jesse jarnow50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & merl saunders in #NewJersey at the capitol theatre. audience tape of late show only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EMLBpaCEc [1/2]
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11/9/74 passaic: after recording chuck berry’s LET IT ROCK earlier in the year for “compliments of...” & playing it once with the dead, the 1st circulating version with garcia/saunders, snappier & more country-ish than the album (or the dead version). a solo staple through ’95. if being generous with segue marks, 18-minute LA LA > PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND, a nice move from busy to mellow, LA LA getting to some fluid places but never quite opening. #garciafreaksunite #jg110974 [2/2]
Todd Ellenberg@bourgwick saw them the following night in Albany, first time seeing Garcia apart from the Dead. Great show..: