Jerry Garcia Band - 1981-08-21 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia Band
1981-08-21
The Keystone
Berkeley, CA 
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
xx. I'll Take A Melody (missing)
01. They Love Each Other
02. After Midnight
03. Russian Lullaby
04. I Second That Emotion >
05. Tangled Up In Blue

2nd Set:
01.  Mission In The Rain
02.  Harder They Come
03.  Let It Rock
04.  Night They Drove Old Dixie Down >
05.  Dear Prudence
06.  Midnight Moonlight

Jerry Garcia Band - 1981-08-21 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Besides the 50 times I saw the Dead live, I attended 4 Jerry Garcia Band concerts in 3 different decades  - in March 1978 at the Capitol Theater, in March 1980, also at the Capitol (a show that has been officially released), in August 1984 at Caldwell College and finally in November 1991 at Madison Square Garden. Garcia solo shows were like Dead concerts in some ways as some songs overlapped, the set lists were unpredictable and the jamming intense, but unlike them in others. Garcia on his own played an amazing variety of covers not found in the Dead;s set lists, broke out some of his rarer solo tunes, and took far more solos than he would when jamming with the Dead. To sum it up, seeing Garcia solo was not seeing the Dead, and vice versa. I have a whole essay on that subject in my just published book! This soundboard recording captures Garcia on his home turf, in Berkeley on August 21, 1981, 39 years ago today, and just 2 months after I graduated from college.  Where do the years go?