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xx/xx/60Pre Warlocks 8 Disc Compilation
 tapes provided by pat lee, michael parrish, joani walker and paul scotton. tracking, tweaking and disc info by ihor slabicky (74min+59min+26min+76min+62min+31min+31min+54min); Disc 1 of 8 - pwa ( 25 / 73:57 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, Provided by Pat Lee, College of San Mateo Folk Festival, College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA, November 10, 1962, Jerry Garcia - guitar, 1. tuning (0:14), 2. Little Birdie (3:25), 3. Walking Boss (3:02), College of San Mateo Folk Festival, College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA, November 10, 1962, Jerry Garcia and David Nelson, 4. intro ("honest Jerry Garcia") (0:16), 5. The Miller's Will (3:25), 6. Deep Elem Blues (4:04), 7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (4:35), 8. I Truly Understand (4:21), 9. "Cousin Elmer" (3:07), 10. The Raging Sea (3:42), 11. Cannonball Blues (3:19), 12. The Cuckoo (4:20), 13. Man Of Constant Sorrow (Jerry Garcia - a capella) (3:40), The Hart Valley Drifters, College of San Mateo Folk Festival, College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA, November 10, 1962, Jerry "Earl Scruggs" Garcia - banjo and guitar, Robert Hunter - bass, David Nelson - guitar, Norman Van Mastricht - guitar and dobro, 14. tuning (1:59), 15. intro > Handsome Molly (x) (2:44), 16. tuning (1:48), 17. intro > Handsome Molly (3:08), 18. "Cousin Elmer is back..." (2:35), 19. Pig In A Pen (2:19), 20. Banks Of The Ohio (4:18), 21. "Cousin Elmer" (3:25), 22. Pay My Money Down (3:07), 23. Nine Pound Hammer (2:27), 24. Salty Dog Blues (2:30), 25. "For our final group, Dean Hammer and, his Nails..." > If I Had A Hammer (2:05), --------, Disc 2 of 8 - pwba_16_20_16p_17p ( 22 / 58:54 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton, The Wildwood Boys, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, February 22, 1963, Jerry Garcia - banjo, Robert Hunter - guitar, David Nelson - mandolin, Norman Van Mastricht - bass, 1. Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:54), 2. Introductions (0:55), 3. Jerry's Breakdown (2:12), 4. Standing In The Need Of Prayer (3:01), 5. Muleskinner Blues (3:41), 6. Saturday Night Shuffle (2:52), 7. "we're back again" > Pike County Breakdown (2:14), 8. The Little Sparrow (4:52), 9. (x) We Shall Not Be Moved (2:46), The Second Story Men, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-63, Rod Albin, Peter Albin, Ellen Cavanaugh, Ron McKernan, 10. When The World's On Fire (2:55), 11. Hard Luck Woman > Katie Mae (4:48), 12. Jenny Jenkins (3:06), 13. Rocky Mountain Blues (3:49), 14. Billy Grimes, The Rover (2:54), 15. Jubilee (1:56), Peter Albin and Ron McKernan, (NOTE: tape is too fast?), The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-64, 16. (x) John Henry (2:07), 17. Hoochie Coochie Man (2:17), Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-64, 18. Jerry Garcia talks... (0:51), 19. I'm Satisfied With my Gal (1:54), 20. The Rub (Ain't It Crazy) (1:53), Peter Albin and Ron McKernan, (NOTE: pitched down to 90% of tracks 16. and 17.), The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-64, 21. (x) John Henry (2:21), 22. Hoochie Coochie Man (2:34), --------, Disc 3 of 8 - pwc ( 15 / 25:43 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton, The Black Mountain Boys, March 6, 1964, Jerry Garcia - banjo, Robert Hunter - bass, David Nelson - mandolin, Eric Thompson - guitar, 1. (x) Monroe's Hornpipe (1:42), 2. Katie Kline (2:07), 3. Intros (0:45), 4. Homestead On The Farm (2:30), 5. talking about "Barefoot Nellie" (1:02), 6. Barefoot Nellie (2:33), 7. song intro (0:52), 8. She's More To Be Pitied (2:19), 9. song intro (1:09), 10. Noah's Blues (2:09), 11. Somebody Touched Me (2:31), 12. talk (0:34), 13. Who'll Sing For Me? (2:05), 14. Darling Aller Lee (2:07), 15. Outro (John Hardy (?)) and break (1:17), --------, Disc 4 of 8 - pwda ( 35 / 75:27 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton, Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers, The 'new' Boar's Head Coffeehouse, Jewish Community Center, San Carlos, CA, June 11, 1962, Jerry Garcia - guitar and banjo, Marshall Leicester - banjo and guitar, Dick Arnold - fiddle, 1. (x) Run Mountain (3:13), 2. talk (0:21), 3. Billy Grimes, The Rover (2:50), 4. looking for a capo talk (0:49), 5. Cannonball Blues (2:48), 6. fiddle player talk (1:02), 7. Devilish Mary (3:12), 8. intros (0:35), 9. Buck Dancer's Choice (1:49), 10. Little Birdie (3:15), 11. "...tough luck, we're back..." (0:41), 12. Sally Gooding (1:27), 13. talk (0:36), 14. Hold The Woodpile Down (3:28), 15. end of set talk (0:20), 16. tuning (0:21), 17. Crow Black Chicken (2:34), 18. talk (0:15), 19. tuning > The Johnson Boys (4:03), 20. talk (0:33), 21. Shady Grove (2:25), 22. talk and tuning (2:33), 23. Uncle Joe (2:12), 24. tuning (and gap) (1:19), 25. Sweet Sunny South (3:10), 26. All Go Hungry Hash House (3:54), 27. Man Of Constant Sorrow (2:22), 28. Yonder He Goes (Rabbit Chase) (3:00), 29. Three Men Went A-Hunting (2:06), The 'new' Boar's Head Coffeehouse, Jewish Community Center, San Carlos, CA, possibly June 11, 1962, Jerry Garcia, Ron McKernan, and Mike Sector, 30. Blues Jam (2:23), 31. Careless Love > In The Pines (4:02), 32. Going To Chicago (3:07), 33. Mike Sector introduces himself (0:21), 34. Jerry Garcia introduces Ron > 99 Years (5:14), 35. Blue Goose (possibly just Mike Sector) (3:02), --------, Disc 5 of 8, All selections are from a KFOG re-broadcast, Provided by Michael Parrish, Jerry Garcia and Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, May 4, 1963, Jerry Garcia - vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin; Sarah, Ruppenthal Garcia [Garcia's first wife] - vocals and guitar, 1. KFOG deejay > (x) Deep Elem Blues (3:03), 2. Will The Weaver (2:41), 3. I Truly Understand (3:16), 4. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:12), 5. Long Black Veil (4:40), 6. JG and SR got married the previous week on April 25, 1963 >, The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:26), 7. Keno The Rent Man (2:19), 8. Some Foggy Mountain Top >, "Wow!" KFOG deejay (2:52), The Wildwood Boys, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, February 22, 1963, Jerry Garcia - banjo, Robert Hunter - guitar, David Nelson - mandolin, Norman Van Mastricht - bass, 9. Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:52), 10. Intro by Hunter (0:58), 11. Jerry's Breakdown (2:10), 12. Standing In The Need Of Prayer (3:03), 13. Muleskinner Blues (3:39), 14. Saturday Night Shuffle (a Merl Travis tune)(2:44), 15. Pike County Breakdown (2:00), 16. intro > The Little Sparrow (x) (2:51), 17. (x) intro (0:41), 18. The Little Sparrow (3:52), 19. We Shall Not Be Moved (2:25), 20. KFOG deejay and Richard Rafel (0:32), The Second Story Men, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-63, Rod Albin, Peter Albin, Ellen Cavanaugh, and Ron McKernan, 21. Hard Luck Woman > Katie Mae (4:43), 22. Rocky Mountain Blues (3:45), 23. "Oh, boy..." KFOG deejay (0:04), --------, Disc 6 of 8 - pwfa ( 8 / 30:46 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, NOTE: tape may or may not have had Dolby ON, Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton, Jerry Garcia and Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, May 4, 1963, Jerry Garcia - vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin; Sarah, Ruppenthal Garcia [Garcia's first wife] - vocals and guitar, 1. (x) Deep Elem Blues (3:46), 2. Will The Weaver (3:35), 3. I Truly Understand (3:51), 4. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:35), 5. Long Black Veil (4:43), 6. The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:51), 7. Keno The Rent Man (3:44), 8. Some Foggy Mountain Top (3:59), --------, Disc 7 of 8 - pwg ( 8 / 30:36 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, NOTE: tape may or may not have had Dolby ON, Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton, Jerry Garcia and Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia, The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, May 4, 1963, Jerry Garcia - vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin; Sarah, Ruppenthal Garcia [Garcia's first wife] - vocals and guitar, 1. (x) Deep Elem Blues (3:16), 2. Will The Weaver (3:36), 3. I Truly Understand (3:51), 4. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:34), 5. Long Black Veil (4:42), 6. The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:50), 7. Keno The Rent Man (3:46), 8. Some Foggy Mountain Top (3:59), --------, Disc 8 of 8 - pwh ( 21 / 53:08 ), PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR, Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton, (NOTE: the date for either of these is not certain; different sources, switch the dates for these two), Burlingame, CA, January xx, 1962, Jerry Garcia and others (possibly Robert Hunter?), 1. Bolshevik In Hell (0:46), 2. talk about the bomb (0:15), 3. Rose Connelly (1:49), 4. Long Lonesome Road (2:45), 5. Railroad Bill (3:37), 6. The Wagoner's Lad (2:01), 7. Fortune (3:45), 8. Pay Me My Money Down (2:12), 9. Greenback Dollar (2:20), 10. Instrumental (1:10), 11. I'm A Good Old Rebel (1:49), 12. (x) Wealthy Old Maid (2:31), Carlos Bookstall's loft called 'Boar's Head', San Carlos, CA, July xx, 1961, Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, and Marshall Leicester, 13. (x) talk, tuning, Banjo Instrumental (2:35), 14. 'last night a banjo string broke' > Poor Ellen Smith (4:00), 15. Wildwood Flower (3:15), 16. (x) Brown's Ferry Blues (2:19), 17. Jesse James (4:44), 18. talk (2:20), 19. No One Will Stand By Me (2:55), 20. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:13), 21. Darling Corey (2:45) Ckfog broadcasts are less full than Joani Walker and Paul Scotton versions except on d5t21-23 where kfog is warmer with less hiss and distortion; d1 is muffled like with noise reduction and also has some distortion rates C-; on d2 2/23/62 rates B+; on d2 63 second story men rates B-; d2 Peter Albin and Ron McKernan 64 rates C; d8 7/61 rates C-; d2 Mother McCree 64 rates B; on d4 boars head rated B ; d7 5/4/63 rates A-; d8 62 rates B-; 3/6/64 has hiss rates B ***
xx/xx/60Jerry Garcia played many guitars
 jpgf 95meg; guitar images jpgf, from jerrygarcia.com:, jerry garcia played many guitars during his career, ranging from fender stratocasters and gibson sgs to custom-made instruments. during his thirty plus years of playing music, garcia used about twenty-five guitars with some frequency. he was infamous for giving many away once he was ready to move on. these six were the most memorable and important throughout his career., luthier doug irwin built three of his five custom guitars. when asked about that fact, jerry replied, "there's something about the way they feel with my touchthey're married to each otheri'd never felt anything before or since that my hand likes better.", ------------, alligator, played between 1971-1973, gift from graham nash, 1957 fender stratocaster, purchased from a phoenix pawnshop for $250 in late 1970, graham nash gave this fender strat as a gift to jerry for playing on a number of his songs. it was composed of a 1957 swamp-ash body and a 1963 maple neck., over the years, the guitar was repeatedly customized and updated. along with these structural modifications, this strat was easily identified by its prominent stickersnamely the alligator holding a knife and fork, dancing across the pick guard., first played, unknown, last played, with the grateful dead in roosevelt stadium on 8/1/73 (one more saturday night), current location, owned by the jerry garcia estate, modifications, frank fuller and rick turner of alembic modified alligator frequently. they referred to it as a "frankenstein" that was constantly changing and evolving. these alterations took place in march of 1971, january, march, july, and december of 1972, and lastly in august of 1973though the guitar was never played onstage in its final iteration., ------------, wolf, played between 1973-1993, doug irwin commission - $1,500, at the end of 1972, jerry stumbled onto the first guitar doug irwin made for alembic, and bought it on the spot for $850. at the same time he asked irwin to customize another for him. this was the inception of wolf. it was made from purpleheart and curly maple with an ebony fingerboard and twenty-four frets. the first version bore a peacock inlay, and later received irwin's eagle logo in its place. a bloodthirsty cartoon wolf sticker jerry placed below the tailpiece served to name the guitar and was later inlaid in the body by irwin., first played, with garcia & saunders at the pirates balla private party for the hell's angels at nyc harbor on 9/5/73 (it ain't no use), last played, wolf briefly came out of retirement in 1989 as a guinea pig for jerry's new midi synthesizer experiments. it was last played with the grateful dead at the oakland coliseum arena in oakland, ca on 2/23/93., current location, after winning it in a settlement with the grateful dead, doug irwin auctioned off wolf for $700,000 in 2002. it is still played live from time to time., modifications, the guitar took a couple tumbles during the grateful dead's european tourone that resulted in a minor crack in the headstock. when jerry brought the guitar for repairs, irwin then swapped out the peacock for his own eagle logo and added the wolf inlay. other modifications occurred in september of 1977 and mid-1978., ------------, tiger, played between 1979-1995, doug irwin commission - $5,800, when jerry asked doug irwin, immediately after receiving wolf, to make another guitar, he told him, don't hold back. he was told to make it the way he thought was best, and not worry about cost. irwin obliged, and six years later tiger hit the stage and became his most-played guitar. named after the tiger inlay just below the tailpiece, the body features several layers of wood laminated together face-to-face in a configuration referred to as a "hippie sandwich." the combination of heavy woods (cocobolo, vermilion, maple), plus solid brass binding and hardware resulted in a 13.5 lb. instrument., jerry loved tiger for the wealth of sounds it gave him to play with. in one interview he said, [there's] like twelve discreet possible voices that are all pretty differentthat gives me a lot of vocabulary of basically different tones. and that's just the electronics; the rest of it is touch. i mostly work off the middle pickupand i can get almost any sound i want out of that., first played, with the grateful dead at the oakland auditorium in oakland, ca on 8/4/79 (jack straw), last played, with the grateful dead at soldier field in chicago, il on 7/9/95 (box of rain), current location, after winning it in a settlement with the grateful dead, doug irwin auctioned off tiger for $850,000 in 2002 to jim irsayowner and ceo of the indianapolis colts., modifications, throughout the years, not many large-scale modifications were made to tiger. from the beginning, it was a technically complicated instrument due to the electronics that jerry was interested in, including a five-way pickup selector and master volume control, two separate tone orbit-controls, and three mini togglesone of which turned on and off his onboard effects loop., ------------, rosebud, played between 1990-1995, doug irwin commission - $11,000, rosebud was irwin's masterpiece, delivered in late 1989 with midi controls built in. everything he learned about guitars went into rosebud. it was named for the inlaid dancing skeleton on the cover plate that irwin referred to as the saint, but jerry nicknamed rosebudpossibly as a nod to orson welles' citizen kane. it is almost the twin of tiger, but two pounds lighter at 11.5 lbs. due to the hollowed-out flame-maple core. rosebud immediately became jerry's main guitar for all but jerry garcia band shows, where he still played tiger for another year., in 1995, while lightning bolt was being modified, rosebud was brought out of retirement for the summer tour., first played, with the grateful dead at the oakland coliseum in oakland, ca on 12/31/1989 ("sugar magnolia"), last played, with the grateful dead at soldier field in chicago, il on 7/9/95 ("black muddy river"), current location, on display at the rock and roll hall of fame and museum, modifications, because he felt like their magnetic field didn't last long and the high end would go quickly, jerry would change out his pickups every one or two years on all of his guitars. save for that, rosebud was not modified through the years., ------------, lightning bolt, played between 1993-1995, gift from aspiring luthier stephen cripe, after spending years building custom interiors for caribbean yachts, stephen cripe decided to try his hand at crafting guitars. he studied the "dead ahead" video until he wore it out, and replicated irwin's tigerwith some flourishes of his own. in 1993 he sent the completed guitar off to the grateful dead offices. jerry quickly pronounced the piece "the guitar i've always been waiting for" and began playing it exclusively., built totally by feel, the instrument honored jerry's interest in preserving the rainforests, using recycled rosewood originally harvested in brazil for the fingerboard. cripe constructed the neck with an unusual accuracy in the higher end, which allowed jerry to play where he usually avoided. for the body, cripe reused east indian rosewood taken from a bed once used by opium smokers in asiaacknowledging the irony, but insisting it was about the quality of wood. it came to be called lightning bolt due to the inlay that cripe designed., first played, with the jerry garcia band at seattle memorial stadium in seattle, wa on 8/7/93 ("how sweet it is (to be loved by you)"), last played, with the grateful dead at shoreline amphitheater in mountain view, ca on 6/4/95 ("brokedown palace"), current location, on display at the rock and roll hall of fame and museum, modifications, cripe was admittedly not much of an electronics guy. so, almost immediately, jerry gave lightning bolt to san francisco repairman gary brawer to have the electronics re-done the way he preferrednamely making it midi-compatible. cripe hadn't known that the oval-shaped body inlays on tiger and rosebud concealed their batteries, so brawer had to remove his inlay and put it on a cover-plate. a new bridge was installed during the final grateful dead tour., ------------, top hat, delivered in april 1995, stephen cripe commission - $6,500, jerry briefly met stephen cripe backstage at a 1994 florida concert, where he commissioned him to build a backup copy of lightning bolt. cripe was flattered, but unprepared since he hadn't measured or photographed the original. he said a member of the staff suggested he simply wing it. jerry told him, "just do it. if i don't like it, i'll send it back." the guitar he eventually built came to be known as top hat. it consisted of a walnut core with laminated cocobolo top and back, maple and rosewood neck, laminated headstock, fret board with recycled ivory inlays, and black schaller hardware. the namesake inlay was made of warthog tusk., when he sent top hat, cripe told jerry's staff to pay him whatever they thought it was worthhe received a check for $6,500, which made it the first guitar that he ever sold. although jerry almost never played it, he was extremely happy with the final product., ------------     
xx/xx/60Before The Dead
 before the dead, 4-cd set, before the dead brings together a rare collection of the earliest known performances by jerry garcia. from an informal and intimate 1961 performance of simple folk songs at a birthday party with future songwriting partner robert hunter to more polished coffeehouse gigs with old-timey and bluegrass bands through 1964, this collection showcases garcia's deep study of the folk music tradition and its influence on his musical journey leading to the formation of the grateful dead. even with his entire musical career in front of him, garcia's magnetic presence as a performer can be plainly heard in these first steps., four cds containing over 3.5 hours of studio & live performances culled from previously uncirculated masters and newly discovered recordings. audio restoration and mastering by fred kevorkian., lacquers cut by ron mcmaster at capitol studios and pressed to vinyl by quality record pressings. produced by grateful dead publicist and biographer dennis mcnally and brian miksis., includes a 32 page digital book with rare photos, memorabilia and in-depth liner note essays by mcnally, miksis, acclaimed bluegrass scholar neil v. rosenberg, sara ruppenthal katz, and stu goldstein., ?, cd one, bob and jerry, may 26, 1961, brigid meier's sixteenth birthday party, menlo park, california, 1. santy anno, 2. i got a home in that rock, 3. oh, mary don't you weep, 4. all my trials, 5. i was born ten thousand years ago, 6. blow the candles out, 7. rake and a rambling boy, 8. trouble in mind, jerry garcia, marshall leicester, and robert hunter, july 1961, boar's head coffeehouse, carlos book stall, san carlos, california, 9. brown's ferry blues, 10. jesse james, jerry garcia and unknown musician, summer or fall 1961, boar's head coffeehouse, carlos book stall, san carlos, california, 11. down in the willow garden, 12. long lonesome road, 13. railroad bill, 14. the wagoner's lad, 15. katie cruel, cd two:, sleepy hollow hog stompers, june 11, 1962, boar's head coffeehouse, peninsula jewish community center, san carlos, california, 1. cannonball blues, 2. little birdie, 3. sally goodin, 4. hold that woodpile down, 5. legend of the johnson boys, 6. shady grove, 7. sweet sunny south, 8. man of constant sorrow, hart valley drifters, fall 1962, kzsu radio studio a, stanford university, stanford, california, 9. band introductions, 10. roving gambler, 11. ground speed, 12. pig in a pen, 13. standing in the need of prayer, 14. flint hill special, 15. nine pound hammer, 16. handsome molly, 17. clinch mountain backstep, 18. think of what you've done, 19. cripple creek, 20. all the good times have past and gone, 21. billy grimes, the rover, 22. paddy on the turnpike (boys, my money's all gone), 23. run mountain, 24. sugar baby, 25. sitting on top of the world, cd three:, the wildwood boys, february 23, 1963, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 1. roll in my sweet baby's arms, 2. jerry's breakdown, 3. standing in the need of prayer, 4. mule skinner blues, 5. saturday night shuffle, 6. pike county breakdown, 7. the little sparrow, 8. we shall not be moved, jerry and sara, may 4, 1963, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 9. deep elem blues, 10. will the weaver, 11. i truly understand, 12. long black veil, 13. the man who wrote home sweet home never was a married man, 14. foggy mountain top, cd four:, black mountain boys, fall 1963, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 1. barefoot nellie, 2. she's more to be pitied, 3. noah's breakdown, 4. who will sing for me?, black mountain boys, january 10, 1964, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 5. salt creek, 6. monroe's hornpipe (jody's hornpipe), 7. rosa lee mcfall, 8. john hardy/closing theme, black mountain boys, march 6, 1964, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 9. katie kline, 10. walkin' the dog, black mountain boys, march 6, 1964, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 11. paddy on the turnpike (boys, my money's all gone), 12. love and wealth, 13. sourwood mountain, 14. if i lose, 15. homestead on the farm (i wonder how the old folks are at home), 16. stoney creek, 17. salty dog blues, 18. love please come home, 19. make me a pallet on the floor, 20. darlin' allalee, black mountain boys, march 6, 1964, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 21. in the pines, 22. raw hide, 23. black mountain rag, 24. true life blues, 25. medley: devil's dreamsailor's hornpipe, black mountain boys, spring 1964, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 26. drink up and go home, asphalt jungle mountain boys, summer 1964, top of the tangent, palo alto, california, 27. these men of god, 28. roll on buddy, 29. goodbye old pal, 30. back up and push$A-