Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Returns
11/17/2010
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(PR) Before the Grateful Dead, the Warlocks and even Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions, Jerry Garcia played in the Black Mountain Boys, a band he formed in the early 1960s with the exceptionally talented Sandy Rothman (mandolin) and David Nelson (guitar). Together only a short time, they played the kind of bluegrass, country, gospel and old-time music that swept through coffeehouses coast-to-coast in the post-Beat, pre-Beatles era that Garcia called: “the folk scare.”
The trio came together again in 1987 to form the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band with John Kahn (upright bass), Kenny Kosek (fiddle) and David Kemper (drums). The group’s brief but glorious arc spanned more than two dozen shows in 1987 and 1988, when it opened for the Jerry Garcia (electric) Band.
The beloved group is spotlighted with a newly remastered version of 1988’s long out-of-print Almost Acoustic, the sextet’s sole release, and the arrival of its sequel, Ragged But Right. Almost Acoustic presents a sprightly selection of performances recorded during shows at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles and The Warfield in San Francisco. The album’s 14 tracks include tunes popularized by the likes of Jimmy Rodgers (“Blue Yodel #9 (Standin’ On The Corner)”), Tex Logan (“Diamond Joe”), Bill Monroe (“The Girl At The Crossroads Bar”), and Mississippi John Hurt (“Spike Driver Blues.”) Also featured is “Ripple,” which was written by Garcia and longtime Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.
Encouraged by the album’s warm reception, Rothman produced a successor titled Ragged But Right that has remained unreleased for more than 20 years–until now. Its 14 songs double the JGAB’s official canon with additional selections from the Warfield and Wiltern shows, plus performances from the band’s historic two-week stand on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
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