"Turn up Vassar. Always more fiddle."

11-4-73 Gym, California State College Sonoma setlist & soundboard mp3 download a.k.a. 11/4/73 aka 11/04/73 aka 73-11-04
35 Years (and a day) Ago Tonight...



Old & In The Way ~ November 4, 1973
Gymnasium ~ California State College Sonoma
Rohnert Park, California

Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, John Kahn,
Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements

Goin' To The Races, Catfish John, Eating Out Of Your Hand,
Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Land Of The Navajo, Jerry's Breakdown,
Panama Red, Pig In A Pen, Fanny Hill, Hobo Song,
Wild Horses, White Dove, Lonesome L.A. Cowboy,
Driftin' Too Far From The Shore, Wicked Path Of Sin,
Knockin' On Your Door, Uncle Pen, High Lonesome Sound,
Just A Tramp On The Street*, All Around The Watertank*,
Midnight Moonlight, Orange Blossom Special

* with Ramblin' Jack Elliott
School is now called Sonoma State University. Show originally scheduled for Oct 7.

Hey now it's me, Sugarmag. I'm real tired tonight so I'm going to keep this short and sweet, but I wanted to write a few comments about this show and post it because I already uploaded it and I wanted you to have it. Old and In the Way, if you don't know, was one of Jerry Garcia's side projects back in the early seventies. It was a bluegrass band with David Grisman (who played lots of shows and recorded several albums with Jerry), Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, and John Kahn (who was in Jerry Garcia Band and Legion of Mary). Around this same time Jerry was playing a lot of shows with Merle Saunders, it would be interesting to listen to a show with Merle from around this time as well, I'll see what I can find.

This show was recorded just a few weeks after the three official Old and In the Way live albums-Old and In the Way, High Lonesome Sound, and Breakdown and it includes a lot of the same songs and is very similar. This music is so good! These guys were amazing musicians and they played spectacularly in this performance. My favorite song on here is Orange Blossom Special-Vassar Clements is amazing! I also really like Jerry's Breakdown, Wicked Path of Sin, and High Lonesome sound, but looking over the list, all the other songs are just as good. It's all good stuff.

I first met Peter Rowan on the school grounds at Union Grove, North Carolina in 1963. The following year, Garcia and I crossed paths in the parking lot at Sunset Park in West Grove, Pennsylvania. Back then, we were all on a quest, searching for that "high lonesome sound" of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, and other idols (Vassar, among them). The music on this disc (Old and In the Way), recorded live at a gig, embodies the spirit of that original Blue Grass quest, and a genuine affection for that superlative acoustic blend of banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, string bass and voices. We hope you dig.
-David Grisman 1974

This show, recorded just a month later, captures the same spirit and energy that you find on the officially released albums. I hope you dig.

Source: Master Soundboard Reel> CD

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As of 11/4/2008 there is no Garcia at Archive.org...
no downloading, no listening. What a tragedy.

Download It Right Here WAIT... if you enjoy these tunes and you're happy the download is here for you, then come back and leave a comment! Old & In The Way -- 11/4/73 -- Cal State Sonoma

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