…features the complete original record remastered by David Grisman, plus outtakes and alternate versions (including two previously unreleased tracks) from Dawg’s vault.
The second full-length collaborative effort between Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) and David Grisman (mandolin, mando-cello, tenor banjo, vocals) is arguably their most endearing as well. Just as its title suggests, Not for Kids Only (1993) is an album of folkie standards and traditional tunes that is — as Grisman so eloquently depicts in his liner notes — “our answer to ‘Barney.'”
The material chosen is comprised of songs they had undoubtedly encountered at one time or another during their respective careers, both of which were deeply rooted in…
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Live at the Warfield celebrates the Jerry Garcia Band’s magical three-night run at their beloved Bay Area home on February 28th, March 1st, & March 2nd, 1991. This 6-CD collection, newly mastered from soundboard recordings, features every note from all six complete sets-along with a few the audience likely never heard.
The band always seemed to be having fun on stage, and that energy is felt from the runs opening notes, with a particularly bubbly rendition of “The Way You Do the Things You Do” kicking things off. Highlights from February 28 include a primo “You Never Can Tell,” a dynamite duo of “My Sisters and Brothers” and “Deal” to close the first set, and soulful takes on “Waiting for a Miracle,” “Stop That Train,” and “Midnight Moonlight.”
First time on vinyl! Originally released as a 2xCD set in 2001, Don’t Let Go features the Jerry Garcia Band’s complete performance from May 21st, 1976 at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre.
Recorded live at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre on May 21, 1976, this release captures the Jerry Garcia Band with Grateful Dead bandmates Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux, plus John Kahn and Ron Tutt.
Driven by infectious grooves, soulful harmonies, and heavy doses of improv, this show reveals the band’s boundless creativity.
Highlights include an exploratory “Don’t Let Go,” a funky “That’s What Love Will Make You Do,” plus extended jams on “After Midnight” and “Lonesome and a Long Way from Home.”