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Some of the many fine volunteers who took pledges during the KPFA GD marathon.

Some friends came by with BIRTHDAY CAKE! (Tomorrow is Sarah’s birthday) and decided to stick around and dance for a while. That’s Sarah in the lower right corner.

Banana (left) and David Nelson – Papermill Creek Rounders in the KPFA performance studio 1/28/06

Very special thanks to Tony Ferro, Phil Hartman, Jon Watanabe, and Ms. M. for volunteering their time and skills to engineer the broadcast.

Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
Recommended by Christian Crumlish. We considered this one for the So Many Roads boxed set – a fine jam!

Man Smart, Woman Smarter (#3) – Bobby and the Midnites studio session June 1981

Comes a Time – GD 7/21/72 Paramount Theater, Seattle WA (Download #10)

Akiwowo
Dance to the Beat of My Drum
Loyim, Loyim – Olatunji and His Drums of Passion w/ Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, Mickey Hart, Bobby Vega, Sikiru Adepoju, and Hamza el-Din 2/15/87 Petaluma CA (Benefit for Music in Schools)

Promised Land
Dire Wolf
Mexicali Blues->
Big River
Brown-Eyed Women
Looks Like Rain
Fennario
It’s All over Now
Deal
Lazy Lightning->
Supplication – GD 1/30/78 Uptown Theater, Chicago IL

This recording was provided by Jim Wise. There are some distortion issues later in the show, but the performances are excellent throughout.

Mountains of the Moon – The Grass Is Dead, 20 Degrees of Solitude

Love Doesn’t Have to Be Pretty
Far from Me
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Detroit Medley
I Will Take You Home
Hey Jude/Dear Mr. Fantasy (with Bob Weir) – Brent Mydland 4/26/88 Marin Vets Auditorium San Rafael CA
Benefit for Creating Our Future

Dupree’s Diamond Blues – Keller and the Keels, Grass

… All By Myself
They Love Each Other
It’s Too Late (She’s Gone)
Pig’s Boogie
Sugaree
Rockin’ Pneumonia
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Mystery Train – Jerry Garcia Band 10/24/75 Orpheum Theater, Boston

I loved the Nicky Hopkins edition of the JGB – saw them several times in the Bay Area. He was such a great piano player.

Greatest Pump Song Ever Wrote – documentary by David Gans (first piece for radio, aired 2/18/85)

jam->
The Other One (w/ bass solo)->
Wharf Rat – GD 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR

Russian Lullaby – All Good Things Redux: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions

Somehow Tonight
Shenandoah Breakdown
Poor Old Dirt Farmer
Diamond Joe
Maybe You Will Change Your Mind
Gotta Travel On
Love Call Waltz
Dixie Hoedown
I Know You’re Married…
Hippie from Olema
Girl at the Crossroads Bar
Somebody Loves You
Driftin’ with the Tide
Lovers’ Lane
I’m Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
My Walkin’ Shoes Don’t Fit Me Any More – Papermill Creek Rounders live in the KPFA performance studio

Papermill Creek Rounders on the Live Music Archive

Ripple – Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead
Deal – Buddy Miller (unreleased live performance)

That’s Real Love
Lazy River Road – David Gans live in the KPFA performance studio

T.L.E.O. Jam – All Good Things Redux: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions

Black Peter
Easy Wind
Me and My Uncle;
China Cat Sunflower->
I Know You Rider
Hard to Handle
Mason’s Children
Casey Jones
Good Lovin’
Dancin’ in the Streets – GD 12/29/69 Boston Tea Party

There’s a brief passage in the “Good Lovin'” jam that reminds me of “Come Together”; wasn’t Abbey Road a new album at around that time?

Colorado – Railroad Earth, Elko

Sweet Georgia Brown
Limehouse Blues – David Grisman, Richard Greene, Jerry Garcia, Eric Thompson, Bill Wolfe 3/8/74 Stinson Beach CA (rehearsal)

KPFA Evening News 6-6:30 pm

Dire Wolf
St. Stephen->
Not Fade Away – GD 12/29/69 Boston Tea Party

I really like the early Not Fade Aways. The Skullfuck version is so powerful, but the earlier ones have a bit of the Buddy Holly still in ’em.

Man Smart, Woman Smarter (#1) – Bobby and the Midnites studio session June 1981

Bertha->
Good Lovin’
Ship of Fools
Estimated Prophet->
Eyes of the World->
Stella Blue->
Franklin’s Tower->
Around and Around
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Johnny B. Goode – GD 1/30/78 Uptown Theater, Chicago

Minglewood Blues
Big Iron
Feel So Bad
C.C. Rider
Dance On, Baby
Youngblood
Brother Bill
Easy to Slip
Book of Rules
I Found Love
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Josephine – Bob Weir and Friends 3/10/83 Perkins Palace, Pasadena CA
Bob Weir; Bobby Cochran, guitar and vocals; Tim Bogert, bass and vocals; Nicky Hopkins, piano; Dave Garland, keyboards and sax; Greg Errico, drums; Graham Smith, harmonica; Freebo, tuba; Mike Rogers, steel drum

“Feel So Bad” is a Little Milton song. I remember hearing it in the late ’60s on KMPX – not sure if that was Milton’s version, but it was a good one. “Feel so bad, like a ballgame on a rainy day.” According to Jeff Courouleau in the chat room, Elvis Presley covered it on his “Something for Everyone” album. And Tim Bogert said after the song that his old band Cactus used to do it, too. And: Freebo’s tuba solo on “I Found Love” – what a treat!

Bird Song – GD 3/3/81 Cleveland OH

Terrapin->
Playing in the Band – GD 8/14/79 McNichols Arena, Denver CO

Keep On Growing – GD 2/14/86 Henry J. Kaiser, Oakland CA

Promised Land
Ship of Fools
Big River
Tennessee Jed
Truckin’->
jam->
space->
Let It Grow->
Wharf Rat
Beer Barrel Polka
Sugar Magnolia->
Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad->
One More Saturday Night
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Casey Jones – GD 5/25/74 UCSB Stadium, Santa Barbara CA

There’s an edit in “Wharf Rat” to cover a brief glitch in the tape. And of course, I had to bleep “fucker” – by splicing in a musical note.

Sing Me Back Home – David Gans and Friends 8/13/05 Gathering of the Vibes, Mariaville NY
DG, guitar & vocals; Jeff Mattson, guitar; Klyph Black, bass; Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, vocals; Tom Circosta, vocals; Rob Koritz, drums

Dark Star – Fit and Limo, The Serpent Unrolled

Uncle John’s Band – GD 12/28/79 Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland CA

Your Way Home – Donna the Buffalo, Positive Friction

Captain Clearlight, who moderated the chat room, posted some photos from the day.

Total for the day: $21,522 on the phone and $5,317 online – plus about $350 from the auction of the Fillmore West boxed set. Thanks to all who contributed!