Jerry Garcia & John Kahn
The Tower Theatre
Upper Darby, PA
1984-11-21
Source: Cassette Master/Soundboard -> Nakamichi DR-1 Cassette Deck -> Tascam DA-P1 DAT
Transferred in 2003 by Dan McGonagle (Darkstar Dan) + Azimuth adjust by Betty Cantor-Jackson
Transferred in 2023 by Dan McGonagle (Darkstar Dan) - DAT/SBD 16bit/44.1Khz
Set I
01. Tuning
02. Deep Elem Blues
03. Friend of the Devil
04. I've Been All Around This World
05. Simple Twist of Fate
Set II
01. Tuning
02. Run For the Roses
03. Jack-A-Roe
04. Gomorrah
05. Birdsong
06. Good Night, Irene
March - 2023:
About 20 years ago in 2003, I worked a little bit with Harry Popick, along regularly with Betty Cantor-Jackson at Glide Memorial Church in SF. [www.glide.org]
Betty and Harry both worked for the Grateful Dead in their careers. He as their monitor engineer from 1976-1995 and Betty as recording engineer and producer since 1968. Harry was also the sound engineer for the Jerry Garcia Band circa 1976 - 1986.
With Betty’s blessings, Harry one day gave me a couple of shoeboxes of Jerry Garcia Band soundboard masters, circa 1984-1986. Per her request, I held on to these or played copies as a dj for a weekly Grateful Dead Night at a place called "Nickie's" at 460 Lower Haight St in SF. But that was about it.
Recently while dusting a shelf, I noticed an old DAT of one these Jerry Garcia Band shows and I thought it's silly they’re still not in circulation.
I have transferred some and will soon be uploading. These are the masters that haven’t circulated to date, so it’ll be fun to hear something new. They vary in sound.
Attached is a picture of Betty retrieving what I had left of those tapes as to store in her care[Early 2022]. The other is Harry at work on monitor sound.
Of the tapes, the ones from this box I transferred 24 bit via Nakamichi DR1 to Sound Devices MixPre6. The ones I did 20 years ago and then gave back to Betty, are 16-bit on DAT. Betty tends NOT to give back things she takes away so that is that.
I hope you enjoy! Cheers.
*-Dan McGonagle
3/21/23
dan@MediaOneAudio.com