Jerry Garcia Band - "Don't Let Go" - GarciaLive Volume 20

Jerry Garcia Band performs "Don't Let Go" as featured on GarciaLive Vol. 20: June 18th, 1982 Cape Cod Coliseum.
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GarciaLive Volume 20: June 18th, 1982 Cape Cod Coliseum presents the complete, previously unreleased Jerry Garcia Band performance in The Bay State’s vacationland - plus 45+ minutes of additional incendiary, uncirculated recordings captured on June 1st, 1981 at The Stone in San Francisco.
The early 80’s marked a transitional period for the Jerry Garcia Band. After beginning the decade with the lean & mean quartet showcased on After Midnight and GarciaLive Volume One, Garcia & John Kahn would go on to experiment with personnel configurations expanding the line-up considerably. By the time the Jerry Garcia Band rolled into the Cape Cod Coliseum co-headliners Bobby & the Midnites, the line-up included Grateful Dead bandmate Bill Kreutzmann (drums), Melvin Seals (organ), Jimmy Warren (electric piano) and Liz Stires & Julie Stafford (backing vocals). While the co-headline format limited each group to a single 90-minute set, Garcia’s 8-song set packed plenty of punch. The requisite “How Sweet It Is” opener wastes no time getting down to business with a galloping tempo punctuated by crisp solos from Garcia, Warren, & Seals. The relative rarity “Valerie,” marking its first appearance here on an archival release, and extended, show-stopping takes on “Dear Prudence” and “Don’t Let Go” follow to the crowd’s obvious delight. Other highlights from Cape Cod include a poignant take on Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate” and the freshly written “Run for the Roses.”
For the first time in the series, GarciaLive Volume 20 also includes a bit of filler. We turned to the Jerry Garcia Band’s June 1st, 1981 performance at The Stone in San Francisco to select four stand-outs from the previously uncirculated/unheard recordings, including a high-octane performance of “After Midnight,” “Deal - Tangled Up in Blue,” and Jimmy Cliff’s “Sitting In Limbo.”

[@morchel332]

jerry will live in us for ever, iam 25 and will make it live on here in germany as good as i can!

[@thejamnasium6447]

danke

[@bobs3456]

We love ya brother . Resident Rob Paradise California 💪

[@cosmicb699]

👍🏽✌🏼❤️🎶

[@trishfeatherstone4549]

🌹Wooo hooo hooo!!!
🌹Rest easy beautiful Jerry 🙏😢🌹
Dance anyone? 👣 🎶 👣

[@alfreddorsey8916]

Right my German deadheads hello, good music isn't it. It's a living thing.

[@staggerlee4979]

Fabulous sound! 🎧🎸😋

[@moniquelujan6877]

Happy Birthday Jerry 🌹

[@deadmetal8692]

How sweet it is.....

[@amangogna68]

Fantastic and amazing vocals !

[@fordprefect7316]

String band was walking around the festival singing this song this last weekend now I can't get it out of my head.

[@darrenkrivit6854]

Love this tune❤ awesome groove and can't help but sing along 🎶

[@danielprune7921]

This is the definition of an actual treat

[@SnowWhite717_]

I went to 26 Dead shows and a few of Jerry’s other side project shows. I still listen to at least one Jerry song a day to keep me grounded, growing and grateful. I miss that man so much. ❤

[@LudiCrust.]

Same here, I listen to them all the time now. I started going to their shows in the mid 70s & stopped in the mid 80s bc of the band’s drug use. I made the mistake of comparing them to how they sounded when I first started going. I just couldn’t get into reduced Jerry & his voice. While they weren’t consistently great in the late 80s & 90s they still put on great shows from time to time. The last time I saw them live was in Indianapolis in 1984 when the whole band was in really bad shape especially Jerry (all visibly strung out -unbathed, dirty clothes etc). To give context that show is considered one of the best from that year despite Jerry literally having no voice & too high to play the guitar very well.

[@heytombanjo6195]

Sweet as honeysuckle on the vine.

[@droid9959]

Love it great tune 🇺🇸👍🍺

[@alfreddorsey8916]

Any body want ice cream? ✌️😎

[@WilliamJohnson-b2k]

Thank You!!! So Great🌹🌹🌹

[@alfreddorsey8916]

Melvin Seals is crucial to the mix! Doesn't try and take over the jamm just compliment. Nice
✌️😎

[@TheRevival2023]

Jammin⚡️⚡️

[@wakingmycadaverful]

Listen to John go off on the bass Holy F

[@alfreddorsey8916]

What??? Crowd in the mix.?????????

[@johncordes7885]

Hold me tight and.....quit with the temu please

[@11BlackLamb]

Or let go and let Jerry up up up

[@allenwhitley2588]

❤

[@alfreddorsey8916]

We don't want people who are fake stepping on the flower garden stay out of the garden let it grow.

[@SolaceEasy]

Way too much crowd in the mix.

[@Marshall_Stacks]

wrong

[@jackstraw6760]

I loved the two commercials, they really added to the experience.