VA- Dear Jerry : Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia [2016] [24-48]

On Thursday, 2015, May 14, an extraordinary collection of music stars came together at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, for the concert event of a lifetime, DEAR JERRY: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JERRY GARCIA, to honor one of the most influential musicians and cultural icons of our time. The concert event featured performances by: Phil Lesh & Communion, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann’s Billy & the Kids, Buddy Miller, David Grisman, Eric Church, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Frampton, Jorma Kaukonen, Los Lobos, moe., O.A.R., Grace Potter, The Disco Biscuits, Trampled By Turtles, Widespread Panic, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

1. Phil Lesh & Communion - The Wheel Uncle John’s Band 17:00
2. Allen Toussaint & Bill Kreutzmann - Get Out of My Life Woman 3:43
3. David Grisman - Shady Grove 4:42
4. Peter Frampton & Bill Kreutzmann - (I’m a) Road Runner 4:40
5. Buddy Miller - Deal 3:29
6. Jorma Kaukonen - Sugaree 7:30
7. Jimmy Cliff, Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - The Harder They Come 3:33
8. Jimmy Cliff, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - Fire On the Mountain 6:53
9. Billy & The Kids - Help On the Way Slipknot Franklin’s Tower 10:14
10. The Disco Biscuits & Billy & The Kids - Scarlet Begonias I Know You Rider 12:36
11. moe. - Loser 7:11
12. O.A.R. - St. Stephen 5:38
13. Los Lobos & Bob Weir - Bertha 6:54
14. Trampled By Turtles - Brown-Eyed Women 5:42
15. Yonder Mountain String Band - Shakedown Street 8:28
16. Bob Weir - Days Between 10:19
17. Bob Weir & Grace Potter - Friend of the Devil 6:55
18. Eric Church & Bill Kreutzmann - Tennessee Jed 5:53
19. Widespread Panic - Morning Dew 12:06
20. Bob Weir, Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann - Touch of Grey 6:49
21. Full Ensemble - Ripple 5:29

Jerry Garcia - Before The Dead (4 CD, 2018) [24-88]

 

In roughly three and half hours of live and studio recordings, captured in various ways at a variety of locales between 1961 and 1964, Before the Dead documents the late Jerry Garcia’s formative years as a musician. Overflowing with meticulous attention to detail in sound, text and graphics, this 4-CD set reveals how this iconic musician nurtured those attributes that eventually stood him in such good stead as titular leader of the Grateful Dead, the namesake of the Jerry Garcia Band and the catalyst for the many other collaborative efforts over the course of his thirty-plus year career.

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Jerry Garcia / David Grisman [24-96]

Jerry Garcia / David Grisman is an album of folk music by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. It was the second album released under Grisman's record label Acoustic Disc (after Dawg '90).

Jerry Garcia / David Grisman was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

    Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals

    David Grisman – mandolin

    Jim Kerwin – bass

    Joe Craven – percussion, fiddle

1.     "The Thrill is Gone" (Hawkins, Rick Darnell)
2.     "Grateful Dawg" (Garcia, Grisman)
3.     "Two Soldiers" (traditional)
4.     "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter, Dawson)
5.     "Russian Lullaby" (Berlin)
6.     "Dawg's Waltz" (Grisman)
7.     "Walkin' Boss" (traditional)
8.     "Rockin' Chair" (Carmichael)
9.     "Arabia" (Grisman; middle part based on the Cuban folk theme "Hasta Siempre")

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman discography 1991-2012

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman first met in the parking lot of a bluegrass festival in West Grove, Pennsylvania in 1964. They were both members of Old & In The Way in 1973 and performed together occasionally in other situations. They started performing and recording together in 1990 usually supported in concert by Jim Kerwin (bass) and Joe Craven (violin, percussion). Subsequently they performed live occasionally but recorded many sessions at David Grisman's Dawg Studios. The majority of their releases are drawn from those studio sessions.

 

David Grisman-(1991)-Garcia Grisman (w. Jerry Garcia)

David Grisman-(1993)-Not For Kids Only (w. Jerry Garcia)

David Grisman-(1996)-Shady Grove (w. Jerry Garcia)

David Grisman-(1998)-So What (w. Jerry Garcia)

David Grisman-(2001)-Grateful Dawg OST (w. Jerry Garcia)

David Grisman-(2004)-Been All Around This World (w. Jerry Garcia)

David Grisman-(2009)-The Complete Pizza Tapes (w. Jerry Garcia & Tony Rice)

David Grisman-(2012)-Garcia-Grisman (Alternate Takes) (w. Jerry Garcia)

 

Jerry Garcia Band - Electric on the Eel [6 CD, 2019] [FLAC-HD]

On August 29, 1987 Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia led both the Jerry Garcia Band and the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band for performances at French’s Camp On The Eel River in Piercy, California. Garcia would bring the JGB back to the scenic venue on June 10, 1989 and on August 10, 1991 – now get ready for the spectacular Electric on the Eel set showcasing the Jerry Garcia Band’s electric sets from 8/29/1987, 6/10/1989, and 8/10/1991.

Electric On the Eel contains three full electric sets from the JGB’s visits to Eel River in 1987, 1989 and 1991.

 

Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir - Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound 1989 [6 CD, 2013] (FLAC-HD + 320)

 

Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound is a six-CD live album by the Jerry Garcia Band and by Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman. It was recorded on September 5 and 6, 1989, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. It was released by ATO Records on December 17, 2013.

Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound contains two complete concerts. At each of these shows, Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman played a set of acoustic music, followed by two sets by the Jerry Garcia Band, a rock group led by Jerry Garcia. At the time, Weir and Garcia were the guitarists for the Grateful Dead. Each of the discs of the album corresponds to one of the sets from the concerts.

Bob Weir - Ace (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [2 CD/FLAC-HD]

ACE:50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION pairs a remastered new mix of Bobby’s solo debut with new versions  Bobby recorded earlier this year at Radio City Music Hall with the Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack and special guest guests Tyler Childers and Brittney Spencer.
 
When Bobby started working on ACE at Wally Heider’s Studio in San Francisco in early 1972, he wasn’t planning for the Grateful Dead to be his backing band. It just happened. “I pretty much knew in the back of my mind what would happen,” Weir told Crawdaddy a few months after the sessions. “I go and get the time booked and start putting the material together. Everybody gets wind of the fact I got the time booked and I may be going into the studio. So, one by one, they start coming around…”
 
It made sense, the band was already familiar with most of the music, having road-tested six of the album’s eight songs, including “Greatest Story Ever Told,” “Mexicali Blues,” and “Playing In The Band,” destined to become one of Weir’s signature tunes. ACE also marked the beginning of Weir’s long-running collaboration with lyricist John Perry Barlow and includes early standouts “Cassidy” and “Looks Like Rain.” 

 

 

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders - Keystone Companions (The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings) [4 CD, 2012/FLAC]

  

The recordings that made up the original Live at Keystone albums by Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, and Bill Vitt took place over two nights in July of 1973. The band had been playing a regular gig at the famed San Francisco venue for some time, but it was here that it gelled. Their program was a wide range of covers from Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come" to Motown numbers, Bob Dylan songs, jazz standards, and even a wholly improvised jam. Recorded by the Grateful Dead's sound engineers Betty Cantor and Rex Jackson, the first release was issued in late 1973, compiled from the "best" of both nights. In 1988, two volumes called Keystone Encores were released on three discs. This deluxe four-disc package contains remastered versions of all the material from both those concerts presented in original running order.

 

Jerry Garcia Band – Live At Shoreline 9/1/90 [DVD 5]

On September 1, 1990, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, the Jerry Garcia band performed a particularly poignant kind of magic. A Grateful Dead show was originally scheduled for that date but was cancelled due to the untimely death of the Dead's brilliant, passionate keyboard player, Brent Mydland, in late July. Rather than cancel the gig, the Jerry Garcia Band stepped in to deliver one of their most heartfelt performances."

•     Jerry Garcia     guitar, vocals
•     John Kahn     bass
•     Melvin Seals     keyboards
•     David Kemper     drums
•     Jacklyn LaBranch     backing vocals
•     Gloria Jones     backing vocals

Special Features:

• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Interviews - Blair Jackson talks with Robert Hunter and band members
• Songwriter mini-documentary/photo galleries

Filmed live at Shoreline Amphitheatre, September 1, 1990.

Set 1

1.     How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
2.     Stop That Train
3.     Dear Prudence
4.     I Shall Be Released
5.     Run For The Roses
6.     My Sisters And Brothers
7.     Deal

Set 2

1.     I Second That Emotion
2.     Think
3.     And It Stoned Me
4.     Waiting For A Miracle
5.     Don't Let Go
6.     That Lucky Old Sun
7.     Tangled Up In Blue

Jerry Garcia Band - GarciaLive Volume 17: NorCal ’76 (2021/FLAC)

 

GarciaLive Volume 17: NorCal ’76 presents highlights from three stand-out Jerry Garcia Band performances captured over the span of a week. While a myriad of challenges from reel damage to tape loss and other assorted technical difficulties spoil any opportunity to feature the complete performances, what remains of Betty Cantor-Jackson’s original recordings offers some of the finest performances from this iteration of the Jerry Garcia Band.

 

Jerry Garcia - All Good Things: Studio Sessions [6 CD, 2004/FLAC]

 

One of the most celebrated figures in all of rock 'n' roll, beloved Grateful Dead lead guitarist, vocalist, and eternal good-will ambassador Jerry Garcia pursued an eclectic array of folk, bluegrass, roots-rock, Motown and R&B-influenced side projects throughout his storied career. Both acoustic and electric, solo and jamming with the Jerry Garcia Band, his albums apart from the massive output of Dead releases capture the diverse talents of an incomparable music legend. Spanning 1972-1982, this historic boxed set collects Garcia's five solo studio albums - all newly remastered and expanded - plus a must-have bonus disc filled entirely with previously unreleased gems from the vaults.

Jerry Garcia - The Garcia Discs Vol. 2 (3 CD)

 Second volume of Jerry Garcia fan-made boxset - Jerry with Grateful Dead.

Jerry Garcia - The Garcia Discs Vol. 1 (8 CD)

 Fan-made 8 CD compilation. Selections are taken from The Grateful Dead, Reconstruction, Legion of Mary, JGB & Garcia/Grisman.

SNACK Benefit Concert - 1975 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA [5 CD, 1975]

 

S.F. SNACK Benefit Concert - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 1975-03-23

Bob Dylan, 

Carlos Santana, 

Jefferson Starship, 

Jerry Garcia, 

Joan Baez, 

Neil Young, 

The Doobie Brothers, 

Tower of Power...

This benefit concert (S.N.A.C.K. stands for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) was organized by Bill Graham in 1975.

Old And In The Way - Old And In The Way [1975/FLAC]

 

Old and in the Way is the self-titled first album by the bluegrass band Old and in the Way. It was recorded 8 October 1973 at the Boarding House in San Francisco by Owsley Stanley and Vickie Babcock utilizing eight microphones (four per channel) mixed live onto a stereo Nagra tape recorder. The caricature album cover was illustrated by Greg Irons. For many years it was the top selling bluegrass album of all time, until that title was taken by the soundtrack album for O Brother, Where Art Thou.

• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• Jerry Garcia – banjo, vocals
• David Grisman – mandolin, vocals
• John Kahn – acoustic bass
• Peter Rowan – guitar, vocals

Jerry Garcia - Garcia Plays Dylan [2 CD, 2005/FLAC]

 

Garcia Plays Dylan is an album composed of various live performances featuring Jerry Garcia playing covers of Bob Dylan songs. It is culled from performances from 1973-1995, and features Garcia playing with the Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Jerry Garcia Band, and Garcia-Saunders.

Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice - The Pizza Tapes - Extra Large Edition [3 CD, 2000/FLAC]

 

The informal once-in-a lifetime jam session that brought guitar icons Jerry Garcia and Tony Rice together with their mandolin-picking host David Grisman was recorded in Dawg Studios on two successive evenings in February, 1993. The Pizza Tapes CD (2000) which included only part of that historical meeting soon became an acoustic classic and one of Acoustic Disc's most popular releases.

The newly released Extra Large 170-minute edition of this legendary session, includes the entire session with 16 previously unissued alternate takes in addition to the original master takes in their original sequence. This unique collection also features more of the personal repartee, which made the original release so endearing and insightful - the anatomy of this very special jam.

The Allman Brothers Band feat Jerry Garcia - Live at the Cow Palace, New Years Eve 1973 [3 CD, 2015] [FLAC]

  

Live at the Cow Palace, New Years Eve 1973 captures the entire show broadcast that legendary night more than 40 years ago. Capturing the group almost fully recovered from the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, and with a little help from their friends, they deliver one of their most outstanding performances ever.

By the end of 1973, the Allman Brothers Band were the most popular touring band in America. They drew crowds like few others, on a par with those attracted by the Grateful Dead. So it goes without saying, that when the two groups were on the same bill, pandemonium often ensued. A legendary event at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Racecourse on July 28, 1973, when the Allmans, the Dead and The Band drew an estimated 600,000 people – at the time the largest outdoor rock concert ever – illustrates this point to.

Jerry Garcia - Pure Jerry series Vol.1-9

 

The "Pure Jerry" series is an archival release of live Jerry Garcia releases throughout the vast phases of his career.



1. Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977
2. Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987
3. Lunt-Fontanne, New York City,October 15–30, 1987
4. Keystone Berkeley, September 31, 1974
5. Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989
6. Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978
7. Coliseum, Hampton, VA, November 9, 1991
8. Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, February 28,1986
9. Bay Area, 1978 – 2009

Jerry Garcia - Garcia Live series

Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for being a principal songwriter, the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band the Grateful Dead, of which he was a founding member and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s. Although he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.