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New Riders of The Purple Sage Tour History, January-April 1973 (NRPS IV)
The ad in the February 22, 1973 Village Voice mentions "Special Friends" on the bill, a reference no one would have missed. The Grateful Dead were booked in Long Island during this weekend.New Riders...
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The In Room, Swiss Chalet, 635 Old County Road, Belmont, CA 1965
Warlocks, In Room, Belmont, Fall 1965 (photo probably by Paul Ryan)The Warlocks made themselves into a real band with a two-month stint at a Belmont, CA, "Lounge" called The In Room. The In Room was a...
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Lonesome Janet: The Kingfish Origin Story--1974 (Kingfish Part Zero)
Matthew Kelly and Bob Weir performing with Kingfish at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, CA on August 31, 1975At the end of 1974, with the Grateful Dead on hiatus and apparently retired from performing,...
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New Riders of The Purple Sage Tour History May-September 1973 (NRPS V)
 New Riders Of The Purple Sage Tour History, May-September 1973 (NRPS V)The music of Jerry Garcia casts a large shadow, if a shadow that is bright rather than dark. It is so large, however, and so...
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Chesley Millikin (1934-2001)
 Jerry Garcia and Chesley Millikin, date and location unknown. I don't know the source of the photograph, nor even if Jerry was photoshopped into it. In any case, it could have been taken, or ought to...
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November 29, 1969 Rehearsal Space, Novato, CA: Jerry Garcia and Dave Davies...
Legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies (with drummer Mick Avory) some time in the 1960sFor all the scholarship on Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, it keeps turning out that there are still...
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First Time Seeing The Grateful Dead (Band Edition)
Jerry Garcia on stage at Winterland, possibly on December 12, 1972, which was the night I first saw the Grateful Dead (the photo may be from December 10 or 11)It is a common thread of Grateful Dead...
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Keith & Donna Band Performance History 1975
 Round Records RX-104, released March 1975Keith and Donna Godchaux released their album on Round Records in March of 1975. After the Grateful Dead had stopped touring in October of 1974, their concept...
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