Favorite Jerrry Garcia Band Show

6-16-82

I like some of those 1980 Keystone gigs, too.

Poplar Creek 1989 - last show of tour that C Clemons was sitting in, they absolutely blew the doors off in the first set. Jerry doing super aggressive distorted playing all through the set. Let it Rock and Let's Spend the Night Together both WAAAY over the top

First show back after his coma, 10/4/86 at the Stone. That was a time! Intense happiness...

Jerry Garcia

John Kahn

Melvin Seals

David Kemper

Jaclyn LaBranch

Gloria Jones
 

Set 1

Get Out Of My Life Woman

Forever Young

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

When I Paint My Masterpiece

Love In The Afternoon >

Deal

Set 2

Cats Under The Stars

Mission In The Rain

Reuben And Cherise

That Lucky Old Sun

Dear Prudence >

Tangled Up In Blue

8/14/94 and 7/26/81 are my top 2 right now.

Im looking forward to listening to the shows people are gonna post in this thread. Thanks for creating this one, Bluelight!

Weird, Bluelight. After reading the Montauk thread I was going to ask

you if you went to that Good Skates show. Sounds like a barn burner in

a strange venue.

   It's too hard for me to pick one show, but one of the most intense I attended was the

4-30-92 Warfield "riot" show. Just a wild vibe in the air that night which led to some

heavy music. An unforgettable night.

2-13-81 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

early & late shows

Another from that Sept '89 Tour, The return of Second That Emotion and Lonesome & A Long Way From Home to the rotation.....

09/03/89 The Spectrum

Set 1: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You, Stop That Train, Someday Baby, Run For The Roses, I Shall Be Released, My Sisters And Brothers, Deal
Set 2: The Harder They Come, Mission In The Rain, Think, I Second That Emotion, Waiting For A Miracle, That Lucky Old Sun, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home

JG looks to be in fine form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHUDUU6Jcw

A question that begs for complex answers...

East Coast (for me):

6/16/82 Music Mountain, South Fallsburg, PA 
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Valerie, Let It Rock, Deal 
II: Roadrunner, Love In The Afternoon, Don't Let Go, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Run For The Roses 

^Absolutely epic formative experience.  Like a Mini Woodstock with folks abandoning their vehicles and waking in due to traffic.
Incredible - show but damp with rain falling when JGB finished and Bobby and The Midnites took over.
My memory + the tapes validate the amazingness of this one ....
Stream:
http://ia601408.us.archive.org/31/items/jgb1983-11-26/jgb1983-11-26.mp3?...

6/24/82 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 
(Early) How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, Valerie, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Second That Emotion, Mississippi Moon, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Tangled Up In Blue 
(Late) Sugaree, They Love Each Other, Love In The Afternoon, It's No Use, Let It Rock, Simple Twist Of Fate, Dear Prudence, Run For The Roses E: Deal 

I've tried in vain to find a video of the It's No Use from this amazing show at the Passaic Capitol.  I grew up seeing shows here.
Besides the incredible performance, and all the great songs, my best pal couldn't hold his "L" and much to my surprise - during "It's No Use," he stood up in our 10th row orchestra seats and without saying a word, walked down the center aisle, past the sizeable security goink, hopped up onto the stage and politely patted Garcia on the back.  He was gently ushered to a backstage door and ejected by security.   We found him after the late show in a gyrating tizzy in a dark alley behind the theater.  I asked him WTF was up?  His simple answer was, "It's No Use, so I left..."
Stream:
http://ia902706.us.archive.org/29/items/jgb1983-12-10earlylateCapitolThe...

11/26/83 Forum, Binghamton, NY
(Early) How Sweet It Is, They Love Each Other, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Valerie, Second That Emotion, Run For The Roses, Deal 
(Late) I: Cats Under The Stars, Mission In The Rain, Love In The Afternoon, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Mississippi Moon, Rhapsody In Red II: How Sweet It Is, Gomorrah, Midnight Moonlight 

Me and my peeps hopped in the car  - Saturday afternoon after Thanksgiving and headed to Binghamton, NY where we bought orchestra tix at the Box Office prior to early (and late) sets.  We literally sat on the Kettle drums in the orchestra pit at Garcia's feet and had our minds blown....
Stream:
http://ia601408.us.archive.org/31/items/jgb1983-11-26/jgb1983-11-26.mp3?...

8/10/84 Rocky Glen Park, Moosic, PA
I: How Sweet It Is, Catfish John, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Love In The Afternoon, Run For The Roses, Deal 
II: Cats Under The Stars, Get Out Of My Life Woman, Gomorrah, Midnight Moonlight 
E: Tangled Up In Blue 

An incredibly fun one in a goofy amusement park near Wilkes Barre, PA.
The gig took place on a floating theater in the middle of the Amusement Park Lake.
I kid you not - it was 90 degrees at 10 PM and tripping heads were literally doing back flips into the water from the floating docs of the theater.
Garcia was smoking the joint with heavy jams...
Stream
http://ia902205.us.archive.org/18/items/jgb1984-08-10/jgb1984-08-10.mp3?...

West Coast:

My first 4 shows in a row as a new resident of CA:

5/27/87 The Stone, San Francisco, CA
I: How Sweet It Is, They Love Each Other, Forever Young, Run For The Roses, And It Stoned Me, My Sisters And Brothers, Deal 
II: The Harder They Come, Simple Twist Of Fate, Evangeline, Think, That Lucky Old Sun, Tangled Up In Blue 

5/28/87 The Stone, San Francisco, CA
I: Cats Under The Stars, Mission In The Rain, Think, Let It Rock, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Tangled Up In Blue 
II: I'll Take A Melody, Stop That Train, I Shall Be Released, Love In The Afternoon, Crazy Love, That Lucky Old Sun, Midnight Moonlight

On the 27th - my first actual day as a citizen of CA I took Bart from Oakland & the 7 Haight Bus to Haight Street.
Like something out of a Grateful Dead Comic Book I was literally dosed by a Haight Street Head (free of charge).
I wandered into GG Park and got lost amongst the prehistoric ferns - when somebody asked me, "are you going to the shows?"
Having no clue I asked which ones?  I was informed Garcia would be playing the Stone on Broadway and with no idea how far it was from GG Park to 
North Beach - I literally walked the 4 miles to Broadway. When I got online to buy a ticket, the guy in front of me was a kid I knew from my elementary school in NJ!
You could, and I did, literally walk up to Jerry and shake his hand in thanks - as the stage was only a foot high!


8/29/87 French's Camp, Eel River, Piercy, CA   
I: Deep Elem Blues, I've Been All Around This World, Friend Of The Devil, Trouble In Mind, Little Sadie, Diamond Joe, Spike Driver Blues, Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie, I'm Troubled, Ripple 
II: How Sweet It Is, Forever Young, Get Out Of My Life Woman, Run For The Roses, And It Stoned Me, My Sisters And Brothers, Deal 
III: The Harder They Come, I Shall Be Released, Think, Evangeline, Gomorrah, Let It Rock, That Lucky Old Sun, Tangled Up In Blue 
(JG Acoustic/Electric Band) 

I pinch myself every time I think about this show - just as I did when I was there - amazed to be in Humboldt - seeing Acoustic and Electric Jerry during harvest!
This was the dream I had moving west - that life could be this fun and the musc this good!
Stream:
http://ia902707.us.archive.org/23/items/jgb1987-08-29/jgb1987-08-29.mp3?...

8/30/87 Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA 
I: Cats Under The Stars, Mission In The Rain, Stop That Train, Dear Prudence, Evangeline, I Shall Be Released, My Sisters And Brothers, Tangled Up In Blue 
II: I'll Take A Melody, Think*, Knockin' On Heaven's Door*, And It Stoned Me, That Lucky Old Sun, Midnight Moonlight 
(*w/Bonnie Raitt; Bonnie Raitt opened)

Garcia w Bonnie Raitt at the Greek - what's not to like!!!?
Stream:
http://ia902604.us.archive.org/14/items/jgb1987-08-30/jgb1987-08-30.mp3?...

Squaw Valley deserves inclusion too....

6/18/82 Cape Cod. Don't Let Go Starts at the 41 min mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKDt9pC1O40

For me no contest 10/31/92 Grate show Grate vibes. The 92 comeback show!!! 

I was at many of the other JGB shows listed above and loved em all but the emotion at The Oakland Colliseum on 10/31/92 was so think you could eat it with a spoon. Jerry was bopping on stage and truly looked happy to be alive and playing music again after the break he took. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN9f3TmpNVc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHgsDPh67TI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60jnMHtNSig

>>09/03/89 The Spectrum

The loudest I've ever heard Jerry, from the first note to the last!

An oldie, and not quite Garcia Band (at least by name). The addition of Butterfield makes this really fun.

Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CA

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, January 19, 1972

SET 1

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry >

Expressway (To Your Heart)

Imagine

That's All Right, Mama

Save Mother Earth*

I Was Made To Love Her*

SHOW NOTES

* w/ Paul Butterfield

Thanks for the reminder about 8/29 and 8/30/87, Treble. Especially 8/29, wow that was fun. Hot, but fun.

No doubt Judit...

that poplar creek show in sept 89 was a grate show . thanks for posting hotnanny. i still think about that show. grate music and grate weather that evening.

also that eel river show was fantastic and HOT!

rocky glen amusement pk 8/10/84. i believe that one is on utube. jerry in bad physical shape but still smokin on guitar. crazy nite

i forget the exact date from southeast music hall atlanta in april of 1975 by the legion of mary. they did a 3 show run in that venue. i think 4/15.

This seems to work for 9/16/89

http://tomorrowsverse.com/story/jerry-garcia-band-with-clarence-clemons-...

thanks for the link!

The only JGB show I saw. 5/17/84, Beverly Hills, CA.

My first one: 1/13/84 at Seattle's Paramount Theater. 

http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1984-01-13-paramount-northwest-theater-seattle-wa/

> 2-13-81 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ <

I was at those shows, what a great night.....those were my first JGB shows!

every warfield show

9/18/76

Ben Light Gymnasium
Ithaca NY

http://www.panicstream.net/vault/jerry-garcia-band-09181976-ithaca-ny/

They Love Each Other
The Way You Do The Things You Do
After Midnight
Mission In The Rain
Stir It Up
Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Sugaree
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Tore Up Over You
A Strange Man
Midnight Moonlight
Friend Of The Devil
Ride the Mighty High

I don't know. How many are there? 

2.11.81 Palladium NYC. 

https://youtu.be/Lx6NHMKztOo

I'm A Sucker For 1992

11/20/91 is etched in my mind.

https://themidnightcafe.org/2017/04/13/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-jerry-ga...

First one I went to still stands out sentimentally -- 05/23/81

So grateful I got in at those little Bay Area clubs before Jerry got too big to play them.

Not a particular favorite due to the NY Rage and Sardine Packed Factor - but the Roseland Run in '83 was pretty off the hook performance-wise.

Great photo Hed.

I also loved my first JGB show.

5-26-83   Rochester Auditorium Theater.

Jerry at the Tower was always a good time......................something about that building.........

Jerry at the Tower was always a good time......................something about that building.........

had to say it twice!!!

My first Jerry show was at the Tower in '84. It was Garcia/Kahn acoustic, with Bobby & the Midnights and Steve Morse Band to open (I think?).

Jerry was in horrible shape, and probably played less than 90 minutes over the two sets.

My first JGB was at the Orpheum in SF circa early '89ish? They broke out Let's Spend the Night Together. Good shoe. Stayed with friends at the San Franciscan Hotel across the street. Sketchy sketch!

Caught another run at the Orpheum later that year with Clarence Clemons sit in.

Last ones for me were Easter weekend '95 at the Warfield. I remember a very good Positively 4th Street and He Ain't Give You None. Both surprises.

>>> every warfield show >>>

Good answer,Turtle.

That said, NOTHING ever topped Boston Orpheum 2-15-80 for me. The  After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby Jam > After Midnight  that was later made famous by the Kean College CD release was played here and BLEW OUR MINDS. The Harvard chemistry students selling their purple wares in the men's room certainly enhanced the experience considerably...

http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1980-02-15-orpheum-theater-boston-ma-2/

It was also the first time I ever heard a cassette of a show being played back immediately after the performance as we walked through the Boston Commons...

The (recent release) Milwaukee 1991 show was a fine performance as well as Poplar Creek 1989.

Squaw Valley 1991 was my first time visiting California and the second day was my only acoustic show. Too bad the wind on the mountain messed with the sound.

I wish i could remember the date, but a Keystone Palo Alto show that was advertised on the wrong date in the Pink Pages (early form of internet). There were 50 people at the most.  People lined up for the payphone to call friends. Funny little Palo Alto night. 

did anybody see this one?

Jerry Garcia Band w/ Phil Lesh
Fairfax Pavilion; Fairfax, CA
8/22/81

MAC > CD > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN
Taped by Jim Vita at the soundboard,
Nak CM-300s w/ CP-4 caps > Sony TC-D5m
master cassette > HHb 800 CDRx0 > CDx? >
EAC > re-tracking using CD Wave > SHN
using mkwACT. Proper sector boundaries
verified using shntool.

Single Disc (7) 74:02
-Set I-
1. Crowd & Tuning [0:55]
2. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You [7:30] [0:37]
3. Mission In The Rain [9:27] [0:19]
4. Sugaree [10:43] [0:19]
5. Tangled Up In Blue [8:12] [0:30]
-Set II-
6. I'll Take A Melody [12:43] [0:23]
7. The Harder They Come [11:50] [0:40]
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door [9:59] [0:04]
(missing Midnight Moonlight)

Notes:
Entire show with Phil Lesh on bass.
t05 Tangled Up in Blue anomaly @ 5:21, unsure what it is.
t07 Melody quick anomalies @ 9:28, 9:29, 9:43.
Missing show-closing Midnight Moonlight.

Nope, no one was there.

Thats What Love Will Make You Do !!!!        11/23/77 Waterbury Conn.......!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kqQbKJfoM   How Sweet It Is       

this 2/28/80 kean is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6_3T8wQyjU

Agree with Turtle on the Warfield shows. Caught about 20 and each one was like wow, an experience you cannot buy.

Most fun was the Halloween '92 show in Oak. GD energy combined with welcome-back-love mixed with Halloween weirdness.

Before my time but if I had to pick a set, 2/29/80 Calderone Hall in fucking Hempstead NY. It's everything JGB should be. Step up. Yes indeed.

Interesting to see that prime JGB comes about ten years after prime GD. 

Very good thread with some damn fine links. Thanks

I love...love...love... this one. 

French's Camp on the Eel River

Piercy, CA

August 10, 1991

SET LIST

SET 1

The Way You Do The Things You Do

And It Stoned Me

You Never Can Tell [C'est La Vie]

Waiting For A Miracle

Struggling Man

My Sisters And Brothers

Deal

SET 2

Shining Star

Think

Lay Down Sally

Twilight

See What Love Can Do

Lazy Bones

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

The 13 night Broadway JGB / Almost Acoustic run at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1987 was "Magic"
 

Not sure if solo Jerry counts as JGB, but 4-10-82 was extra special

http://www.concertvault.com/jerry-garcia-band/video/reuben-and-cerise_2147003373.html

Another non-band show that was pretty fun was Garcia and Kahn acoustic at South Eugene High School, June 1982. I think it was 6/5 and 6/6, I only went to the first one.

Jerry Garcia Band
11-04-1981
Palace Theater
Albany, NY

My first JGB show in college. No lying to my parents or asking for permission just dose and go!! I met spanishjam A.K.A. KK at this show. 

Also my first show or shows , not sure if early and late show count as 1 or 2 lol....2/29/80 at The Calderone in Hempstead were rippers plus had the Hunter sit in for Tiger Rose-Promentory Rider which was really good.I had no idea what to expect so when he played songs like Dear Prudence and Tangled Up In Blue (favorites of mine by the Beatles & Dylan) I was stoked! 

I went to a lot of the shows highlighted here on this thread. Hands down, the Chance shows in Poughkeepsie. Or as Rick said during his opening solo acoustic sets, welcome to Jerry's livingroom. 

What up Howie!! I would not have been The Eggman if it was not for you. Hope all is well in your world...The Eggman 

I don't think this show was mentioned, I was not there (I was at JGB on the Eel river 8/10/91 though!) but it is an *amazing* show for the time period. 8/13/84 Hampton Beach Casino 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqVi7XjzsPE

Not all my Jerry stubs. 

More. 

The Good Skates show was actually played on the 18th. 

Some more. 

5/31/83 "Heat stroke" show at Roseland.

That 93 MSG show with David Murray.

An 80s Felt Forum show that I literally remember no specifics of, except what a great time I had.

When I first read the thread title I thought of the Good Skates show.  The New Haven show with Bobby and the Midnights opening mentioned above was great too! Acoustic with John Kahn in Oswego NY was a great one.

No it wasn't. Jerry was in Chicago opening for Frank Zappa on 8.18.84>>

My error, originally scheduled for 8/14, played 8/16. 

Labor Day 1981.