia and Friends. I remember about 10 of us including Jerry, Bob and Phil waiting for the doors to open, Bobby was going crazy freaking out drivers on the street (University Ave.) at a stop light. I remember one poor guy in a Porsche closing his windows and locking his doors. He (Bobby) was acting like an auctioneer trying to sell the cars to us. One of the funniest things I've ever seen. I'm not sure as to what influences may have been involved that evening. The concert was great. It included guys from NRPS and Asleep at the Wheel."[25]
The exact date of this event is unknown.
"A new development was advance tickets sold to a concert at New Monks. The room has been changed from a dance hall to a listening hall. The booths were taken out and added more sitting space and an improved sound system."[48]
7/3/71 Merl Saunders, Tom Fogerty[57](New Monk)
7/4/71 Merl Saunders, Tom Fogerty[57](New Monk)
7/24/71 New Riders Of The Purple Sage[56](New Monk)
Commander Cody opened.
7/25/71 New Riders Of The Purple Sage(56)(New Monk)
Commander Cody opened.
3/8/72 Merl Saunders (Keystone)
Armando Peraza sits in.
3/9/72 Merl Saunders
When a Man Loves a Woman, That's All Right Mama, How Sweet It Is
Armando Peraza sits in.
7/11/72 Merl Saunders
My Funny Valentine, Second That Emotion, Money Honey
7/13/72 Merl Saunders[60]
7/14/72 Merl Saunders[60]
7/15/72 Merl Saunders[60]
8/18/72 Merl Saunders
Tom Fogerty was in the band on this night.
Paul Butterfield sits in for forty minutes.[55]
"His habit at shows was also to go there LONG before the actual show - as Richard Loren said, "Jerry would be backstage at the Keystone hours before the gig. He'd get there at 3 or 4:00 in the afternoon for a 9:00 show. He'd sit backstage and play and get high and people would come in and he'd talk."[26]
"They were billed as The Group as I recall…very, very sweet show..played pool with Garcia between sets. Playing pool in between sets seemed like a natural thing at that time at that club...no backstage scene...he and the band just hung out in the back of the room space where the pool table was and the club only held maybe 2-300 people...in fact, after the show - when I went to get in our car, Garcia was parked right in front of us on University Avenue and was leaving at the same time (small little Volvo if I remember correctly)"[49]
10/5/72 Merl Saunders[51]
10/6/72 Merl Saunders
10/7/72 Merl Saunders
10/12/72 Merl Saunders
11/4/72 Merl Saunders
12/7/72 Merl Saunders
12/20/72 Merl Saunders
Danny Cox sits in on guitar, Roger Troy sits in on bass..
12/21/72 Merl Saunders
12/29/72 Merl Saunders
1/12/73 Merl Saunders
1/13/73 Merl Saunders
1/17/73 Merl Saunders
Think, Last Train to Jacksonville, Finders Keepers
1/19/73 Merl Saunders
I: Dancin' In The Moonlight, Lonely Avenue, Expressway, It's A Sin, The System, Honey Chile
II: It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Find A Rainbow, Georgia On My Mind, Soul Roach, Go Climb A Mountain, How Sweet It Is
Marty David replaces John Kahn on bass.[3]
Usually Steve Parish, a road crew member, would stand on the stage checking everything out.
"If everything were going well during the first song, he’d walk off the stage. But one time [at a Garcia Band show], he came off the stage; Jerry had just cranked into It Takes a Lot to Laugh, which he’d never done before at the Keystone, and it was one of those, “Oh, wow!” kind of things. But Parish walked up to us and cut the wires on all the decks."[46]
2/2/73 Merl Saunders
2/3/73 Merl Saunders
3/6/73 Merl Saunders
3/7/73 Merl Saunders
Merl's Tune, Georgia On My Mind
3/11/73 Merl Saunders
Pigpen died on 3/8/73.
3/12/73 Old And In The Way
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
3/13/73 Rowan Brothers and Old And In The Way
Orange Blossom Special, Jambalaya, Panama Red, How Mountain Girls Can Love
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
Their second gig.[47]
"So, this show “was like an old family reunion. The Rowan Brothers … opened the show … They closed their set with help from brother Peter supplying extra harmonies and unwarranted theatrics as he leapt and bounded all around the stage and finally jumped into the audience screaming while running to the back of the room.”[27]
“The band got off. Garcia occasionally smiled, letting his insides seep into his outsides and picking off some nasty pickin’ licks. Everybody in the band agreed that David Diadem was simply one of the hottest mandolin players around town … Halfway through the set The Rowan Brothers reappeared to help out on harmonies on an original tune appropriately titled Panama Red. It went off quite well but the best all around song was their ‘theme song’: Bill Monroe’s How Mountain Girls Can Love.”[27]
4/6/73 Merl Saunders
4/7/73 Merl Saunders
4/8/73 Merl Saunders
4/27/73 Old And In The Way
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
4/28/73 Old And In The Way
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
Spring 1973
Merl Saunders Fire Up release party. It's unclear if Jerry attended.
6/19/73 Merl Saunders
7/7/73 Merl Saunders
Paul Pena opened.
7/10/73 Merl Saunders
I: Hi-Heel Sneakers, Finders Keepers, The Harder They Come, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, It's Too Late, My Funny Valentine, Mystery Train
II: Second That Emotion, Someday Baby, Merl's Tune, It Ain't No Use, Positively 4th Street, How Sweet It Is
7/11/73 Merl Saunders
I: It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Finders Keepers>One Kind Favor, That's All Right Mama, The Harder They Come, My Funny Valentine, Money Honey
II: Someday Baby, Merl's Tune, Like A Road, How Sweet It Is
7/20/73 Old And In The Way
Clover opened.
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
Five days before, on July 15, 1973, guitar legend, Clarence White is killed in a car accident."(29)
7/21/73 Old And In The Way
Cheyenne, Down Where The River Bends, Love Please Come Home, Midnight Moonlight, Fanny Hill, Hard Hearted, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Pig In A Pen, Panama Red, Wild Horses, White Dove, Wicked Path Of Sin, Blue Mule, Orange Blossom Special, Old & In The Way Breakdown, On And On, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Fields Have Turned Brown, Mule Skinner Blues, Catfish John, Land Of The Navajo, Hobo Song, High Lonesome Sound
Clover opened.
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
Jerry rehearsed at the Lion's Share, San Anselmo, earlier in the day.
8/4/73 Merl Saunders
8/30/73 Merl Saunders
8/31/73 Merl Saunders
Paul Pena opened.[
9/1/73 Merl Saunders
Possibly the debut of the guitar Wolf.
9/2/73 Merl Saunders
10/6/73 Old And In The Way
Asleep At The Wheel opened.
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
"Vassar Clements stood a bit off to the side and rarely took his eyes off the pegs at the end of his fiddle."[35]
10/11/73 Merl Saunders
I: Someday Baby, Honey Chile, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: Second That Emotion, One Kind Favor, Sunshine Of My Life, The Harder They Come
10/12/73 Merl Saunders
I: That's All Right Mama, After Midnight
II: It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Someday Baby>My Funny Valentine>Space, The Harder They Come
11/3/73 Merl Saunders
I: After Midnight>Expressway>Jam>Merl's Tune, Someday Baby, Second That Emotion
II: Mystery Train, My Funny Valentine
The show seems originally to have been booked, and was billed, as Old And In The Way . It was listed that way in "Scenedrome," Berkeley Barb, November 2-8, 1973, p. 17 and Hayward Daily Review, October 26, 1973, p. 34, as well as on a Keystone handbill. However, the Staska-Mangrum column from 11/2 listed it as JGMS (Staska, Kathie, and George Mangrum. 1973. Rock talk from KG: Country song goes to town. Hayward Daily Review, November 2, 1973, p. 44).
11/4/73 Old And In The Way
Goin' To The Races, Catfish John, Eating Out Of Your Hand, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Land Of The Navajo, Old & In The Way Breakdown, Panama Red, Pig In A Pen, Fanny Hill, Hobo Song, Wild Horses, White Dove, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Drifting Too Far From The Shore, Wicked Path Of Sin, Knockin' On Your Door, Uncle Pen, High Lonesome Sound, Just A Tramp On The Street*, All Around The Watertank, Midnight Moonlight, Orange Blossom Special
Jerry plays a RB-250 Gibson Mastertone banjo.[42]
The last complete OAITW show, and it only occurred as late as November 4th because of a rainout at Sonoma State on the initial date of October 7th.
"I was taking a leak in the bathroom and Jerry takes a place in front of the urinal next to time. I said those immortal words, "Jerry, I can't believe how big you are!"
Jerry gives me a look that registered surprise, disgust and dismay. You could also add shock. Then I said, looking plaintively into his eyes, hoping against all hope that I would not notice his penis: "What I mean, Jerry, is that when I see you at concerts, I usually see you from the nose-bleed seats where you appear to be about an inch tall."
Jerry took a noticeably deep breath of relief and looked straight ahead at the wall and continued pissing, probably in mixolydian scale. He said not a single word to me, and I know deep in my heart that he was praying that I would not ask him for an autograph.
I remember that I turned to the wall trying to control my creeping feeling of embarrassment. He finished his business and moved as quickly as he could to get away from this adoring fan. Which was me. After he left, I remember getting tripped out on the graffiti on the wall in front of me. Then I realized that in the excitement of meeting Jerry Garcia I had pissed all over my white boots with alligator tips."[42]
Jerry also performed at the Gymnasium at Sonoma State College, Rohnert Park, CA earlier on this date)
11/5/73 Merl Saunders
I: It Ain't No Use, Finders Keepers, It's Too Late, Money Honey, Second That Emotion
II: The Harder They Come>Instrumental, Sweet Little Angel, Mystery Train, My Funny Valentine
12/22/73 Merl Saunders
12/23/73 Merl Saunders
1/17/74 Merl Saunders
I: Someday Baby, La-La, Second That Emotion, My Funny Valentine, Who's Loving You Tonight
II: Finders Keepers, Think, Are You Lonely For Me Baby?, The Harder They Come
1/18/74 Merl Saunders
I: It Ain't No Use, Expressway, Roadrunner, Like A Road, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: The Harder They Come, Wondering Why, C.C. Rider
2/2/74 New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Hi Hello How Are You, Dim Lights Thick Smoke and Loud Music, Parson Brown, Linda, Mercy Mercy Mercy, Truck Drivin' Man, Glendale Train, You Should Have Seen Me Running, Crooked Judge, L.A. Lady, Take A Letter Maria, On The Amazon
Jerry sits in.
2/7/74 Merl Saunders
Wondering Why, That's All Right Mama
2/10/74 Merl Saunders
Tennessee Blues, Instrumental, How Sweet It Is
2/16/74 Merl Saunders
I: Soul Roach, La-La, Think, Second That Emotion, Are You Lonely For Me Baby?, The Harder They Come
II: Money Honey, Wondering Why, Roadrunner, Little Bit of Righteousness, How Sweet It Is
"With so much free music around on every street corner and spot of grass, why would anyone want to get packed into a crowded, smoke-filled room for three dollars a head and listen to store-bought music at the Keystone? There aren't many answers to this question, but the Jerry Garcia / Merl Saunders act is one of them, and it jammed us in last Saturday like cattle in a packing house. [Garcia] hides unobtrusively against the wall and leaves the stage to his band: bass, a single horn, Saunders' organ, normal percussion and, inexplicably, a bongo drum player."[30]
2/17/74 Merl Saunders
3/9/74 Merl Saunders
I: Someday Baby, La-La, Second That Emotion, My Funny Valentine, Who's Loving You Tonight
II: Roadrunner, The Harder They Come, It Ain't No Use, Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
E.W. Wainwright on drums.
"While it's early history is murky, this tape came into the light in around late 1995. Grammy award-winning sound engineer (and lead guitarist of Dark Star Orchestra) Rob Eaton was called in to rescue music from a batch of tapes in very sorry shape, caked with mud and filth, boxes rotted away and illegible, etc. Eaton supplied DAT copies of all of the GD- and Garcia-relevant material to the then- GD Vault, whence it has presumably been sorted into the successor GD and Garcia Vaults. It came into circulation via the legendary Alligator. Who Alligator is and where he/she got these recordings is not known. But the important thing is that Alligator was responsible for bringing a number of key early Garcia tapes into the light xxx list of Alligator tapes.
This is a gorgeous recording by the justly-revered Betty Cantor-Jackson. Recall that these tapes were caked in mud and filth and had to be hand-cleaned, inch-by-inch with Q-tips, by Rob Eaton."[19]
3/14/74 Merl Saunders
I: Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got, He Ain't Give You None, Someday Baby>Instrumental, Jam, Second That Emotion
II: After Midnight, Like A Road, Roadrunner, It's A Sin, The Harder They Come
E.W. Wainwright on drums.
5/5/74 Great American String Band
With David Nichtern and Richard Greene.
6/6/74 Merl Saunders
I: Someday Baby, Expressway, He Ain't Give You None, My Funny Valentine, Second That Emotion
II: My Problems Got Problems, Ptah The El Daoud, How Sweet It Is
6/11/74 Merl Saunders[52]
6/12/74 Merl Saunders[59]
This show was canceled.
Jerry was also scheduled, and did play, the Lion's Share on this date.
6/13/74 Great American String Band
I: Colored Aristocracy, Cedar Hill, I'll Be A Gambler If You Deal The Cards, My Plastic Banana Is Not Stupid, Moonlight Waltz, Swing '42, Methodist Preacher, Limehouse Blues
II: Bud's Bounce, Dawg's Bull, Russian Lullaby, Virgin's Lament, Swing '42, Drink Up And Go Home, Dawg's Rag
The Good Ol' Boys with Frank Wakefield, David Nelson and Sandy Rothman opened.[50]
6/14/74 Great American String Band
I: I'll Be A Gambler If You Deal The Cards, My Plastic Banana Is Not Stupid, Moonlight Waltz, Swing '42, Cedar Hill, Limehouse Blues, Methodist Preacher
7/12/74 Merl Saunders
I: Hi-Heel Sneakers, Expressway, He Ain't Give You None, Wondering Why, Second That Emotion
II: It Ain't No Use, Roadrunner, That's All Right Mama, It's Too Late, The Harder They Come
Locomotive GT opened.[39]
7/13/74 Merl Saunders
I: Think, Finders Keepers, How Sweet It Is, Someday Baby, Second That Emotion, Wondering Why, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: The Harder They Come
Locomotive GT opened.[39]
7/21/74 Merl Saunders
An all instrumental performance.
7/22/74 Merl Saunders
8/9/74 Merl Saunders
8/10/74 Merl Saunders
I: Think, Expressway, Are You Lonely For Me Baby?, Soul Roach, Second That Emotion
II: Mystery Train, Lonely Avenue, How Sweet It Is
Paul Pena opened.[62]
8/11/74 Merl Saunders
I: That's What Love Will Make You Do, La-La, It Ain't No Use, Mystery Train II: The Harder They Come, Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got, It's Too Late, Roadrunner, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Paul Pena opened.[62]
8/31/74 Merl Saunders
I: That's What Love Will Make You Do, My Funny Valentine, Roadrunner, Wondering Why, Tough Mama
II: Second That Emotion>Favela>People Make The World Go Round, Mystery Train, Going Going Gone, How Sweet It Is
Paul Pena opened.[63]
9/1/74 Merl Saunders
(Early) I: Neighbor Neighbor, Finders Keepers, Sitting In Limbo, Favela, Tough Mama II: La-La, Someday Baby, Think, Roadrunner
(Late) I: The Harder They Come, Going Going Gone, Soul Roach, Mystery Train II: Wondering Why, People Make The World Go Round, Jam, It's Too Late
Paul Pena opened.[67]
10/3/74 Merl Saunders
10/4/74 Merl Saunders
I: That's What Love Will Make You Do>Valdez In The Country, People Make The World Go Round, Roadrunner, It Ain't No Use
II: Tough Mama, Freedom Jazz Dance, Sitting In Limbo, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, How Sweet It Is
Jim Nelson on drums.
10/5/74 Merl Saunders
I: The Harder They Come, Finders Keepers, He Ain't Give You None, La-La, Mystery Train
II: Freedom Jazz Dance, Neighbor Neighbor, Sitting In Limbo, Someday Baby, Second That Emotion
Paul Pena opened.
10/15/74 Merl Saunders
11/1/74 Merl Saunders
11/2/74 Merl Saunders
I: Neighbor Neighbor, Valdez In The Country, Freedom Jazz Dance, Tough Mama, You Can Leave Your Hat On, That's The Touch I Like
II: Wondering Why, People Make The World Go Round, Mystery Train, It's Too Late, Favela, Boogie On Reggae Woman
11/27/74 Merl Saunders
I: Valdez In The Country, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Going Going Gone, Mystery Train
II: He Ain't Give You None, Freedom Jazz Dance, Someday Baby, Second That Emotion
12/6/74 Merl Saunders
Money Honey, Neighbor Neighbor, Favela Mystery Train>Wondering Why, People Make The World Go Round
12/7/74 Merl Saunders
I: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: The Harder They Come, Think, Are You Lonely For Me Baby?, How Sweet It Is, Second That Emotion, Roadrunner, It's Too Late
12/12/74 Merl Saunders
12/31/74 Merl Saunders
1/21/75 Merl Saunders
Paul Pena opened.
1/22/75 Merl Saunders
Paul Pena opened.
2/7/75 Merl Saunders[7]
This show was canceled.
2/8/75 Merl Saunders[8]
This show was canceled.
2/22/75 Merl Saunders
Let It Rock, Jam, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Money Honey, Mystery Train, Sitting In Limbo, Boogie On Reggae Woman, When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, How Sweet It Is
Paul Pena opened.
3/1/75 Legion Of Mary
That's a Touch I Like, Second That Emotion
First documented instance of the use of the Legion of Mary moniker. The Oakland Tribune on 1/12/75, represents the earliest reference to the change of the Garcia/Saunders band into Legion of Mary, referencing upcoming shows on March 1-2, 1975.[61][73]
"As for the name: (It was) my idea, but it backfired on us,” John Kahn later told Blair Jackson, “We played our first gig under that name at the Keystone-Berkeley and these people showed up who were really part of this religious group called the Legion of Mary. I thought I’d made it up!” [68]
3/2/75 Legion Of Mary
Last Train From Poor Valley, Road Runner
"Whenever I had some smoke that was really fantastic I would go to Keystone and ask the security guard if I could meet Jerry. Garcia treated me very kindly on those occasions. And as he sucked up the special stash I had brought personally for his consumption, he would crack jokes and act sincerely interested in who I was and what I was up to. We would chat briefly about the blues, jazz, classical music and R&B, and then I'd be on my way back to my table."[6]
3/15/75 Legion Of Mary[53]
I: The Harder They Come, Soul Roach, Every Word You Say, Boogie On Reggae Woman
II: Tough Mama>Wondering Why, People Make The World Go Round, Tore Up Over You, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Talkin' 'Bout You
There was no opening act.[54]
5/6/75 Merl Saunders[9]
5/12/75 Legion Of Mary
Mississippi Moon, The Harder They Come, Georgia On My Mind, How Sweet It Is, Tough Mama, That's What Love Will Make You Do, That's The Touch I Like
5/21/75 Legion Of Mary
I: That's The Touch I Like, I Feel Like Dynamite, Last Train From Poor Valley, Finders Keepers, Tough Mama, That's What Love Will Make You Do
II: I'll Take A Melody, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Mississippi Moon, The Harder They Come, Creepin', How Sweet It Is
5/22/75 Legion Of Mary
I: Tore Up Over You, Little Sunflower, I Feel Like Dynamite, Every Word You Say, Mystery Train
II: He Ain't Give You None, Boogie On Reggae Woman, When I Die, Going Going Gone, Roadrunner
5/23/75 Legion Of Mary
6/3/75 Legion Of Mary
I: It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, I Feel Like Dynamite, Day By Day, Tore Up Over You, Going, Going, Gone
II: The Harder They Come, Valdez In The Country, Someday Baby, Tough Mama, How Sweet It Is
Paul Pena opened.
6/4/75 Legion Of Mary
I: Think, I Feel Like Dynamite, Every Word You Say, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Little Sunflower, Mystery Train
II: I'll Take A Melody, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Mississippi Moon, Talkin' 'Bout You
Paul Pena opened.
6/11/75 Merl Saunders
Paul Pena opened.
6/21/75 Legion Of Mary
I: Let It Rock, I Feel Like Dynamite, Every Word You Say, Little Sunflower, Tore Up Over You, Tough Mama
II: I'll Take A Melody, You Can Leave Your Hat On, Mississippi Moon, The Harder They Come, Mystery Train
Paul Pena opened.
6/22/75 Legion Of Mary
I: Think, Favela, Last Train From Poor Valley, I Feel Like Dynamite, Second That Emotion, That's All Right Mama
II: After Midnight, Wondering Why, Tough Mama, My Problems Got Problems, How Sweet It Is
Paul Pena opened.
"Louis Falanga and Bob Menke came into the bar, went to the front, grabbed the table at Jerry's feet (right of center from the audience perspective) as soon as the doors opened. As the evening progressed, they would prepare cassette decks, presumably complete with fresh batteries. Cassettes would be opened, maybe labeled, made ready. Two separate microphones, a Sony ECM-250 and a newer Sony ECM-270, probably discrete while the lights are up. Lights go down, mics come out and are, apparently, placed onstage right in front of Garcia, one of them pointing into his stage monitor and the rest angled stage-center to catch the other players. You can hear the clinking of glasses, the low talk of the players onstage, the beautiful fuzz around the monitored guitar … so very much. Wonderful."[16]
7/6/75 Legion Of Mary
I: It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Soul Roach, Second That Emotion, I Feel Like Dynamite, Day By Day, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: That's What Love Will Make You Do, When I Die, It's Too Late, How Sweet It Is
Paul Pena opened.
8/5/75 Jerry Garcia Band
Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ron Tutt on drums.
First performance under the Jerry Garcia Band name.
"I persuaded them to drop the incongruous 'Legion of Mary' name and just go with the Jerry Garcia Band".[74]
10/9/75 Jerry Garcia Band
Tim Hensley opened.[11]
10/11/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: All By Myself, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, It's Too Late, Teddy Bear's Picnic, Pig's Boogie, Crazy Arms, Roadrunner
II: Let It Rock, Tore Up Over You, Mission In The Rain, Lady Sleeps>No Time, Mystery Train
Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ron Tutt on drums.[36]
Tim Hensley was the second keyboardist.[71]
"A second pianist, being tried out over the weekend, added little on electric keyboards except confusion."(45)
10/12/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, You Win Again, Pig's Boogie, Mississippi Moon, Money Honey, Roadrunner
II: Mission In The Rain, All By Myself, Tough Mama, Lady Sleeps>No Time, Mystery Train, I'll Take A Melody
Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ron Tutt on drums.[36]
Tim Hensley was the second keyboardist.[71]
"Hopkins kept up a dry banter with the crowd between numbers, acting loosely as the host, a cigarette constantly dangling from his lips. A second pianist being tried out over the weekend added little on electric keyboards except confusion. Hopkins, easily Garcia's equal on grand piano, was the bonus. His swirling melodies and tinkling keyboard work was full of brilliant surprises and twists."[36]
11/8/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Mystery Train, Pig's Boogie, They Love Each Other
II: How Sweet It Is, Let It Rock, Friend Of The Devil, Sitting In Limbo, Lady Sleeps, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Let's Spend The Night Together>Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
Bobbie Kaiser opened.
11/17/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, All By Myself, Russian Lullaby, Pig's Boogie, Waltzing Matilda, They Love Each Other, Teddy Bear's Picnic, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Mystery Train
II: Mission In The Rain, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Positively 4th Street, Lady Sleeps, Friend Of The Devil, How Sweet It Is, Let's Spend The Night Together
11/18/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Let It Rock, Tore Up Over You, Friend Of The Devil, It's Too Late, Sugaree, Pig's Boogie, Sitting In Limbo, Roadrunner
II: They Love Each Other, Tough Mama, It Ain't No Use, I'll Take A Melody, Let's Spend The Night Together>Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
11/29/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: All By Myself, Catfish John, Positively 4th Street, Mystery Train, Pig's Boogie, Sugaree, Russian Lullaby, Roadrunner
II: Mission In The Rain, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Friend Of The Devil, Lady Sleeps, I'll Take A Melody, Let's Spend The Night Together>Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
Prelude opened.
12/17/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: It Ain't No Use, Catfish John, Crazy Arms, Tough Mama, I'm Guilty, Pig's Boogie, Roadrunner
II: Mission In The Rain, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Friend Of The Devil, Jingle Bells, I'll Take A Melody, Mystery Train, How Sweet It Is, Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
Mickey Hart on drums.
12/31/75 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Let It Rock, It Ain't No Use, They Love Each Other, Pig's Boogie
II: New Year's Countdown, Auld Lang Syne, How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Mystery Train>Drums>Mystery Train
III: Tore Up Over You, C.C. Rider, Roadrunner
"Entire show with Mickey Hart and Matt Kelly. Greg Errico replaces Ron Tutt on drums, who was absent so he could play with Elvis Presley that night at Pontiac Stadium in front of 60,000 people!...Bob Weir sits in for Set 2 and Set 3."[12][17]
Nicky Hopkins last appearance with Jerry.
"The well-organized and short out-of-town gigs that the Garcia Band was doing seemed to work for him, but before long we started to notice an increase in his reliance on drugs and alcohol. I was amazed that a guy with a major intestinal disorder could pack in so much cocaine and booze, but it seemed to alleviate the symptoms of his affliction; either that or he was just so high he didn't notice them. His self-medicating started to affect his performance and create tensions with the band members, especially Ron, who was Nicky's polar opposite in both physical stature and personality. Nicky was a fragile, capricious Brit and a brilliant musician prone to going off the rails. Ron was a beefy, no-nonsense Texan and a brilliant rock-solid musician. Despite being worlds apart, they had gotten on well at first, but Ron, as the rhythmic center of the band, was intolerant of music inconsistencies. Nicky could be flamboyant, especially when he was [156] loaded, adding an extra beat here and there. These sometimes sloppy rhythmic fluctuations drove Ron crazy."[75]
The band had had it with Nicky. His drug and alcohol use debilitated him and made him impossible to work with."[75]
1/26/76 Jerry Garcia Band
Keith and Donna Godchaux's first show with the Jerry Garcia Band.[37]
"It was a long, narrow "club" (bar), with the "backstage" room being behind the bar area as one poster mentioned. Going back to use the bathrooms before a show I remember seeing Keith Godchaux playing pinball, and Jerry and the JGB inside the back room with the door open. When the band was ready, a bouncer would lead the way from the back room with a flashlight, past the bar and through the waiting crowd and cocktail tables, to the stage up front. I could sit on the long shelf along the right wall about six feet from Jerry as he played."[24]
1/27/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Catfish John, Tore Up Over You, Tough Mama, Who Was John, Mission In The Rain, How Sweet It Is
II: The Harder They Come, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, They Love Each Other, Strange Man, Mystery Train, Tomorrow Is Forever, Roadrunner, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
1/28/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Every Word You Say, Second That Emotion, Friend Of The Devil, Who Was John, Tore Up Over You, Russian Lullaby, Mission In The Rain
II: The Harder They Come, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Catfish John, Strange Man, Let's Spend The Night Together, How Sweet It Is
2/13/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, After Midnight, Mission In The Rain, Who Was John, They Love Each Other, Moonlight Mile
II: The Harder They Come, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Talkin' Bout You
2/14/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Second That Emotion, They Love Each Other, I Want To Tell You, Russian Lullaby, Tore Up Over You, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, After Midnight
II: Sitting In Limbo, Strange Man, Catfish John, Mystery Train, Moonlight Mile, How Sweet It Is
Rowan Brothers opened.
Merl Saunders in the house for his 42nd birthday.[13]
2/24/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Tore Up Over You, Catfish John, Second That Emotion, They Love Each Other, Mystery Train, Mission In The Rain
II: I'll Take A Melody, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Who Was John, How Sweet It Is
2/25/76 Jerry Garcia Band
Second That Emotion, Russian Lullaby, After Midnight, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Tore Up Over You, Catfish John, Friend Of The Devil, Strange Man, I Want To Tell You>My Sisters And Brothers, The Way You Do The Things You Do
5/20/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, After Midnight, Who Was John, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Friend Of The Devil, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
II: How Sweet It Is, They Love Each Other, Strange Man, Tore Up Over You, Don't Let Go, The Harder They Come
"There's also a Grateful Dead studio session on this date."[14]
7/8/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: After Midnight, Tore Up Over You, Stir It Up, Mission In The Rain, Who Was John, Midnight Moonlight
II: Don't Let Go, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Stop That Train
7/9/76 Jerry Garcia Band
II: They Love Each Other, Tore Up Over You, Stir It Up, Mystery Train, Strange Man, Don't Let Go, Ride Mighty High
7/20/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: They Love Each Other, After Midnight, Stir It Up, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Midnight Moonlight, The Way You Do The Things You Do
II: I'll Take A Melody, Tore Up Over You, Mystery Train, Ride Mighty High
7/21/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, After Midnight
II: Don't Let Go, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Stir It Up, Ride Mighty High
8/11/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sitting In Limbo, They Love Each Other, How Sweet It Is, Who Was John, Midnight Moonlight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: Don't Let Go, Stir It Up, Mystery Train, The Way You Do The Things You Do
8/16/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: They Love Each Other, After Midnight, Stop That Train, Midnight Moonlight, How Sweet It Is, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, The Way You Do The Things You Do
II: Mission In The Rain, He Ain't Give You None, Tore Up Over You, Strange Man, Ride Mighty High
8/21/76 Jerry Garcia Band
8/22/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Second That Emotion, They Love Each Other, I'll Take A Melody, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Mission In The Rain
II: The Way You Do The Things You Do, Midnight Moonlight, Strange Man, Tore Up Over You, Stop That Train, Ride Mighty High
9/10/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: The Way You Do The Things You Do, They Love Each Other, Midnight Moonlight, Stir It Up, After Midnight, My Sisters And Brothers, How Sweet It Is
II: I'll Take A Melody, Tore Up Over You, Strange Man, Mystery Train, Ride Mighty High
First Garcia Band show after roadie Rex Jackson's death on September 5, 1976.
9/11/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Friend Of The Devil, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Midnight Moonlight
II: Second That Emotion, Stop That Train, Don't Let Go, Ride Mighty High
9/12/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Mission In The Rain, After Midnight, Stir It Up, Who Was John, Midnight Moonlight
II: The Way You Do The Things You Do, Catfish John, Tore Up Over You, Ride Mighty High
11/7/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: They Love Each Other, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Stir It Up, After Midnight, Russian Lullaby, Midnight Moonlight
II: Tore Up Over You, Second That Emotion, Strange Man, I'll Take A Melody, Ride Mighty High
11/15/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Second That Emotion, Stop That Train, Tore Up Over You, Catfish John, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: Don't Let Go, Stir It Up, How Sweet It Is, Ride Mighty High
11/22/76 Jerry Garcia Band
Nick Gravenites opened.
12/21/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Catfish John, Tore Up Over You, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Mystery Train
II: Sugaree, Stop That Train, The Way You Do The Things You Do, I'll Take A Melody, Ride Mighty High
Stacy Raven opened.
John Rich sits in on pedal steel guitar.
"It was my honor and privilege to fly in from Nashville, to meet and perform with the band at Berkeley for a couple of nights. Rehearsal was held in a gorgeous house in the hills. I remember the band's brand new Porsche 911's, each a different color parked in the long wide drive. We breezed through the tunes with ease, and later relaxed at my motel room with "Red Carpet" treatment. The gigs were two hour-and-a-half long sets with forty-five minute breaks in which the fans stood around talking quietly waiting on the band to return to the stage. The place was packed and the loyalty of the Dead fans, especially to Jerry, was unbelievable. The first set was smoking hot with a great sound system, monitors that would shake your pant-legs. Being in my late twenties and exposed to the music world's outer edges, although not a novice to rock 'n roll's lifestyle, I noticed a half-dozen audience members' middle fingers missing from their right hands. I asked Ronnie about it and he said, "It was because they wanted to be like Jerry". I was shocked to the point of not wanting to be there. I told Jerry after we finished, thanks for the opportunity, but I didn't think the job is for me."[70]
12/22/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Let It Rock, Stir It Up, Simple Twist Of Fate, They Love Each Other, Midnight Moonlight
II: Tore Up Over You, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Mystery Train, I'll Take A Melody, Ride Mighty High
John Rich sits in on pedal steel guitar.
Steve Seskin and Friends "opened the evening with a bright set of acoustic folk and blues songs. He was aided by singer Landy Pareira and bassist-harmonica player Steve Gurr." This is confirmed by a 12/19/76 calendar listing in the Trib [15][43]
12/23/76 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Sitting In Limbo, Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Way You Do The Things You Do
II: Let It Rock, Stir It Up, Tangled Up In Blue, Tore Up Over You, Strange Man, Magnificent Sanctuary Band
Steve Seskin and Friends opened. "Opened the evening with a bright set of acoustic folk and blues songs. He was aided by singer Landy Pareira and bassist-harmonica player Steve Gurr."(15)(43)
First performance of Tangled Up In Blue.
1/28/77 Jerry Garcia Band
Originally listed in Hayward Daily Review (January 21, 1977, p. 42), which gives "Friday through Sunday, Jan. 28-30, The Jerry Garcia Band." However, the show appears to have been canceled. See "Garcia Tomorrow Only," Oakland Tribune, January 28, 1977, p. 30.
1/29/77 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Stop That Train, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, They Love Each Other, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Midnight Moonlight
II: Don't Let Go, Stir It Up, Tore Up Over You, Tangled Up In Blue
1/30/77 Jerry Garcia Band
I: I'll Take A Melody, Mystery Train, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Tore Up Over You, Let Me Roll It, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: Sugaree, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Stir It Up, Tangled Up In Blue, My Sisters And Brothers, Midnight Moonlight
Soundcheck:
Let Me Roll It
4/10/77 Jerry Garcia Band
Rogers and Burgin opened.
6/12/77 Jerry Garcia Band
6/13/77 Jerry Garcia Band
John Kahn's 30th birthday.
7/1/77 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Stir It Up, Mystery Train, Sugaree
II: After Midnight, Simple Twist Of Fate, Tore Up Over You, Tangled Up In Blue
7/17/77 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Stir It Up, Midnight Moonlight
II: The Harder They Come, Simple Twist Of Fate, Tore Up Over You, Friend Of The Devil, Tangled Up In Blue
With Maria Muldaur.
8/6/77 Jerry Garcia Band
II: Sugaree, Mystery Train, Simple Twist Of Fate, Don't Let Go
8/7/77 Jerry Garcia Band
I: The Way You Do The Things You Do, Catfish John, Stop That Train, Let It Rock, Russian Lullaby, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Midnight Moonlight
II: They Love Each Other, Tore Up Over You, Simple Twist Of Fate, The Harder They Come
11/15/77 Jerry Garcia Band
11/16/77 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Catfish John, Stop That Train, Mystery Train, Simple Twist Of Fate, Second That Emotion
II: Lonesome And A Long Way From Home, Russian Lullaby, Stir It Up, Tore Up Over You, Midnight Moonlight
12/19/77 Jerry Garcia Band
Comfort/Hunter opened.
12/20/77 Jerry Garcia Band
Comfort/Hunter opened.
12/21/77 Jerry Garcia Band
The Harder They Come, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, Mystery Train, How Sweet It Is, Mission In The Rain
2/14/78 Jerry Garcia Band
Merl Saunders 44th birthday.
2/15/78 Jerry Garcia Band
Love In The Afternoon, Simple Twist Of Fate, Second That Emotion, Gomorrah, Midnight Moonlight, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
Jerry played the guitar Wolf with no sticker.
2/16/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I
: Love In The Afternoon, They Love Each Other, Second That Emotion, Gomorrah, Midnight Moonlight
II: Tore Up Over You, Simple Twist Of Fate, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
2/17/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: The Harder They Come, Mystery Train
II: Love In The Afternoon, Mission In The Rain, Simple Twist Of Fate, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
3/3/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Love In The Afternoon, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Mission In The Rain, Mystery Train, Gomorrah
II: How Sweet It Is, Simple Twist Of Fate, Juke, Green Onions, The Harder They Come, Midnight Moonlight
Will Scarlett sits in on harmonica.
3/4/78 Jerry Garcia Band
Sugaree, Deal
6/10/78 Jerry Garcia Band
Jerry plays an Ibanez MC500/SP Tree Of Life 1977 electric guitar.
6/11/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Love In The Afternoon, That's What Love Will Make You Do, They Love Each Other, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, How Sweet It Is, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
II: Tore Up Over You, Midnight Moonlight, Gomorrah, Let Me Roll It, Rhapsody In Red
Jerry plays an Ibanez MC500/SP Tree Of Life 1977 electric guitar.
6/17/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Simple Twist Of Fate, Mission In The Rain, Mystery Train
II: The Harder They Come, Russian Lullaby, Tore Up Over You, Gomorrah, I'll Be With Thee, Midnight Moonlight
Encore: Rhapsody In Red
Jerry plays an Ibanez MC500/SP Tree Of Life 1977 electric guitar.
8/12/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Catfish John, Love In The Afternoon, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Mission In The Rain
II: The Harder They Come, Simple Twist Of Fate, Tore Up Over You, I'll Be With Thee, Midnight Moonlight, How Sweet It Is, Rhapsody In Red
8/13/78 Jerry Garcia Band[76]
10/10/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Love In The Afternoon, They Love Each Other, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, How Sweet It Is
II: The Harder They Come, Mission In The Rain, It Ain't No Use, Gomorrah, Rhapsody In Red
10/11/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sitting In Limbo, I'll Take A Melody, All By Myself, I'll Be With Thee, Green Onions, The Harder They Come
Will Scarlet sits in on harmonica for All By Myself.
10/12/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Mission In The Rain, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, Second That Emotion
II: Midnight Moonlight, Love In The Afternoon, It's No Use, Mystery Train
Will Scarlet sit in on harmonica for Second That Emotion.
10/24/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Love In The Afternoon, It's No Use, Second That Emotion, Russian Lullaby, Mystery Train
II: The Harder They Come, Mission In The Rain, Gomorrah, Midnight Moonlight
Lee Oskar sits in on harmonica for Gomorrah.
11/2/78 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Roadrunner, They Love Each Other, Sitting In Limbo, That's Alright Mama
II: Tore Up Over You, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Harder They Come, All By Myself, Gomorrah, Rubin And Cherise
Steve Hayton opened.
Will Scarlet sits in on harmonica for All By Myself.
1/30/79 Reconstruction
I: Another Star, Do I Move You, Long Train Running, Lyinda, I Just Want To Stop>Welcome To The Basement
II: Nessa, Lovely Night For Dancing, It Ain't No Use, Soul Roach, Let's Go Get Stoned
First Reconstruction show.
"Kahn and Garcia had formed the band, along with keyboardist Merl Saunders, drummer Gaylord Birch, and saxophonist Ron Stallings. Neumeister recalls how he became part of the band, “I think they rehearsed once or twice and they decided they would get another horn player, so Stallings recommended me, and actually Ron called me. He said, ‘Yeah, we’ve got a gig on Saturday and we’re rehearsing Thursday. It’s just a door gig.’” Neumesiter knew who Garcia was but did not follow the Grateful Dead, “I had no idea to be honest the following that Jerry had. I showed up for that first gig and there were wall-to-wall people. It was at Keystone Berkley.”[69]
1/31/79 Reconstruction
Do I Move You, Another Star, My Funny Valentine, Lovely Night For Dancing, I Just Want To Stop, It's No Use, Let's Go Get Stoned, Masquerade, Long Train Running
"I remember after one of our first gigs," Kahn continued, growing animated, "Gaylord Birch, who had this long history playing with the Pointer Sisters and Edwin Hawkins and all these other groups, but didn't know about the Dead or Deadheads, came up to me and said, 'What was happening up there? What was that roar I heard coming up to the stage.' And I said, 'Oh, that was when Jerry moved his leg!'" he laughs."[38]
2/20/79 Reconstruction
2/27/79 Reconstruction
Lovely Night For Dancing, Welcome To The Basement, I Just Want To Stop, Soul Roach, It Ain't No Use, Another Star, Make It Better, Lyinda, What You Won't Do For Love, Ain't That Lovin' You, The Harder They Come, Long Train Running, Let's Go Get Stoned
Jerry plays the guitar Wolf.
3/4/79 Reconstruction
3/29/79 Reconstruction
Struggling Man, When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, Someday Baby, I Just Want To Stop, Long Train Running, Another Star, Do I Move You
4/14/79 Reconstruction
4/15/79 Reconstruction
Struggling Man, Do I Move You, It's No Use
Pee Wee Elis sits in.
Three dollar cover and a house half full.
4/26/79 Reconstruction
Another Star, What You Won't Do For Love, Someday Baby, Instrumental, Make It Better, Lovely Night For Dancing, Instrumental, Didn't Know Things, I'll Take A Melody, It's No Use
5/25/79 Reconstruction
That's What Love Will Make You Do, Dear Prudence, I'll Take A Melody
6/15/79 Reconstruction
7/6/79 Reconstruction
I: What You Won't Do For Love, Make It Better, Someday Baby, Long Train Running, The Jealous Kind, Tellin' My Friends
II: Lovely Night For Dancing, Struggling Man, I Just Want To Stop, I'll Take A Melody, Fast Tone>Dear Prudence
Linda Waterfall opened.
8/3/79 Reconstruction
9/22/79 Reconstruction
I: Lovely Night For Dancing, I Just Want To Stop, I'll Take A Melody, Nessa, Make It Better
II: Tellin' My Friends, Someday Baby, Fast Tone, Ain't That Lovin' You, Dear Prudence
Bobby Forte sits in on tenor sax.
The final Reconstruction performance.[34]
"Ed Neumeister met Garcia through the band Reconstruction in 1979. Kahn and Garcia had formed the band, along with keyboardist Merl Saunders, drummer Gaylord Birch, and saxophonist Ron Stallings. Neumeister recalls how he became part of the band, “I think they rehearsed once or twice and they decided they would get another horn player, so Stallings recommended me, and actually Ron called me. He said, ‘Yeah, we’ve got a gig on Saturday and we’re rehearsing Thursday. It’s just a door gig.’” Neumesiter knew who Garcia was but did not follow the Grateful Dead, “I had no idea to be honest the following that Jerry had. I showed up for that first gig and there were wall-to-wall people. It was at Keystone Berkley.”
The first time Neumesiter met Garcia was at the rehearsal for the performance at Keystone Berkley. He remembers that Jerry was “just a guy, just a guitar player.” As Neumesiter walked into the rehearsal room, John Kahn was the only person he knew at the time, so he “shook hands all the way around” before starting the rehearsal. He describes Jerry as “a very humble, just quiet guy.” The band consisted of “just five guys in a room having fun.” Neumesiter said that Garcia “never gave the aura of superiority in any kind of way even though he was the one drawing the crowd. There was no doubt about that…there was no ego involved. None of that superstar, whatever comes with being a superstar. I only noticed it when we showed up to the gigs. Jerry was just one of the cast. That’s what he wanted to be.”
Neumeister recalls Garcia’s dedication to music. “He practiced all the time, or at least he always had his guitar in his lap. He was playing all the time, so whenever we had a rehearsal, on the breaks or before it started, he was moving on the guitar. He played really 24/7 it seemed like.”
Neumeister recalls one specific instance of Garcia’s devotion to his craft during a recording session. Neumeister, who had written the horn arrangements for the session, was discussing the arrangements with Garcia, “He decided for the recording we would extend the horn section—trumpet, some trombones—and we actually double tracked some of it so it was six horns. Jerry sat in the recording studio and not in the booth, so he could hear the track being mixed with the horns. He sat in with the horns, and he was very, very focused and concentrated and extremely detail-oriented. You wouldn’t think this about Jerry sometimes, but he was looking for perfection. We were there until we got it absolutely perfect. He was really into it being really, really clean and tight. Of course that’s what you want but on the other hand you think of Jerry as being this loose improviser.”[1]
10/7/79 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Simple Twist Of Fate, After Midnight, Friend Of The Devil, The Harder They Come
II: Money Honey, They Love Each Other, Sitting In Limbo, Russian Lullaby, That's Alright Mama, Tore Up Over You
Johnny d'Fonseca's first show as drummer.[64]
"On Monday, October 1, Peter Rowan and The Free Mexican Air Force played the Keystone Palo Alto. The show was broadcast on KPFA-fm (out of Gilroy), as was every Monday night Keystone show, as part of their "Fat Fry" series. As it happened, I could just get a static-y KFAT in my Berkeley apartment, so I heard it live (and recorded it too, though it was a lousy copy).
Rowan played a 90-plus minute set, joined for most of the show by the great David Bromberg, whose wife Nancy was also the FMA bass player at the time. At some point, I think near the end of the show, a dj introduced the band, and when he got to Ozzie Ahlers, he said "and Ozzie will be part of the new Jerry Garcia Band, who will be playing the Keystone Palo Alto in a few weeks." This mention was the first I heard of the fact that the Jerry Garcia Band would be back, and that Ozzie Ahlers would be playing keyboards."[33]
10/21/79 Jerry Garcia Band
I: After Midnight, Sitting In Limbo, Let It Rock, Deal, Simple Twist Of Fate
II: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Postively 4th Street, That's Alright Mama, Russian Lullaby, Tore Up Over You
11/18/79 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Money Honey, They Love Each Other, Let It Rock, Russian Lullaby, How Sweet It Is
II: The Harder They Come, Simple Twist Of Fate, After Midnight, Tore Up Over You
12/17/79 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, That's Alright Mama, How Sweet It Is
II: After Midnight, Simple Twist Of Fate, The Harder They Come
12/22/79 Jerry Garcia Band
Sitting In Limbo, Deal, After Midnight, Simple Twist Of Fate, Let It Rock, Postively 4th Street, The Harder They Come
1/27/80 Jerry Garcia Band
I: It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, They Love Each Other, That's Alright Mama, Simple Twist Of Fate, How Sweet It Is
II: The Harder They Come, When I Paint My Masterpiece, After Midnight>Eleanor Rigby>After Midnight, Tore Up Over You
2/26/80 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, They Love Each Other, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Mission In The Rain
II: The Harder They Come, Tiger Rose, Promontory Rider, It Ain't No Use, Russian Lullaby, Midnight Moonlight
Encore: Dear Prudence
Robert Hunter opened and sat in for Tiger Rose and Promontory Rider.
2/27/80 Jerry Garcia Band
3/26/80 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Mission In The Rain, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, How Sweet It Is, I'll Take A Melody
II: Russian Lullaby, Deal, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight, Tore Up Over You
"I was standing right underneath Jerry one particularly strong night, and he played a version of Dear Prudence that lasted about fifteen minutes, It was pure heaven. I will never forget it. Rarely in my life have I witnessed such supreme musical artistry."[32]
3/27/80 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Catfish John, Simple Twist Of Fate, That's Alright Mama, When I Paint My Masterpiece
II: The Harder They Come, Mission In The Rain, Russian Lullaby, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
"This was twenty year old Johnny DeFoncesca's last performance. He died in a car crash in the Spring of 1980."[31]
8/7/80 Jerry Garcia Band
I'll Take A Melody, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, Tangled Up In Blue
Encore: Midnight Moonlight
8/8/80 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Let It Rock, Sitting In Limbo, Tangled Up In Blue
II: I'll Take A Melody, Deal, All By Myself, Tore Up Over You, Midnight Moonlight
Will Scarlet sits in on harp for
All By Myself.[44]
1/30/81 Jerry Garcia Band
1/31/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Let It Rock, Love In The Afternoon, Someday Baby, Tore Up Over You, Mississippi Moon, How Sweet It Is
II: I'll Take A Melody, Simple Twist Of Fate, The Harder They Come, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
Jerry plays the guitar Tiger.
2/1/81 Jerry Garcia Band[65]
I: The Harder They Come, Catfish John, Like A Road, When I Paint My Masterpiece, How Sweet It Is
II: I'll Take A Melody, Tore Up Over You, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Deal, Midnight Moonlight
4/23/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: That's What Love Will Make You Do, Catfish John, Love In The Afternoon, Let It Rock, Deal, Tangled Up In Blue
II: I'll Take A Melody, Sugaree, The Harder They Come, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
5/23/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Mississippi Moon, Deal, Tangled Up In Blue
II: I'll Take A Melody, Tore Up Over You, The Harder They Come, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
5/24/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, Sitting In Limbo, Let It Rock, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Mission In The Rain, Love In The Afternoon, Tore Up Over You, Russian Lullaby, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
7/26/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: The Way You Do The Things You Do, Catfish John, Tough Mama, Mississippi Moon, Don't Let Go, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Roadrunner, Second That Emotion, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
8/20/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Second That Emotion, Love In The Afternoon, Tough Mama, Mississippi Moon, Roadrunner
II: Knockin' On Heaven's Door, The Way You Do The Things You Do, Don't Let Go, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home, Dear Prudence, Tangled Up In Blue
Mike Henderson opened.
8/21/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: I'll Take A Melody, They Love Each Other, After Midnight, Russian Lullaby, Second That Emotion, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Mission In The Rain, The Harder They Come, Let It Rock, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
Mike Henderson opened.
Jerry plays the guitar Tiger.[66]
9/18/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: The Way You Do The Things You Do, They Love Each Other, I'll Take A Melody, Second That Emotion, Valerie, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Mission In The Rain, The Harder They Come, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
Earlier in the day the band rehearsed Tangled Up In Blue and Dear Prudence.
12/19/81 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, They Love Each Other, Valerie, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Second That Emotion
II: Don't Let Go, Love In The Afternoon, Let It Rock, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
2/26/82 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, After Midnight, Valerie, Second That Emotion
II: The Harder They Come, Don't Let Go, Russian Lullaby, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Tangled Up In Blue
3/27/82 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, They Love Each Other, Love In The Afternoon, After Midnight, Roadrunner
II: Don't Let Go, Russian Lullaby, The Harder They Come, Dear Prudence, Tangled Up In Blue
"Jeff Knudsen: "This show popped up out-of-the-blue. I got a phone call-- remember, there was no internet, no texting, no PMs, just the 'Pink Section' (if you remembered to look at it). My friend says, 'Didja hear? Fat Jerry gonna play Berkeley on Saturday.' 'GTF outta here-- only one night?' 'Yep' 'OMG!' (used to be called 'Oh My Gawd') So off we went. I just blew all my $$$ on Chico, Arcata and Garberville and now he has his hands in my pocket-- yet again![40]
"I also remember this show because of the more than usual number of Hell's Angels. They had taken over the upstairs portion of that venue and while they didn't say so, it seemed like no one else was allowed up there that night. maybe it was just something i ate but i recall it being quite tasty."[41]
4/30/82 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, They Love Each Other, Love In The Afternoon, After Midnight
II: Roadrunner, Don't Let Go, Sitting In Limbo
5/1/82 Jerry Garcia Band
I: The Way You Do The Things You Do, Sitting In Limbo, Valerie, Second That Emotion, Let It Rock, Deal
II: The Harder They Come, They Love Each Other, Love In The Afternoon, Dear Prudence, Tangled Up In Blue
5/8/82 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Roadrunner, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Tore Up Over You, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Sugaree, Don't Let Go, Simple Twist Of Fate, The Harder They Come, Midnight Moonlight
6/11/82 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, They Love Each Other, Sitting In Limbo, It's No Use, Run For The Roses
II: After Midnight, Love In The Afternoon, Don't Let Go, Simple Twist Of Fate, Deal
1/13/83 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Simple Twist Of Fate, Run For The Roses
II: The Harder They Come, They Love Each Other, Tangled Up In Blue, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
1/23/83 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Sugaree, Second That Emotion, Let It Rock, Love In The Afternoon, Run For The Roses
II: Roadrunner, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Mystery Train, Dear Prudence, Tangled Up In Blue
1/24/83 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Russian Lullaby, Run For The Roses
II: Mission In The Rain, The Harder They Come, Tore Up Over You, Midnight Moonlight
2/28/83 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, They Love Each Other, Valerie, Run For The Roses, Deal
II: Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Don't Let Go, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
5/6/83 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, I'll Take A Melody, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Mississippi Moon, Run For The Roses
II: Mission In The Rain, The Harder They Come, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
Jerry plays the guitar Tiger.
11/15/83 Jerry Garcia Band
I; Cats Under The Stars, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Run For The Roses, Valerie, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Rhapsody In Red, Tore Up Over You, Gomorrah, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
3/10/84 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Rhapsody In Red, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Dear Prudence, Tangled Up In Blue
II: Cats Under The Stars, Love In The Afternoon, Gomorrah, Rubin And Cherise, Midnight Moonlight
3/11/84 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Simple Twist Of Fate, Run For The Roses, Deal
II: Mission In The Rain, The Harder They Come, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Dear Prudence, Midnight Moonlight
3/21/84 Jerry Garcia Band
I: Cats Under The Stars, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Gomorrah, Run For The Roses, Tangled Up In Blue
II: The Harder They Come, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Dear Prudence, Rubin And Cherise, Midnight Moonlight
3/22/84 Jerry Garcia Band
I: How Sweet It Is, They Love Each Other, Rhapsody In Red, Deal
II: Second That Emotion, Someday Baby, Run For The Roses, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Midnight Moonlight
"One of the interesting things was that the stage was in the front of the building (facing away from the street) and the dressing rooms were in the back. Band members had to walk back and forth through the crowd. Would hoot, holler & pat Jerry on the back as he passed."[2]
Keystone Berkeley (New Monk)Berkeley, CA
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