tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post8095077076901425962..comments2024-03-28T17:56:00.841-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Post Comments HereLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-18029770356494816982017-09-02T20:33:11.527-07:002017-09-02T20:33:11.527-07:00The only photo I know of that seems to match his d...The only photo I know of that seems to match his description is this one: <br />http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ULCwWjMcMR4/T28j1iQb3_I/AAAAAAAAAHU/8nt8JP52srA/s1600/Grateful+Dead+Bang+Bang.jpg <br />But I don't know if that's the one they were considering. <br />Also see the comments here: <br />http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/10/jerry-garcia-looks-for-audience-tapers.htmlLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-85259870184895485402017-09-02T05:44:56.715-07:002017-09-02T05:44:56.715-07:00Hi, I have one quick question. In one of Robert H...Hi, I have one quick question. In one of Robert Hunter's interviews (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/grateful-deads-robert-hunter-on-jerrys-final-days-we-were-brothers-20150311), he says this (about the back cover of American Beauty):<br /><br /> They had a photograph of everybody with guns, and I said "No!" <br /> I don't say no very often, and I don't strandednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-20195045247577892612016-08-07T19:53:27.055-07:002016-08-07T19:53:27.055-07:00I don't have any info on the new batch of boar...I don't have any info on the new batch of boards (not all Betty's, some were taped by Bear or other crewmembers), but they're as authentic as can be, as far as I know. Most of the Dead shows have circulated already, but many of the new copies might be upgrades to some degree. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-5053187531012985672016-08-07T11:22:05.742-07:002016-08-07T11:22:05.742-07:00LIA - curious if you have knowledge why a batch of...LIA - curious if you have knowledge why a batch of Betty Boards have recently made the light of day. I understand there are concerns involving the authenticity but many seem legit.<br />Love what you do and return here irregularly because it sucks me in and, as you have noted, life does get in the way!25thBeatlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096927410012645001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-43435649840470647022016-03-25T22:18:47.694-07:002016-03-25T22:18:47.694-07:00I hope your Garcia Sessionography reaches completi...I hope your Garcia Sessionography reaches completion! <br />Deaddisc.com is a good source for Garcia guest spots; the JGMF blog has scattered info on various Garcia sessions (there's a new post on the mysterious Nov '76 sessions); and Blair Jackson's "Cutting Room Floor" online has info on many of Garcia's later guest appearances. Garcia's interviews themselves aren&Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-15733254963815786612016-03-25T09:34:01.698-07:002016-03-25T09:34:01.698-07:00I am currently working on a Garcia Sessionography!...I am currently working on a Garcia Sessionography! Many records he played on in the early 1970s have been released in the 1990s and 2000s, so it leaves a lot to be researched. Garcia himself said that he could not remember all the sessions <br />(Garcia's memory of the early 1970s was shady; he had forgotten by the late 1980s that they band had ever played "Here Comes Sunshine" liveenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165695777355606377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-77210759984491064192016-02-24T12:02:42.531-08:002016-02-24T12:02:42.531-08:00Oops, forgot about that!
There needs to be a dedi...Oops, forgot about that! <br />There needs to be a dedicated Garcia sessionography somewhere... <br /><br />While Garcia recorded a lot more than he needed to for Compliments, it's curious that none of the Grisman/Clements tracks made the cut.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-38438561622374462802016-02-24T02:16:07.448-08:002016-02-24T02:16:07.448-08:00There is also the acoustic "Lonesome Town&quo...There is also the acoustic "Lonesome Town" on "Outtakes, Jams & Alternates" and, according to jgmf, an unissued Grisman/Clements version of "Russian Lullaby".<br /><br />http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2010/11/birth-of-great-american-music-band.html<br /><br />I just skimmed the "All Good Things" booklet in the hope of finding useful recording dates (to littleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84953332212664240082016-02-23T16:30:10.318-08:002016-02-23T16:30:10.318-08:00Ah, so the Saunders session may have been in March...Ah, so the Saunders session may have been in March rather than January...<br />Grisman & Clements also play on the Compliments outtake "Back Home in Indiana" - the only track I know of where they're present, though there might have been others still unreleased. It was a different session, too - the lineup & studio are different than the Saunders tracks. (The drummer for Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-25473087806381447732016-02-23T12:57:19.649-08:002016-02-23T12:57:19.649-08:00Those Keepers tracks are excellent, probably my fa...Those Keepers tracks are excellent, probably my favourite JGMS tracks and I would recommend the CD to anyone. I assumed it was a load of inessential scraps and leftovers for years before I finally got a copy, I was very wrong indeed. However I do not believe the sleeve notes.<br /><br />"The following year (1974), Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, and Vassar Clements were playing in Berkeley withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-58823355832719835042016-02-22T20:31:38.771-08:002016-02-22T20:31:38.771-08:00Good find!
Per deaddisc, three songs on Keepers (M...Good find!<br />Per deaddisc, three songs on Keepers (Mystery Train, That's All Right, and Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You) were recorded on 1/12/74 with Clements and Grisman - kind of a Garcia/Saunders/OAITW blend. <br />However, from what I could find, Live at Keystone was released in late '73, so Grisman would have done his part for that album on some earlier date. <br />So it looks Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84422204255329714122016-02-22T14:45:35.520-08:002016-02-22T14:45:35.520-08:00I think I found more of a connection. The Keepers ...I think I found more of a connection. The Keepers compilation released in 1997 consists mainly of JG/MS songs in the studio with the band containing Vassar Clements and David Grisman, so perhaps Jerry was trying to add them to his club band or maybe just they were fooling around in the studio. <br /><br />-EnderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-39658543534958775712015-07-20T22:11:32.796-07:002015-07-20T22:11:32.796-07:00Good question!
He would have done the studio ove...Good question! <br /><br />He would have done the studio overdub sometime in late 1973, most likely at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. (Fantasy Records was Merl Saunders' label, which released the record.) So it would have been concurrent with the Old & In The Way shows. <br />But as far as I know, Grisman never played live with the Garcia/Saunders band, nor did he contribute to Garcia'sLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-87560086313018803462015-07-20T13:36:53.779-07:002015-07-20T13:36:53.779-07:00Hey LIA, do have any insight to why or when David ...Hey LIA, do have any insight to why or when David Grisman overdubbed mandolin on the Positively 4th Street on Live at Keystone/ Keystone Companions? <br /><br />Not complaining, this is my favorite Garcia solo track, and it took me forever to find out that it was Grisman playing the that fast note melody climax thing in the second solo and under Jer's singing. It makes me wonder why he was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-18225482147294336492014-12-02T22:45:17.262-08:002014-12-02T22:45:17.262-08:00Well, I don't think I'll be posting about ...Well, I don't think I'll be posting about August '71 anytime soon, unless it comes up as part of some other discussion. I have plenty of posts in the pipeline, though, just waiting to be written. <br />But anyway, according to McNally's liner notes: <br />"It seems that in the late summer of 1971, just before Keith Godchaux began rehearsals with the Dead, Garcia handed him a Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-89842848971138624012014-12-02T14:55:42.222-08:002014-12-02T14:55:42.222-08:00what would you think about a Houseboat Tapes post?...what would you think about a Houseboat Tapes post? I am confused about what was found, or it was just Dicks Pick's 35 and Road Trips 1.3?enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165695777355606377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-1568360885843175652014-11-25T19:12:35.853-08:002014-11-25T19:12:35.853-08:00Thanks. I think there will be a short post in the ...Thanks. I think there will be a short post in the next week or two. Unfortunately that will be all until January. I don't have much time these days; I'm sorry my posts are so intermittent.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-30810878212971717312014-11-25T09:45:36.605-08:002014-11-25T09:45:36.605-08:00hey any new posts soon?? I've read all of your...hey any new posts soon?? I've read all of yours about 10 times, they are fucking great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-32999672970269808872011-10-27T20:33:36.429-07:002011-10-27T20:33:36.429-07:00Hey Folks - just thought I'd post this story a...Hey Folks - just thought I'd post this story and see what comments come back.<br /><br />A couple days after Jerry Garcia sprung the mortal coil (might have been the day after but not for sure) I stopped in the Grottoes Va 7/11 and bought a cup of coffee. Got a couple bills back as change and later realized that one was an old crumpled dollar bill that had the GD skull w/ lightning bolt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-37300456195138248832011-05-01T10:18:39.623-07:002011-05-01T10:18:39.623-07:00Actually, that Wolfgang's Vault video is 90% f...Actually, that Wolfgang's Vault video is 90% from 12/30/77, which has circulated for a long time; just Cold Rain, Around & Samson are from 12/27/77.<br />I suspect more Winterland videos will pop up in the future, though.<br /><br />Corrections & additions can be made in the comments; no email necessary.<br /><br />I do have to check/approve comments before they appear, so they don&#Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-78218971740963801962011-05-01T09:11:05.009-07:002011-05-01T09:11:05.009-07:00How are we supposed to submit corrections? I don&#...How are we supposed to submit corrections? I don't see an email address. Have you seen the new Wolfgang's Vault video of 12/27/77? Not sure if that was circulating before.<br /><br />http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/grateful-dead/video/dire-wolf_2146595693.html<br /><br />etc.Dr. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17771229779025430726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-65681172855128231132010-12-29T00:06:29.885-08:002010-12-29T00:06:29.885-08:00Well, this idea was a dud... So I'll post anot...Well, this idea was a dud... So I'll post another comment for myself! <br /><br />In writing these essays, I rely very much on previous Grateful Dead writers and scholars, online and in print - so the material I present is a collective effort. <br />But I write alone. I take great efforts to prevent errors and omissions, but some slip through. I've made many discoveries while researching Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-17949462536492401582010-03-23T00:20:37.369-07:002010-03-23T00:20:37.369-07:00There is no SBD for 11/8/70. There's a link to...There is no SBD for 11/8/70. There's a link to a good source in my Port Chester November 1970 post.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-83552316906723074662010-03-22T18:35:24.385-07:002010-03-22T18:35:24.385-07:00ive been loving your blog, and happily stumbled on...ive been loving your blog, and happily stumbled on it while i've been in the middle of an early era obsession. <br /><br />just a quick question, does a SBD exist for 11/8/70, or if not, can you recommend the best sounding AUD? <br />noticed it highly rated in the Deadbase polls, but havent heard it yet. <br /><br />thanks again for great reading.bbmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-81631062049175256932010-01-19T10:56:38.180-08:002010-01-19T10:56:38.180-08:00this blog is awesome!this blog is awesome!Bernardnoreply@blogger.com