Sweetness

Jerry Garcia Band -- February 18, 1978
Veteran's Memorial Auditorium
San Rafael, California

1st Set: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), Catfish John,
That's What Love Will Make You Do,
Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Mystery Train

Set 2: Midnight Moonlight, Love In The Afternoon, Tore Up Over You,
I'll Take A Melody, Lonesome And A Long Way From Home

I haven't got much to say about this show. Why's that. It's outstanding from first note to last. Jerry's solo in Catfish John is hot. Keith's solo in That's What Love Will Make You Do is brilliant! That continues all throughout every single song -- Jerry shines with one solo after another. John Kahn's bass is generally kinda low in the mix but the way Jerry & Keith play together at times -- mmm! Lonesome And A Long Way From Home delves into some nice spacey jamming. At over 22 minutes, there's plenty of room here to get lost in improv a la some of the finest Grateful Dead. Pure sweetness.

Sound quality starts out near-CD like. The soundboard switches to an Audience source for both Love In The Afternoon and Tore Up and a few minutes of Lonesome & a Long Way From Home ... but it's a High Quality AUD with exceptional sound for an Aud: clear instrumentation, Jerry's vocals are pretty much right there, and there's very little crowd noise. Overall I give 4 stars to the recording quality (knocked down a bit because of the mixed sources) but those songs that are from the soundboard are definitely 4½ in my subjective opinion... and I know that for some people I can be a little liberal when I grade the quality of the recording but trust me, it's nice!)

Source: Soundboard> Cassette Master> ?> DAT> CD (see text file for more info) Audio Quality:	Jerry Garcia Band 2/18/78 @ Archive.org: as of Dec. 28, 2008, there is still NO Garcia at The Archive.
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