Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival, San Rafel, CA. April 27th and 28th, 1974 (SBD)

 

Here is a cool bit of history. This is four CDs of a bluegrass festival from Marin County that has Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Doc Watson, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, John Hartford and a bunch more. Garcia plays in the five Old And In The Way songs but is also in a buch of others. He is in close to thirty songs of this festival.

Golden State Country Bluegrass Festival

Golden State College, San Rafael, CA

1974-04-27 & 28

Golden State College

San Rafael, CA

Soundboard

Disc1

01: Old Joe Clark(Cornbread)

02: I Don't Believe You Met My Baby(Cornbread)

03: Fire On The Mountain(Cornbread)

04: I've Been Everywhere(Homestead Act)

05: Take Five(Homestead Act)

06: Way Down In Georgia(Homestead Act)

07: Chime Bells(Homestead Act)

08: Diggy Liggy Lo(Homestead Act)

09: The Foggy Mountain Breakdown(Homestead Act)

10: Jambalaya(Emmylou Harris with Angel Band)

11: Instrumental(Tut Taylor And Norman Blake)

12: Southern Railroad Blues(Tut Taylor and Norman Blake)

13: Footprints Through The Snow(Doc & Merle Watson)

14: Man Walking On The Water > Keep on the Sunny Side(Doc & Merle Watson)

15: Wabash Cannonball(Doc & Merle Watson)

16: Mule's Done Gone Away(Jim And Jesse McReynolds)

17: Are You Missing Me(Jim And Jesse McReynolds)

18: Poor Boy Blues(Doc & Merle Watson)

19: Wabash Cannonball(Doc & Merle Watson)

20: Salt Creek(Doc & Merle Watson)

21: Tennessee Stud(Doc & Merle Watson)

22: My Plastic Banana is Not Stupid(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

23: Dawg's Rag(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

24: I'll Be The Gambler If You'll Deal The Cards(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

Disc2

01: Sweet Georgia Brown(Great American String Band Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

02: Bear Tracks(The Hired Hands)

03: Standin' On The Mountain(Buck White And The Down Homers)

04: Pick Away(Jim And Jesse McReynolds And The Virginea Boys)

05: Cotton Mill Man(Jim And Jesse McReynolds And The Virginea Boys)

06: The River Of Jordan(Jim And Jesse McReynolds And The Virginea Boys)

07: Mabeline(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

08: Johnny B. Goode(Great American String Band,Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Richard Green, Taj Mahal, David Nichtern)

09: Dueling Banjo's(Jim & Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys)

10: Instrumental(Norman Blake)

11: Intrumental(Norman Blake)

12: The Wreck Of The Old 97(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

13: Catfish John(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

14: Love Letters In The Sand(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

15: Shackles And Chains(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

16: Prisoner Song(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

17: Jimmy Brown(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

18: I Wonder How the Old Folks Are At Home(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

19: Man Walkin' On The Water(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

20: Keep On The Sunny Side(Tut Taylor,Norman Blake, & Mac Wiseman)

21: Jesus Loves His Mandolin Player #1(Frank Wakefield with Jerry Garcia)

22: Heartbreak Hotel(Frank Wakefield with Jerry Garcia)

23: Orange Blossom Special(Frank Wakefield with Jerry Garcia)

24: Doc Bog's Country Blues(Doc & Merle Watson)

25: Movin' On(Doc & Merle Watson)

26: Wabash Cannonball(Doc & Merle Watson)

27: Tennessee Stud(Doc & Merle Watson)

Disc 3

01: Talking Fishing Blues(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)

02: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)

03: Down The Line(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)

04: Pretty Boy Floyd(Ramblin' Jack Elliot)

05: Dixie Breakdown(Doug Dillard & Frank Wakefield)

06: Tulane And Johnny(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

07: Cosmic Cowboy(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

08: Jambalaya(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

09: Sally Goodin(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

10: Battle Of New Orleans(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

11: Teardrops In My Eyes(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

12: Bonie Maronie(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

13: Randy Lynn Rag(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

14: Flint Hill Special(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

15: Mr. Bojangles(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

16: Honky Tonkin'(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

17: Diggy Liggy Lo(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

18: Will The Circle Be Unbroken(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

19: Way Downtown Fooling Around(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

20: Down Yonder(Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jerry Garcia

Disc 4

01: High Lonesome Sound(Old And In The Way)

02: Pig In A Pen(Old And In The Way)

03: Panama Red(Old And In The Way)

04: Wild Horses(Old And In The Way)

05: The Hobo Song(Old And In The Way)

06: Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie(John Hartford & Friends)

07: Turn Your Radio On(John Hartford & Friends)

08: Electric Washing Machine(John Hartford & Friends)

09: Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew(John Hartford & Friends)

10: Boogie > Jelly Bean Psychedelic Song (John Hartford & Friends)

11: Steam Powered Aereo Plane (John Hartford & Friends)

12: Wheel Hoss(John Hartford & Friends)

13: Peacock Rag(John Hartford & Friends)

14: Foggy Mountain Breakdown(John Hartford & Friends)

Mp3/320K

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Jazz Is Dead, with special guests Vasar Clements and Derek Trucks, Boulder, CO, 4-14-1999 (SBD)

Here is another amazing recording of Jazz Is Dead featuring Jimmy Herring in guitar, with special guests Vassar Clements on violin and Derek Trucks on guitar.   This is the second of two shows played at the Fox Theater.  And just like the first on I posted this has some super fine playing! 

 

Jazz Is Dead
Fox Theatre
Boulder, CO
April 14, 1999

Soundboard

 

Disc 1 - Set 1:
01 Crazy Space >
02 Dark Star (1)
03 Crazy Fingers
04 Drums
05 King Solomon's Marbles
06 Ship Of Fools
07 Cumberland Blues
08 Help On The Way > Slipknot

Disc 2 - Set 2:
01 Mississippi Half Step
02 Let Me Sing My Blues Away
03 Row Jimmy > (2)
04 Stella Blue
05 Here Comes Sunshine > (1,2)
06 Eyes Of The World >
07 Weather Report Suite >
08 Let It Grow

Disc 3 - Set 3:
01 Space >
02 Terrapin Station >
03 Estimated Prophet >
04 Scarlet Begonias >
05 Terrapin Station
06 band intros & encore break
Encore:
07 Truckin' >
08 Franklin's Tower (1,2)

 

Jass Is Dead is:
Jimmy Herring - guitar
Alphonso Johnson - bass
T Lavitz - keyboards
Jeff Sipe - drums

with:
(1) Vassar Clements - fiddle
(2) Derek Trucks - guitar

Source: Soundboard DAT

 

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Vassar Clements and his Yankee Boys, Middlebury, VT, 5-03-2000 (SBD)

One more from Vassar before I move on.  A great quality soundboard of Vassar as the headliner. 

 

Vassar Clements and his Yankee Boys
Mead Chapel, Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
05/03/2000
Soundboard 

Set 1:
Lonesome Fiddle Blues,
Sunday Driver,
On and On,
Old & In the Way Breakdown,
Heavy Traffic Ahead,
Black Mountain Rag,
Roanoke,
Kissimmee Kid

 

Set 2:
Hillbilly Jazz,
Oshkosh,
Floating on a String,
The Wabash Cannonball[1],
Night Train,
Kinfolks in Carolina,
The Beltless Buckler[2],
Air Mail Special,
Taking Flight,
Vassar's Boogie

Encore: Foggy Mountain Special

 

Musicians: Vassar Clements, Mike Gordon, Gordon Stone, Russ Lawton, Doug Perkins

Mike Gordon plays throughout, with Doug Perkins (Guitar- of Gordon Stone Trio and Smokin' Grass)
and Gordon Stone on Pedal Steel. Russ Lawton sits in on the second set. Filler is the Gordon Stone Trio.

 

Notes: This is a great quality digital sound board of Vassar Clements with his Yankee Boys.
This performance was a benefit for Middlebury College student Katie Samson.
The first set was performed without Russ Lawton, who joined for the entire second set on drums.
Mike took lead vocals on "The Wabash Cannonball." The show featured the debut of "The Beltless Buckler."

 

mp3/320k

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Bluegrass Album Band, The Birchmere, 12-26-1989 (SBD)

A real great bluegrass recording of what is pretty much an all star band of some of the finest in bluegrass.  If you like bluegrass this is a must have recording!

 

Bluegrass Album Band
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
December 26, 1989

Soundboard

 

Tony Rice - Vocals, Guitars
Vassar Clements - Fiddle
J.D. Crowe - Vocals, Banjo
Doyle Lawson - Vocals, Mandolin
Mark Schatz - Acoustic Bass
Mike Auldridge - Dobro

 

(Disc 1) 63:29
01 - Thinkin' About You
02 - Someone Took My Place With You
03 - Sally Goodin
04 - Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight
05 - Shuckin' The Corn
06 - Gonna Settle Down
07 - Toy Heart
08 - Foggy Mountain Rock
09 - When You Are Lonely
10 - White Dove
11 - Blue Ridge Cabin Home
12 - My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
13 - Ocean Of Diamonds
14 - Big Spike Hammer

 

(Disc 2) 66:03
01 - Rock Hearts
02 - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
03 - Rawhide
04 - Your Love Is Like A Flower
05 - Fireball
06 - Paddy On The Turnpike
07 - Down The Road
08 - I'd Rather Be Alone
09 - Head Over Heels
10 - The Old Kentucky Shore
11 - Band Intros
12 - Freeborn Man
13 - Crowd
14 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

 

Mp3/320k

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Jazz Is Dead, with special guests Vasar Clements and Derek Trucks, Boulder, CO, 4-13-1999 (SBD)

An amazing recording of Jazz Is Dead featuring Jimmy Herring in guitar, with special guests Vassar Clements on violin and Derek Trucks on guitar.   This has some super fine playing!

 

Jazz Is Dead
4/13/99
Fox Theater

Boulder, CO

Soundboard

Disc 1
1. Mississippi 1/2 Step (1)
2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
3. Row Jimmy  (2)
4. Stella Blue (1,2)
5. Here Comes Sunshine --->
6. Eyes of the World --->
7. Weather Report Suite --->
8. Let It Grow

Disc 2
1. Space --->
2. Terrapin Station --->
3. Help on the Way ---> Slipknot! --->
4. Estimated Prophet --->
5. Scarlet Begonias --->
6. Blues for Allah --->
7. Franklin's Tower
8. Terrapin Station

Disc 3
1. Vassar's Boogie (1,2) --->
2. Dark Star (1,2)

 

Jass Is Dead is:
Jimmy Herring - guitar
Alphonso Johnson - bass
T Lavitz - keyboards
Jeff Sipe - drums

with:
(1) Vassar Clements - fiddle
(2) Derek Trucks - guitar

 

Mp3/vbr

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Vassar Clements & Friends , Camp Mather, CA, 9-15-1991 (FM)

Vassar Clements & Friends
(w/ David Grisman, John Hartford, Mark O'Connor, & Gene Libbea)

Strawberry Festival

Camp Mather, CA
9/15/91

 

1. (Intro)...Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

2. Kissimmee Kid

3. Doin' My Time

4. Carter Blues

5. Lonesome Fiddle Blues

6. Paddy on the Turnpike (Avalanche)

 

Tut Taylor Archive Cassette #107 Side B:

Vassar Clements Studio Sessions?,
Earl Scruggs Revue?

Circa Early-Mid 1970s

Unknown Location

7. Lonesome Fiddle Blues

8. Kissimmee Kid
9. House of the Rising Sun (?)

10. I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome

11. Lonesome Reuben

12. Orange Blossom Special

13. Just Joshin'

14. Travelin' Down This Lonesome Road

15. Foggy Mountain Breakdown

16. Home Sweet Home

17. Instrumental (?)

18. Lonesome Road Blues

 

Tut Taylor Archive Cassette #107 contains
two separate recordings.  Side A is a
live performance at the Strawberry Festival
(Camp Mather, CA, 9/15/91) by Vassar Clements,
with David Grisman, John Hartford, Mark O'Connor,
& Gene Libbea.  Side B contains what appears to be
several studio session recordings by Vassar
Clements; on the first several songs it
sounds like David Grisman on mandolin, but then
Vassar is supported by a full band that sounds
like the Earl Scruggs Revue (with Earl Scruggs
and Josh Graves). 

 

https://mega.nz/#!5IxwXLxJ!Pt4eW69bWfRRA-rFX39LJmS-xW0-k5YxC5nRj5XEPRw

Old & In The Way, Berkeley, CA , 7-21-1973 (SBD)

Old & In The Way
07/21/73
Keystone
Berkeley, CA

Late Show

Recorded by Betty Cantor

Soundboard

 

Disc 1

01.Cheyenne  1            2:59
02.Down Where The River Bends       4:34
03.Love, Please Come Home           3:01
04.Midnight Moonlight 2             5:19
05.Fanny Hill                       3:39
06.Hard Hearted                     2:57
07.Lonesome L.A. Cowboy             4:29
08.Pig In A Pen/Panama Red          5:34
09.Wild Horses                      4:40
10.White Dove                       4:18
11.Wicked Path Of Sin 3             3:00
12.Blue Mule 4                      4:43

 

Disc2

01.Crowd/Tuning                     0:49
02.Old & in the Way Breakdown       4:19
03.Orange Blossom Special           3:41
04.On and On                        3:43
05.Lonesome Fiddle Blues            3:07
06.The Fields Have Turned Brown     4:39
07.Muleskinner                      2:43
08.Catfish John                     3:03
09.Land of Navajo                   8:17
10.Hobo Song                        6:03
11.High Lonesome Sound              4:05 

 

Vassar Clements - Fiddle, Jerry Garcia - Banjo, David Grisman - Mandolin,

Peter Rowan - Guitar, John Kahn - Bass

 

Mp3/320k

 https://mega.nz/#!oJoVWBaI!ZQkiTlel83sqThezeXBf94dn9w335-ikN0XlFRcxCBg   

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Dickey Betts & Vassar Clements, Hempstead, NY, 11-03-1974 (SBD)

 

 

Dickey Betts & Vassar Clements
11/03/74
Ultrasonic Sound Studios
Hempstead, NY

Source: FM Soundboard

 

1. Instrumental
2. Old Joe Clark
3. Hard Time Blues
4. Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
5. I Ain't No Stranger Now
6. Foggy Mtn. Breakdown
7. Will the Circle be Unbroken?
8. Pony Boy
9. Salty Dog
10. Blue Sky
11. Jambalaye
12. I Saw The Light
13. Carolina
14. Come On In My Kitchen
15. Long Time Gone

 

Mp3

https://mega.nz/#!cBZ2gYZA!mJLdJpNSQyCyehrqu7gH65CnXbvE7d--b3kZr3V9qGQ

Superpickers (bluegrass allstars) The Birchmere. 3-03-1990 (SBD)

 

This is one of my favorite bluegrass recordings.  This is one of the best groups of talent you will ever see on one stage at the same time.  All of them could be considered in the discussion for the best at what they do.  Truly an all star line up.   But not only a great group of individuals but they play together as one group so well.  And then we are lucky to have it all in a really great soundboard recording.  It does not get any better than this for bluegrass fans. 

 

Superpickers
03-03-90
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
Soundboard

 

Sam Bush
Tony Rice
Jerry Douglas
Bill Emerson
Mark Schatz
Vassar Clements

 Disc #1   42:52

 1. Instrumental   8:23
 2. Nine Pound Hammer   5:10
 3. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight   3:56
 4. Cincinnati Rag   3:11
 5. Sunnyside Of The Mountain   5:58 
 6. Gonna Settle Down   4:20
 7. Flinthill Special   4:06
 8. You Don't Know My Mind   3:52
 9. Salt Creek   3:52
 

 Disc #2   72:01

 1. A New Day Medley   6:21
 2. Sailin' Shoes   7:44
 3. Instrumental   3:13
 4. Pushed To Far   6:06
 5. Wayfaring Stranger   5:38
 6. Blue Railroad Train   4:37
 7. Molly And Tenbrooks   2:49    (cuts off)
 8. Me & My Guitar   14:17
 9. Home Of The Red Fox  5:35
 10. Cold On The Shoulder   3:15
 11. Little Sadie  3:35
 12. Little Maggie  3:01
 13. Instrumental  5:45

 

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Old And In The Way, 7-23-73

Here is yet another show featuring Jerry Garcia from the time period between 1973 and 1975. It's another fine soundboard recording of Old And In The Way. In 1973 Jerry played 26 Old And In The Way shows, along with 74 Grateful Dead shows, and 49 Garcia and Saunders shows. Around 150 shows in one year along with whatever time was spent in the studio producing the Wake Of The flood album. Jerry was also very productive during this time creating new songs. That alot of frequent flier miles. This is one of my favorite time periods of the Grateful Dead. I guess Jerry was trying to stay busy while dealing with the loss of his friend and band mate from the Grateful Dead, Pig Pen, who died at age 27 on 3-08-1973.

Old And In The Way
Boarding House
San Francisco, CA
7/23/73
Soundboard

Jerry Garcia banjo, vocals
John Kahn bass
David Grisman mandolin, vocals
Peter Rowan guitar, vocals
Vassar Clements fiddle


01 Cheyenne
02 Down Where The River Bends
03 Love Please Come Home
04 Midnight Moonlight
05 Fanny Hill
06 Hard Hearted
07 Lonesome LA Cowboy
08 Pig In A Pen
09 Panama Red
10 Wild Horses
11 The White Dove
12 Wicked Path Of Sin
13 Blue Mule
14 Orange Blossom Special
15 Old & In The Way Breakdown
16 On & On
17 Lonesome Fiddle Blues
18 The Fields Have Turned Brown
19 Muleskinner Blues
20 Catfish John
21 Land Of The Navajo
22 The Hobo Song

Mp3/320k
Download Link
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Old and In The Way, 7-24-1973

Here is another Old and In The Way show. This one is a radio broadcast.

Old and In The Way
Homer's Warehouse
Palo Alto, CA
1973-07-24
KZSU Radio Broadcast

01 Billy In The Lowground
02 Going To The Races
03 Catfish John
04 Good Woman's Love
05 Lonesome Fiddle Blues
06 Eating Out Of Your Hand
07 Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
08 Hobo Song
09 Pig In A Pen
10 Panama Red
11 Workin' On A Building
12 Hard Hearted

Total Time 53:42

Jerry Garcia banjo, vocals
John Kahn bass
David Grisman mandolin, vocals
Peter Rowan guitar, vocals
Vassar Clements fiddle

Mp3/256k
Download Link
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Old And In The Way, 6-06-1973

Here is another side project that Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was involved in in the early to mid seventies. It is a blugrass band called Old And In The Way, with the great Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, and David Grisman. I have posted some shows of this band before. Again it is a good quality soundboard recording.

Old and In The Way
Capitol Theater
Passaic, NJ
June 6, 1973
Soundboard

Set 1:
Tuning
Roanoke*
Going To The Races
The Willow Garden
'Til The End Of The World Rolls 'Round
Land Of The Navajo
Fanny Hill
Down Where The River Bends
Love Please Come Home
Lost
Knockin' On Your Door
Band Introductions
Pig in a Pen
Hobo Song
Billy In The Low Ground*
Monroe's Hornpipe*
Uncle Pen*
Cotton-Eyed Joe*

Set 2:
Panama Red
Hard Hearted
Working On A Building
White Dove
Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)
Wild Horses
banter

Lineup:
Jerry Garcia - banjo, vocals
John Kahn - bass
David Grisman - mandolin, vocals
Peter Rowan - guitar, vocals
Vassar Clements - fiddle
*w/Tex Logan on fiddle

Mp3/320k
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