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50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & #MerlSaunders in berkeley with #SarahFulcher on vocals & #Journey guitarist #GeorgeTickner. not even 50 minutes of the late set, but fun stuff with a still-mysterious wordless tune. soundboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FWICu6vwY8
@FateMusic breaks it down: http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2011/09/ln-jg1973-03-07jgmss2p-48minssbd.html [1/3]
3/7/73 keystone berkeley: still-unidentified 20-minute R&B tune, garcia & fulcher returning to sweet wordless chorus a bunch of times. some have suggested that it’s o.c. smith’s LITTLE GREEN APPLES & the vibe is similar for sure, but the one part of the song that garcia/fulcher emphatically repeat isn’t featured in the original. have a suggestion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf--CMhJO_c
cool to hear tickner hold his own playing co-lead with garcia, especially on 28-minute MERL’S TUNE > GEORGIA ON MY MIND. [2/3]
1st taped MERL’S TUNE, probably john white’s HELP US OUT from 1971, on which merl played & later claimed a co-authorship & title on his own 1991 live album. flowing into wild & mostly coherent free-edging conversation. “well the light is on as you all know, so we have to call a close to the evening’s festivities,” says garcia, genuinely bummed to have to stop playing with his side gig at whatever wee hour it is. seems like they might keep playing anyway? #garciafreaksunite #jg030773 [3/3]