Jerry Garcia Band
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| Jerry Garcia Band | |
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| Origin | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 1975–1995 |
| Label(s) | Arista, Grateful Dead |
| Associated acts | Grateful Dead Legion of Mary Reconstruction Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band JGB |
| Website | www.dead.net |
| Former members | |
| Jerry Garcia John Kahn Ron Tutt Nicky Hopkins Jimmy Booker Keith Godchaux Donna Godchaux Maria Muldaur Buzz Buchanan Ozzie Allers Johnny de Foncesca Greg Errico Melvin Seals Jimmy Warren Daoud Shaw Essra Mohawk Liz Stires Bill Kreutzmann Jaclyn LaBranch DeeDee Dickerson David Kemper Gloria Jones Gaylord Birch Donny Baldwin |
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The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side-projects until his death in 1995. "The Garcia Band," as it was often referred to by the fans, toured and recorded sporadically throughout its twenty-year existence, often during times when the Grateful Dead was not touring, but also, sometimes overlapping tours during the same periods.
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[edit] History
Over the years, the lineup of the band changed a number of times. The one constant member besides Garcia himself was bassist John Kahn. Melvin Seals had the next longest tenure, serving as keyboardist from 1980 onward. Seals became band leader following Garcia's death and changed the band's name to JGB.
Jerry Garcia's musical interests were famously varied, and this was reflected in the diverse music played by his band. Like the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band played rock music that was influenced by blues, folk, country, and jazz. The band also played rhythm and blues and reggae songs, and rock versions of American roots music. Jerry Garcia notably covered many songs by Bob Dylan with the Jerry Garcia Band. Like the Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band emphasized musical improvisation, and helped create what is now known as jam band music.
During Garcia's lifetime, the Jerry Garcia Band released one studio album, Cats Under the Stars, and one live album, Jerry Garcia Band. Several more live albums were released posthumously.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Cats Under the Stars – 1978
- Jerry Garcia Band – 1991
- How Sweet It Is – 1997
- Don't Let Go – 2001
- Shining Star – 2001
- After Midnight: Kean College, 2/28/80 – 2004
[edit] Pure Jerry releases by the Jerry Garcia Band
- Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977 – 2004
- Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987 – 2004
- Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, The Best of the Rest, October 15–30, 1987 – 2004
- Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989 – 2005
- Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978 – 2005
- Coliseum, Hampton, VA, November 9, 1991 (with Bruce Hornsby) – 2006
[edit] Personnel
Following are the lineups for the Jerry Garcia Band's live performances.[1][2]
| August 5, 1975 – December 31, 1975 |
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| January 9, 1976 – January 10, 1976 |
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| January 26, 1976 – August 12, 1977 |
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| November 15, 1977 – November 3, 1978 |
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| October 7, 1979 – March 27, 1980 |
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| July 18, 1980 – November 16, 1980 |
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| December 20, 1980 – June 1, 1981 |
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| June 25, 1981 – November 19, 1981 |
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| December 17, 1981 – September 7, 1982 |
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| October 13, 1982 – October 24, 1982 |
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| October 28, 1982 – June 5, 1983 |
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| July 20, 1983 – August 28, 1984 |
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| September 15, 1984 – September 28, 1985 |
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| October 7, 1985 – February 2, 1986 |
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| February 21, 1986 – November 19, 1993 |
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| April 4, 1994 – April 23, 1995 |
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[edit] References
- ^ DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists, by John W. Scott, Mike Dolgushkin, and Stu Nixon, 1999, DeadBase, ISBN 1-877657-22-0
- ^ The Jerry Site - Band Members
[edit] External links
- Jerry Garcia official website
- Grateful Dead official website
- JGB official website
