50 years ago today, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders make their east coast debut in #nyc (with #BillKreutzmann on drums), playing a hells angels’ party on the s.s. bay belle, on a bill with bo diddley & elephant’s memory. some footage included in the “hells angels forever” documentary, all other audio claiming to be this show is misdated. the 1st sighting (but possibly not the debut) of garcia’s new wolf guitar by doug irwin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPlApXtcNI #garciafreaksunite #jg090573

50 years ago this evening, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in #berkeley, the 2nd/last night of recording for their “live at keystone” album. starting track 14: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljZ7Y43GwpXfoYJE2SMkaALgfdmvzSBYQ
thanks to @FateMusic for doing the heavy lifting on figuring out which tracks are from which nights. http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2010/01/jgms-july-11-1973-keystone-berkeley-ca.html [1/3]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders & co. begin recording their “live at keystone” 2xLP in #berkeley, released the next year by fantasy. after the initial “live at keystone,” fantasy released almost everything else from these 2 shows starting in 1989. audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljZ7Y43GwpXfoYJE2SMkaALgfdmvzSBYQ
for more on this project, dig into our “garcia ’73” deadcast: https://www.dead.net/deadcast/here-comes-sunshine-garcia-73 [1/3]

50 years ago today, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders & co. in sausalito, a live KSAN session at the record plant. already garcia’s 3rd visit of the year, 3 weeks before the “wake of the flood” sessions start there. wonder if they considered this the 1st session for the garcia/saunders album, like how they drew “lonely avenue” from the pacific high broadcast for saunders’ “fire up.” audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYoMdlGuFyU [1/2]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders at the lion’s share in san anselmo, warming up for their live album sessions, plus a mystery trumpet player. released in its entirety as “garcialive, vol. 6”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuEhcg0tDjI&list=PLIJmYQvaDU3Fdwn95vwNVB2nEPxk5ExRT
@FateMusic details the show & attempts to identify the trumpet player: http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2011/06/ln-jg1973-07-05jgmsallsbd.html [1/3]

50 years ago this week, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders play outside northern california for the 1st time, 2 nights at the ash grove in #LA, legendary folk club of yore where garcia used to see bluegrass. presumably booked around the dead’s canceled gig at the ontario motor speedway on the 27th. no george tickner, despite flyer. often labeled as “5/23,” probably this is the late set from 5/30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdTFBO77gQs
@FateMusic's notes: http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2009/10/jerry-garcia-and-merl-saunders-ash.html [1/2]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in palo alto, the last of 5 known appearances with founding #journey guitarist george tickner, a last minute replacement gig after the dead reschedule a trio of northwest shows for later in june when billy kreutzmann cuts his finger. audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFb-mDnuSQ4 [1/2]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in palo alto, with the full expanded quintet feat. sarah fulcher & george tickner.
soundboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4tC2X2aMI
@FateMusic gets into it: http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2012/04/ln-jg1973-05-04jgmsallsbd.html #garciafreaksunite #050473 [1/2]

🔊 #NowPlaying on fip

Merl Saunders:
🎵 Scarborough street fair

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50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in berkeley with #SarahFulcher on vocals & #Journey guitarist #GeorgeTickner. not even 50 minutes of the late set, but fun stuff with a still-mysterious wordless tune. soundboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWICu6vwY8
@FateMusic breaks it down: http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2011/09/ln-jg1973-03-07jgmss2p-48minssbd.html [1/3]

50 years ago tonight, the 3rd of 3 nights with #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders with singer sarah fulcher at the boarding house in san francisco. “the merle [sic] saunders experience” as the tapes put it. tonight's dinner special is beef burgundy. all ages, too! soundboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6WJqKqI6Bk
go *deep* with @FateMusic: https://jgmf.blogspot.com/2012/07/ln-jg1973-01-25jgmsearly.html
coincidentally, the same room where the #gratefuldead recorded the “golden road” single in ’67, as @Corry342 explores: https://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2014/02/jerry-garcia-recording-studio-history.html [1/3]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders with vocalist sarah fulcher in san francisco (no tom fogerty, who played his last gig with the band in december). the middle night of 3 & the 1st time 3 consecutive garcia/saunders shows have been taped. impressive repertoire for a side band, with some songs repeated over 3 nights but many not. tonight’s special is pork chops. soundboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f3AF4OfTqA [1/2]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in san francisco, with sarah fulcher on vocals, no tom fogerty despite the flyer. tonight's dinner special is stuffed veal bird. this show didn’t come into circulation until the release of “garcialive vol. 12” in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kJUl0B-CCPLjScOmF-_z3wAAoV3AM_KjE
i was delighted & honored to write the liner notes for the release. i interviewed both sarah fulcher & merl saunders’s roadie, merl jr., readable here: https://www.discogs.com/release/14565940-Jerry-Garcia-Merl-Saunders-GarciaLive-Volume-12-January-23rd-1973-The-Boarding-House/image/SW1hZ2U6NDc0MDYwNjQ= [1/3]

50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in cotati, their 4th gig of the year & 1st tape with vocalist sarah fulcher. she has a bad rap among garcia-heads, but she was also a fearless improviser & it’s fun listening to these tapes with that in mind & also the extremely low stakes. what do you want at a bar on a monday night in cotati?
ugly-sounding, glitchy with drop-outs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD1PhsylrDM
details etc. via @InstituteJerry: https://jerrybase.com/events/19730115-01 [1/5]

1972-02-06 Pacific High Studio, San Francisco, CA - Jerry Garcia

Just found this on YouTube Music. Gonna have a listen

#JerryGarcia #MerlSaunders

https://jerrygarcia.com/show/1972-02-06-pacific-high-studio-san-francisco-ca/