A new Jerry Garcia Band archival series has been announced! The On Broadway set will focus on JGB’s 13-night run at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1987, with the first release (Act One) featuring a concert from October 28, 1987.
The three-set performance includes two sets from the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band and a third from the JGB proper. The previously-unreleased material will be due out on (or around) June 18th, with plans for later releases in the works. You can see the lineups and tracklist below:
JERRY GARCIA ACOUSTIC BAND
JERRY GARCIA vocals, guitar
JOHN KAHN bass
DAVID KEMPER drums
KENNY KOSEK fiddle
DAVID NELSON vocals, guitar
SANDY ROTHMAN vocals, mandolin, banjo, dobro
JERRY GARCIA BAND
JERRY GARCIA vocals, guitar
GLORIA JONES vocals
JOHN KAHN bass
DAVID KEMPER drums
JACLYN LABRANCH vocals
MELVIN SEALS organ
DISC ONE:
MATINEE (ACOUSTIC)
1. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
2. DEEP ELEM BLUES
3. I’M TROUBLED
4. SPIKE DRIVER BLUES
5. BAND INTRODUCTIONS
6. BLUE YODEL #9
7. SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE
8. IF I LOSE
9. I’M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL
10. OH BABE IT AIN’T NO LIE
11. DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE
12. RAGGED BUT RIGHT
DISC TWO:
EVENING (ACOUSTIC)
1. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
2. I’VE BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD
3. BALLAD OF CASEY JONES
4. BLUE YODEL #9
5. I’M TROUBLED
6. ROSA LEE McFALL
7. BAND INTRODUCTIONS
8. DIAMOND JOE
9. I AIN’T NEVER
10. IT’S A LONG LONG WAY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD
11. BRIGHT MORNING STARS
12. RAGGED BUT RIGHT
DISC THREE:
EVENING (ELECTRIC)
1. HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)
2. FOREVER YOUNG
3. STOP THAT TRAIN
4. BAND INTRODUCTIONS
5. RUN FOR THE ROSES
6. EVANGELINE
7. KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR
8. GOMORRAH
9. TANGLED UP IN BLUE
10. MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS