More Garcia? I Second That Emotion!

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30 years ago today...

Jerry Garcia Band October 7, 1978

Keystone Palo Alto Palo Alto, California

1st Set: I Second That Emotion, It's No Use, Knockin' On Heaven's Door,
Mystery Train, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

2nd Set: Tore Up Over You, Let Me Roll It, Gomorrah,
Love In The Afternoon, I'll Be With Thee, Rhapsody In Red

I'm not the best at reviewing Jerry shows from 1978. There's a whole bunch of years that I just feel more at ease with writing about. I don't really know why. It might have to do with the fact that later years are closer to (and include) my own personal JGB (and Dead) experiences rather than this time here.

This recording, while an Audience, is a decent one. It's a tiny bit muddy (or something) but not terribly bad. Part of what makes it more acceptable than not is the lineage. Back in days of analog tape trading, getting a show like this would generally mean 3rd or 4th or 5th or some unknown generation of cassette tape. When quality deteriorates from one person to another, well, that sucks and it just doesn't make for a whole lotta pleasant listening. Some unpleasant listens looked cool on tape lists back then, but because of sub-par quality, they didn't get many listens.

Things in this whole new-fangled digital age are different today. Former tapers have dusted off those old original reels and cassettes and digitalized the recordings right from the masters. No more deterioration of quality from one person to another. How freakin' sweet is that? Average shows that were once somewhat of a chore to listen, sometime the equivalent of watching a horrible meaning that has no place existing on Earth, those recordings are now are okay to listen to. This, 10/7/78, feels like exactly one of those shows.

'78 Garcia doesn't really smoke, at least from what I've heard. It's all well-played but Jerry's kinda laid back, ya know. Keith Godchaux was in the band at this time and there are moments when he just shines, something he doesn't really have that that much of a chance to do with the Grateful Dead.

Let Me Roll It (by Paul McCartney) makes its 6th and Final Appearance here.

Love In The Afternoon really gets into a pretty cool roll that definitely has the crowd noticing.

Donna Godchaux and Maria Muldaur take center stage on I'll Be With Thee. It's time for Jerry to move over here and let the ladies share lead vocals. A soundboard of this version would do it a ton more justice. Then again, with the very cool Rhapsody ending things, a soundboard would do the whole show justice. Vocals throughout are a little distant but the instrumentation is generally not too bad. The end is a great finish but I wish '78 JGB smoked more than this. Ahh well. Still a nice listen, that's for sure.

Source: Audience Master Cassette > CDR > SHN

Audio Quality:

as of 10/7/08: still no Garcia at Archive.org... bastards

so...

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