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Excalibur-Tom Fogerty (Jerry Garcia-guitar)
Tom Fogerty's 1972 Fantasy Records album Excalibur, featuring Jerry GarciaTom Fogerty's second solo album Excalibur, recorded and released in 1972, is hardly a major album, or even a particularly...
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Phil Lesh-Slide Bass (Henry J Kaiser Auditorium, February 20, 1985)
My notes for the Grateful Dead shows from February 18, 19 & 20, 1985Around 1980 I realized I couldn't remember everything about every concert I had been to so I started writing everything down....
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Old And In The Way/Muleskinner/Great American String Band personnel 1973-74
The cover of the Old And In The Way album, recorded in October 1973, but not released until February 1975There has been so much interesting information uncovered about the matrix of bluegrass bands...
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Fillmore: The Last Days (LP and movie, 1972)
Fillmore: The Last Days lp, released June 1972Part of the Grateful Dead legend came from their presence at many of the seminal events of the 1960s and early 70s: the Human Be-In, Monterey Pop,...
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May 11, 1975, Town Hall, Kresge College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA; Keith And...
A long lost poster for Keith & Donna & Friends at Kresge Town Hall, Kresge College, University of California at Santa Cruz, on May 11, 1975. (scan courtesy of JGBP; recconstruction thanks to...
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Lyrics-Robert Hunter/Music-David Freiberg (1972-1975)
Thinking Small: The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle, by Andrea Holt (2012: Ballantine)In the English speaking world, one of the pinnacles for a poet, playwright or songwriter is to have...
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September 26-27, 1969, The Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY...
An ad from the September 11, 1969 Village Voice (it's in two parts, but it's for the same venue)I recently came across an ad for a Grateful Dead show that was canceled. In itself, the canceled show is...
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Bob Weir Band>Bobby And The Midnites 1977-84
The cover to the Arista album Bobby & The Midnites, released in November 1981From 1977 to 1984, Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir made a conscious effort to be a rock star in the style of Steve...
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June 30, 1972: Memorial Auditorium, Kansas City, KS: NRPS/Kenny Loggins...
Poster for the New Riders with Loggins and Messina at Memorial Auditorium in Kansas City, MO, June 30, 1972. Note that the billing says 'Kenny Loggins Band with Jim Messina.'"Friend Of The Devil" was...
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David Kemper-Drums: Highlights
David Kemper, drumsDavid Kemper was the drummer for the Jerry Garcia Band for longer than anyone else, from July 1983 until December 1993. He played more shows with the Garcia Band than any other...
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Jerry Garcia And Perry Lederman
The 1966 Gibson Byrdland that Jerry Garcia gave to his friend Perry Lederman in August, 1979 (the photo is from the site of the auctioneers, Gruhn Guitars)By all accounts, if you were fortunate enough...
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Bob Weir And Kingfish 1984-1987
The 1999 Kingfish album Sundown On The Forest, recorded over many yearsAfter an extended three year run by Bobby And The Midnites, including many live shows and two studio albums, the band ground to a...
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February 19, 1969, Fillmore West: Grateful Dead/Golden Toad (Bob Thomas)
An early photo of The Golden Toad, circa 1968-69. The original source of the photo is unknown to me,Throughout the Grateful Dead's career, they had associations with many famous 60s artists: Mouse and...
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A substantially upgraded Navigation post is available hereLost Live Dead Navigation by Show Date I began my Tour Itinerary series on Lost Live Dead in order to analyze segments of the Grateful Dead and...
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Jerry Garcia Acoustic Bands 1969-1994
The 1988 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band album overJerry Garcia was a largely acoustic musician throughout the early 60s. While he seems to have occasionally played electric bass or something for the odd...
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Album Projects Recorded at Mickey Hart's Barn, Novato, CA 1971-76
Reputedly the entrance to Mickey Hart's ranch, somewhere in Novato (photo: JGMF)Sometime in 1969, Mickey Hart moved to an unused ranch near Novato Road in Novato, CA, in Marin County. Neither Hart nor...
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David Nelson Musical Activities, February 1968-May 1969 (David Nelson V)
An ad for Berkeley's Freight and Salvage, from the Berkeley Barb of February 14, 1969. High Country, with David Nelson, was advertised for the following Thursday, February 20After the demise of The New...
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The Smokey Grass Boys (1966-67)
A poster for the Smokey Grass Boys at 40 Cedar Alley in San Francisco, December 29-31, 1966. Poster by and courtesy of Rick ShubbOld And In The Way only played a few dozen shows in 1973, and they only...
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Go Ahead with Brent Mydland and Bill Kreutzmann Tour History 1986 (Brent...
The poster for the Go Ahead show at The Omni in Oakland, on December 19, 1986 (from GD Archives)Brent Mydland was always in the shadow of the other members of the Grateful Dead, because he was always...
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Russian River To McHenry Library (via Tennessee)
A poster for the 1967 premier of Robert Nelson's film The Great BlondinoIn 2008, the Grateful Dead organization offered up their historical material to University libraries. The primary contenders were...
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