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jesse jarnow<p>5/30/75 lindley meadow: moved from marx meadow due to overnight sprinklers. 2 song set, beginning with SWEET SIXTEENS. garcia joins for what hussain intros as THE FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, closer in execution to HAPPINESS IS DRUMMING, as recorded for the “diga” LP, loosening to space zones before tightening to the almost-familiar groove, 2 years before the dead’s debut. finds a good float &amp; resolves to later-scrapped written ending (which garcia seems to know). <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg053075" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg053075</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>5/22/75 keystone berkeley: except for FEEL LIKE DYNAMITE, no repeats from previous night. 16-minute LITTLE SUNFLOWER, making the jump from aunt monk to garcia/saunders to the only legion of mary take. tutt varies his patterns &amp; get busier, but never loosens the pulse. last garcia/saunders HE AIN’T GIVE YOU NONE &amp; 2nd-to-last until the ‘90s, sweet light blues. 20-minute GOING GOING GONE, stretching spare &amp; long with minimal cymbal taps, late night in a bottle. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg052275" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg052275</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>5/21/75 keystone berkeley: final known versions of a few songs, including jesse winchester’s THAT’S A TOUCH I LIKE (probably one of the earliest vocal tunes garcia/saunders started playing, an early template for the garcia band), FINDERS KEEPERS (saunders’ meters appropriation, kahn getting into some slap bass, i think), &amp; stevie wonder’s CREEPIN’ (a more recent addition, sweet garcia jazz soloing). 17-minute YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON stretches languidly. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg052175" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg052175</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>nice to hear a non-disco MYSTERY TRAIN again, too. good shreddin’ tonight. even 21-minute YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT on feels looser &amp; more like a jam, garcia &amp; fierro seeming to push new harmonies as they get deeper. (is saunders actually getting better as a singer?) LITTLE SUNFLOWER sticks around &amp; keeps garcia’s jazz window open a little longer, though doesn’t flare as wildly (or as SLIPKNOT!y) as the aunt monk tape. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg051575" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg051575</span></a> [3/3]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>5/9/75 the generosity: more open-feeling from 1st moments, thanks largely to the drumming of (perhaps) bob stellar. 16-minute LITTLE BIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS builds to angular rhodes/guitar peak. fun to hear garcia on aunt monk repertoire, including freddie hubbard’s LITTLE SUNFLOWER, garcia sounding thrillingly SLIPKNOT!y (soon to jump to legion of mary) &amp; swingin’/groovin’ on only versions of horace silver’s NICA’S DREAM &amp; stevie wonder’s LOVE HAVING YOU AROUND. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg050975" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg050975</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/20/75 madison: fantastic &amp; super-spare 17-minute GOING GOING GONE with great vocals, garcia on slide for finale; could personally do without sax on mellow dylan covers. inoffensive, at least, playing tasty mellow fills &amp; thankfully only getting one solo. 14-minute FAVELA (actually jobim &amp; demoreaes’s O MORRO NAO TEM VEZ) is probably good dancing, but a little stiff. sweet sleepy stuff in late set would bum me if i was there to boogie. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg042075" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg042075</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/19/75 milwaukee: great B3 sound on the tape, informing all the highlights. way bubbly TOUGH MAMA, either the tape or the band or both. tape only catches the end of what sounds like another pretty hot YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON. between B3 &amp; crisp guitar tone, EVERY WORD YOU SAY finds nice country-soul swirl. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg041975" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg041975</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/18/75 chicago: last circulating version of martin fierro’s mellow flute jam LA LA, 14 minutes, getting suitably airy with extended quiet landing, maybe losing a bit on audience tape. in late set, 13-minute YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON gets excitable (lookin’ at ron tutt), coming down into jammy valley. whisper-like MISSISSIPPI MOON solo with volume knob swells. I’LL TAKE A MELODY extra-sweet on crisp soundboard. good LOVELIGHT-y TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOU rave-up ending. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg041875" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg041875</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>50 years ago tonight, <a href="https://heads.social/tags/JerryGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JerryGarcia</span></a> &amp; the legion of mary at the kennedy center. only around a half-hour of the late show in circulation. spring ’75, show #9. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhU-YgbrAu4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=xhU-YgbrAu</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a><br>4/13/75 washington, dc: I’LL TAKE A MELODY is a good candidate for the perfect/archetypal garcia song - extra-sweet tune, groove that borders on reggae, celebratory meta-lyrics, slow tempo perfect for whisper-croon vocals &amp; long solos. nice garcia/fierro conversation. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg041375" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg041375</span></a></p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/12/75 scranton: missing a few songs up top, starting with a snappy TOUGH MAMA. great soundboard mix highlights quiet conversation in WONDERING WHY. TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOU pretty convincing to close early set, super-quiet vocals, burning guitar outro. 12-minute LA LA with sweet guitar valley, though (again) feeling less exploratory with tutt. extra-quiet late show combo of MISSISSIPPI MOON followed by return of GOING GOING GONE, with soaring finale. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg041275" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg041275</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/11/75 upper darby: 11-minute FAVELA gets snaky, but doesn’t feel like tutt’s bag. getting near the end of the saunders period, even: last versions of old staple EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART (besides ’78 sit-in) &amp; jam-capper PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND. trying to figure out why i don’t like garcia’s WICKED MESSENGER &amp; starting to feel like it’s swingless slow-motion led zeppelin. MISSISSIPPI MOON getting quieter, like legion of mary’s CHINA DOLL, though freer. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg041175" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg041175</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/10/75 bottom line: 1st decent tape of stevie wonder’s CREEPIN’, which feels jazzier (&amp; certainly more dynamic) when the interaction is more audible. garcia strums opening chords of MISSISSIPPI MOON &amp; then someone shouts for it &amp; he changes course to WICKED MESSENGER. fuzzier late show tape has last (known) version of eddie harris’s FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE, 11 minutes, a favorite conversational jam of mine, quiet parts somewhat lost in murk, jazz era winding down. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg041075" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg041075</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/9/75 bottom line: 14-minute FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE is penultimate garcia version, a little lumpy in places, tutt feeling maybe slightly less comfortable opening up, though it does get somewhere (&amp; still one of my favorite garcia moods). another good soundboard of MISSISSIPPI MOON &amp; LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY. 14-minute EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART, also about to exit the garciaverse, getting to sweet hill-cresting peak. (photos from heckscher playground, i believe.) <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg040975" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg040975</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/8/75 bottom line: could probably trace the decline of the new yawk accent via audience tapes of <a href="https://heads.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> club shows, 1975-1990. despite nearly every tune being over 10 minutes, it’s a lot of swaying in place, ala 15-minute BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN. can imagine a jam-head being bummed by this set. now-rare FINDERS KEEPERS doesn’t exactly open up, but widens to allow conversation. wish i liked garcia’s version of WICKED MESSENGER more, but feels lurching. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg040875" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg040875</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/6/75 boston: great conversational 9-minute FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE. impressed at turnover in the setlists over previous year. 3 more soundboard versions of tunes specific to this window of young-voiced garcia, MISSISSIPPI MOON, EVERY WORD YOU SAY, &amp; LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY. 21-minute WONDERING WHY &gt; PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND, last of 17 versions of era’s classic combo, languid &amp; winding, flowering into brief double-time reggae. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg040675" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg040675</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/5/75 passaic: rare (not-too-exciting) instrumental of stevie wonder’s CREEPIN’. soundboard has ace ultra-quiet MISSISSIPPI MOON &amp; spritely 21-minute SECOND THAT EMOTION with subtle sax efx. other quiet new tunes stunning, too, LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY &amp; EVERY WORD YOU SAY. 1st ALL BY MYSELF by fats domino, classic C&amp;W-ish garcia boogie, played mainly in ’75-’76, sax a l’il too good timey for me. TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOU’s LOVELIGHT rave-up is readymade finale. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg040575" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg040575</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>4/4/75 brooklyn: debut of 3 newish tunes, peter rowan’s MISSISSIPPI MOON (on ’74’s “compliments of...”) with sweet/aching vocals, personal fave, played on/off thru ’95; allen toussaint’s I’LL TAKE A MELODY, another forever staple with quintessential languid garcia groove; &amp; bob dylan’s WICKED MESSENGER, slightly jerky arrangement lasting ’75. dig tutt’s backing vocals on SITTING IN LIMBO &amp; EVERY WORD YOU SAY. jams are FAVELA &amp; LA LA (brief return of sax synth). <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg040475" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg040475</span></a> [3/3]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>50 years ago tonight, <a href="https://heads.social/tags/JerryGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JerryGarcia</span></a> &amp; legion of mary in <a href="https://heads.social/tags/boulder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boulder</span></a>, an incomplete audience tape of an out-of-town one-nighter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohv5qWmj4mY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Ohv5qWmj4m</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a><br>3/16/75 boulder: another fuzzy tape of garcia’s exquisite version of jesse winchester’s EVERY WORD YOU SAY. i adore the long sleepy GOING GOING GONE, 15 minutes tonight, but it must have felt comically/infuriatingly long to heads who came to boogie. VALDEZ IN THE COUNTRY is MIA from tape. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg031675" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg031675</span></a></p>
jesse jarnow<p>3/15/75 keystone berkeley: again, no heady jams, but 1st versions of 2 fun rarities of the era, both part of early garcia band, too, jesse winchester’s EVERY WORD YOU SAY (sweet mushiness, 3rd winchester tune in garcia’s side bands, with more tutt backing vocals) &amp; ray charles’s TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOU (moving towards proto-disco R&amp;B via tutt, with the LOVELIGHT horn ending via fierro). more significantly, 1st TORE UP OVER YOU, by hank ballard, staple thru ’95. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg031575" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg031575</span></a> [2/2]</p>
jesse jarnow<p>3/8/75 pitschell players cabaret: will never tire of GOING GOING GONE &amp; LAST TRAIN FROM POOR VALLEY, tape warp notwithstanding. no jazzy jams this evening, 28-minute WONDERING WHY &gt; PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND gets closest with bluesy rhodes/flute moodiness. 1st circulating version of king floyd’s I FEEL LIKE DYNAMITE, recent top 40 R&amp;B hit, sung by saunders, staple for rest of legion of mary era. tutt’s 1st backing vox, on NIGHT THEY DROVE OL’ DIXIE DOWN. <a href="https://heads.social/tags/garciafreaksunite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garciafreaksunite</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jg030875" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jg030875</span></a> [2/2]</p>
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