Alex Cooley Presents Jerry Garcia Band featuring Keith Godchaux Donna Godchaux John Kahn Ron Tutt Mon. April 5 8PM Fox Theatre $6.50 reserved
50 years ago today, the jerry garcia band in atlanta, closing out their spring tour, the dead starting rehearsals the next day back in san rafael for their comeback shows. spring ’76, show #19, a fun tape if you like multiple flavors of analog warp: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Duke University Union Major Attractions Committee proudly presents The Jerry Garcia Band featuring Keith Godchaux/John Kahn/Donna Godchaux/Ron Tutt Shows 8:30 and midnight Sunday, April 4th Page Auditorium Tickets $6
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band at duke university. semi-recently surfaced tape, plus a little bit of video from the campus closed-circuit cable station, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Jerry Garcia sings and plays guitar
blurry screenshot of the Jerry Garcia Band onstage
newspaper review: Garcia tones too mellow
4/4/76 durham: keith seems a bit more awake this show than other recent gigs, stepping up on many songs, including a sweet RUSSIAN LULLABY (bass solo now part of the arrangement it seems). WHO WAS JOHN works up slo-mo steam. pretty gliding AFTER MIDNIGHT tempo […]
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extremely wrinkled ticket stub for Jerry Garcia Band at Lisner Auditorium
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in washington dc. prop comedian uncle vinty opens. tapes, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
4/3/76 washington DC: beautiful passage of quiet detailing in I’LL TAKE A MELODY. RUSSIAN LULLABY gets a bass solo that subtly hands off to guitar. 2 big jams in the late show, opening with 19-minute DON’T LET GO, which doesn’t go out as much as down, skeletal platform for garciaing, piano only […]
Jerry Garcia Band onstage with tape warp
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in new jersey, with the first multi-cam video of the group (from the venue’s in-house camera) providing the only audio of the show. tapes, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Jerry Garcia Draws Tough S.R.O. Crowds
pretty sure this review from the new york daily planet is a dark op of some sort. truly terrible & offputting vibes. rarely seen a rock show look so entirely unappealing. #garciafreaksunite #jg040276 [3/3]
newspaper ad for The Jerry Garcia Band featuring Keith & Donna Godchaux at Waterbury Palace Theater
Jerry Garcia Band onstage in Waterbury, photo by James Anderson
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in connecticut. audience tape by @relixmag.bsky.social co-founder jerry moore, listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
The Jerry Garcia Band onstage in Waterbury
4/1/76 waterbury: wow, okay, so maybe 2 out-facing jam songs *can* co-exist in the JGB repertoire. 16-minute DON’T LET GO closes the early show, though the bright SUGAR MAGNOLIA-like jam is already gone, instead the groove widening for garcia question marks […]
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newspaper ad for Calderone Concert Hall featuring Kingfish and Jerry Garcia Band
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band on long island at the calderone concert hall in hempstead, just a few days after bob weir & kingfish. the debut of “don’t let go” & audience tape with a proper blast of long island dead freak energy: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Jerry Garcia sings and plays guitar, John Kahn plays bass behind him
3/30/76 hempstead: WHO WAS JOHN turns brief corner. closing 1st set, debut of jesse stone’s DON’T LET GO, sounding like it’s been in repertoire forever, earning instant cheer, starting to stretch conversationally when tape cuts off (& bit like SUGAR MAGNOLIA as […]
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two connected ticket stubs for Jerry Garcia Band in St. Louis
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in st. louis. tapes, listening notes, vintage @relixmag.bsky.social review, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Garcia Rock Band Gives Concert at the Ambassador
Concert Review (from Relix): Jerry Garcia Band Ambassador Theater, St. Louis, March 27, 1976
3/27/76 st. louis: i think i’m incapable of getting sick of garcia (& godchaux) doing RUSSIAN LULLABY. FRIEND OF THE DEVIL works up a slow-motion steam. 19-minute LONESOME & A LONG WAY FROM HOME is longest yet, getting to a pretty good boiling point, with some […]
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ripped ticket stub for Jerry Garcia Band in Kansas City
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in kansas city, the one in missouri. audience tape, listening notes, scene reports: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Christopher OShea | Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 Like another poster here, this was the first time | heard Jerry live. The beautiful Music Hall inside the K.C. Municipal Auditorium. So great to hear Jerry in a great sounding venue the first time. Like the other poster, my first GD show was St. Louis 5/15/1977...First K.C. Dead show was 10/28/1977 at Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS...Great way to start my trip. Robert Neuhaus | Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 I got into the Dead while | was in High School, circa 1973-74. Unfortunately | was living in Kansas City, where for some reason the Dead didn't perform for almost 5 years, between late '72 and late '77. It didn't help that the '75 hiatus happened during that time, but getting to see Jerry at this show in ‘76 was such a joy! Hearing Jerry perform songs that | already knew so well was just fantastic. The Music Hall is a beautiful Art Deco venue, well suited to the Garcia Band. And if am not mistaken | think | saw Betty herself behind the house mix console. | did finally see the GD in St. Louis on 5/15/77 and they returned to KC that fall. It was 2 great time period to get on the bus!
3/26/76 kansas city, MO: sweet spidery RUSSIAN LULLABY with some ivy-like godchaux piano. another big piano moment in WHO WAS JOHN, low & ominous. 14-minute LONESOME & A LONG WAY FROM HOME encore, like turning on the full sunshine at the end of the night. taper […]
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This must be peak jam.
...and the music played the band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my-1HAGiytA&t=3300s
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splashy flyer/poster for Jerry Garcia at the Armadillo World Headquarters with illustration of Garcia
newspaper ad for Armadillo World Headquarters
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band at armadillo world headquarters, at the very least not making austin any less weird. 1st of 2 nights with noel redding opening. a fun & pretty punchy audience tape of the late set, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
splashy poster for Jerry Garcia and Armadillo World Headquarters
3/20/76 austin: might be the quality of the audience tape, but pretty zesty-for-’76 garcia tone throughout, spicing up CATFISH JOHN & all the other sleepiness. but not totally sure it’s just the recording quality, even the oft-snoozy 17-minute KNOCKIN’ ON […]
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Music: Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia says Grateful Dead aren't dead -- they are just de-controlled
continuation of Jerry Garcia interview
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in houston, with lucinda williams opening the late show. no tapes, but a review & solid rap with garcia from the houston chronicle. #garciafreaksunite
review, Music: Jerry Garcia, from Houston Post
Jerry Garcia says Grateful Dead aren't dead -- they are just de-controlled
continuation of Jerry Garcia newspaper interview
50 years ago tonight, the #JerryGarcia band in #houston, with lucinda williams opening the late show. no tapes, but a review & solid rap with garcia. #garciafreaksunite #jg031876
ad for Jerry Garcia Band featuring Keith and Donna Godchaux, John Kahn, Ron Tutt, Sunday March 14 at 8PM Ohio Theater
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in columbus. tapes (including recently surfaced 2nd set soundboard), notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
3/14/76 columbus: fanning peak in 15-minute KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR, like slow motion MORNING DEW. AFTER MIDNIGHT semi-lit by early JGB standards. inaudible audience queries; “what kind of question is that?” garcia replies. 15-minute LONESOME & A LONG WAY FROM HOME, 1st extended one on tape […]
blurry photo of Jerry Garcia in motion
blurry backlit photo of Jerry Garcia in motion
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in ohio at oberlin’s finney chapel, with teenage @stevesilberman.bsky.social working as guard at the backstage door. tapes, photos, notes, etc. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Garcia in the Wee Hours newspaper review
Jerry Garcia Band onstage
action shot of Jerry Garcia, blurry and in motion
action shot of Jerry Garcia at Oberlin, backlit in motion
3/13/76 oberlin: solo in opening LET IT ROCK gets pretty good cheer, as does sparkle-achieving near-jam in SITTING IN LIMBO. drifting MOONLIGHT MILE in late set is highlight. 9-minute LONESOME & A LONG WAY FROM HOME gets cut off, but starting to slow down & […]
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ad for Jerry Garcia Band at Cahn Auditorium with cover from Reflections LP
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in illinois at northwestern university, on drummer ronnie tutt’s 38th birthday. audience tapes of early & late shows, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
3/12/76 evanston: early show tape sounds excellent. beautifully lazy CATFISH JOHN, like a damn summer’s day. chompier crowd on the late tape, but also pretty psyched. rare TRAIN TO CRY, 1st since january & 1 of only 2 during the godchaux era (despite or maybe because it’s a song they also did as […]
setlist in Jerry Garcia's handwriting on ripped off notepad sheet 1. Harder They Come (Second That Emotion crossed off) 2. Friend of the Devil 3. After Midnite 4. Moonlite Mile 5. Strange Man 6. I want To Tell You 7. Bros & Sisters 8. How Sweet It Is (Harder They Come crossed out)
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in seattle. “i want to tell you”/“my sisters & brothers” was a major @stevesilberman.bsky.social fave. also a rare handwritten garcia setlist, via @jerrybase.bsky.social. tapes, notes, local press, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
handwritten Jerry Garcia setlist
newspaper review titled "Garcia stultifying"
3/6/76 seattle: closing 1st set, 1st version of bramlett & russell’s LONESOME & A LONG WAY FROM HOME, soon to be a jam vehicle (& cut off on tape tonight), but hitting same bright space as LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER. 13-minute I WANT TO TELL YOU > MY SISTERS […]
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people riding in convertible, captioned: Back to the barn - Kesey drives from Eugene airport as Garcia talks with Ken Babbs (left), veteran of Kesey's Merry Prankster tour in mid-60's.
Ken Kesey holds up plastic cup while Jerry Garcia soundchecks in background
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in eugene, a kesey family joint promoted by the springfield creamery. tape of 2nd set, listening notes, more photos, prankster news (with shot of furthur in ’76), etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
Jerry Garcia sits in convertible between Kens Kesey & Babbs
Ken Kesey holds up drink while Jerry Garcia soundchecks in background
full page of photos, including the bus Furthur
Money, what's that? Kesey'd like some
3/3/76 eugene: keith briefly pushing garcia into bright jam-like place on opening THE WAY YOU DO THE THING YOU DO. rare semi-pro garcia, introducing the band, though skips donna jean! I’LL TAKE A MELODY gets a little drippy. nice closing sequence: 10-minute […]
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