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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Great American String Band, 1974


This post is two shows from The Great American String Band. Another Jerry Garcia side project. It only lasted a short time in this configuration. I can only find seven documented shows that they played. This appears to be a continuation of the Old And In The Way idea with Garcia on banjo and Grisman on mandolin. This band then eventually morphed into the first configuration of the David Grisman Quintet. Already at this point they are doing several songs that would be some of the David Grisman Quintet's standards.
Great American String Band
Pilgrimage Theater
Hollywood, CA
April 20, 1974
Soundboard Master Reel

01. Intro & tune up
02. Limehouse Blues
03. Dawg's Bull
04. My Plastic Banana Isn't Stupid
05. Swing '42
06. Coloured Aristocracy
07. Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms (1)
08. Dawg's Rag
09. I'll Be A Gambler If You Deal The Cards
10. Midnight At The Oasis (1)
11. Sweet Georgia Brown (1)
12. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1)

Show sponsored by McCabes Music Store
They are introduced as the Great American Music Band at this show.

David Grisman - Mandolin
Richard Greene - Fiddle
David Nictern - Guitar, Vocals
Taj Mahal - Bass, Vocals
Jerry Garcia - Banjo
Maria Mauldar - Vocals (1)

Mp3/256k
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Great American String Band
Keystone
Berkeley, CA
6/12/74
Soundboard

Disc One 39:15
Set I
1. Colored Aristocracy [3:42] [0:07]
2. Cedar Hill [3:35] [2:21]
3. I'll Be A Gambler If You Deal The Cards [2:19] [1:17]
4. My Plastic Banana Is Not Stupid [3:07] [1:33]
5. Moonlight Waltz [5:51] [0:07]
6. Swing '42 [5:12] [1:04]
7. Methodist Preacher [4:29] [0:55]
8. Limehouse Blues [3:25] [0:08]

Disc Two 51:59
Set II
1. Bud's Bounce [3:12] [0:32]
2. Dawg's Bull [2:27] [1:00]
3. Russian Lullaby [7:06] [0:20]
4. Virgin's Lament [5:29] [0:36]
5. Sheik of Araby [5:31] [0:41]
6. Billy Of The Lowgrounds [3:23] [0:55]
7. Dawg's Rag [6:59] [0:42]
8. Sweet Georgia Brown [4:52] [1:51]
9. Swing '42 [6:06] [0:12]

Jerry Garcia - banjo, vocals
David Grisman - mandolin, vocals
David Nichtern - guitar, vocals
Richard Greene - fiddle
Buell Neidlinger - bass


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2 comments:

  1. I guess I was # 99901. I found you last week and I must say you put on quite a show. These GASB are something I never knew about. I've got a some of the older "Old & In The Way", but this is really nice to hear something new. Also wanted to say congrats on the 100,000 mark and keep up the search.

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  2. I'd like to echo matches comment. These are new to me too. Very many thanks. Len

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