David Grisman

David Grisman Quintet

David Grisman Quintet / J.D. Crowe & Richard Greene
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
1976-07-27

Source:   Sony TC-124 > MC by Gene Tabak
Transfer: MC (SD-C 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, glitch removal, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 2496

Early Show (9:00 p.m.)

(J.D. Crowe & Richard Greene)
01. New Camptown Races
02. Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler
03. Big Mon
04. I'll Stay Around
05. Stoney Creek
06. We Live In Two Different Worlds
07. Bugle Call Rag

(David Grisman Quintet)
08. E.M.D.
09. Minor Swing
10. Ricochet
11. Opus 57
12. Janice
13. Blue Midnight
14. Thailand
15. Cheyenne

Encore:
16. Dawg's Bull

Late Show (11:30 p.m.)

(J.D. Crowe & Richard Greene)
{missing material?}
17. Farewell Blues
18. New Camptown Races

(David Grisman Quintet)
19. E.M.D.
20. Minor Swing
21. Opus 57
22. Janice
23. Blue Midnight
24. Limehouse Blues
25. Thailand
26. Cheyenne
{missing material?}

Thanks to Gene Taback for capturing these performances.

The musicians who performed this evening are unclear.  The tape is labeled "David Grisman Band w/ J.D. Crowe, etc." but that's not quite right.  The July 23 Freemont Argus lists "David Grisman Quintet, J.D. Crowe, Richard Greene," but Gene remembers that only two bands playing, not three. Thus, it would have been J.D. Crowe, Richard Greene, and a backing band (sounds like a dobro, so Jerry Douglas?), followed by David Grisman's ensemble.  There are no stage announcements or other info on the tape to help explain who played when or with whom, though.

Gene also recalls that there were two shows that evening, which the Argus confirms, and if you went to the first one you were invited to stay for the second.  That's why so many songs are repeated.  But there's only so much room on a 90 minute tape, so Gene didn't tape the start of J.D. Crowe's second show or the late show encore (probably).

The first show begins with J.D. Crowe material.  By the time E.M.D. rolls around, it's all Grisman's band, though.  Based on the level of applause after Dawg's Bull, it was probably the encore to the first show, as it was a common encore.

The second show starts in the same way.  About 15 seconds into track 18, you can hear two people discussing how New Camptown Races was the "the same set" as before.  Once again, when E.M.D. rolls around, it's Grisman's band on stage.  So, it seems likely that Crowe and Greene opened for Grisman.

Even if this is all wrong, it's still 90 minutes of great music.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-06-06



David Grisman Quintet / J.D. Crowe & Richard Greene
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
1976-07-27

Source:   Sony TC-124 > MC by Gene Tabak
Transfer: MC (SD-C 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, glitch removal) > FLAC 2496

Early Show (9:00 p.m.)

(J.D. Crowe & Richard Greene)
01. New Camptown Races
02. Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler
03. Big Mon
04. I'll Stay Around
05. Stoney Creek
06. We Live In Two Different Worlds
07. Bugle Call Rag

(David Grisman Quintet)
08. E.M.D.
09. Minor Swing
10. Ricochet
11. Opus 57
12. Janice
13. Blue Midnight
14. Thailand
15. Cheyenne

Encore:
16. Dawg's Bull

Late Show (11:30 p.m.)

(J.D. Crowe & Richard Greene)
{missing material?}
17. Farewell Blues
18. New Camptown Races

(David Grisman Quintet)
19. E.M.D.
20. Minor Swing
21. Opus 57
22. Janice
23. Blue Midnight
24. Limehouse Blues
25. Thailand
26. Cheyenne
{missing material?}

Thanks to Gene Taback for capturing these performances.

The musicians who performed this evening are unclear.  The tape is labeled "David Grisman Band w/ J.D. Crowe, etc." but that's not quite right.  The July 23 Freemont Argus lists "David Grisman Quintet, J.D. Crowe, Richard Greene," but Gene remembers that only two bands playing, not three. Thus, it would have been J.D. Crowe, Richard Greene, and a backing band (sounds like a dobro, so Jerry Douglas?), followed by David Grisman's ensemble.  There are no stage announcements or other info on the tape to help explain who played when or with whom, though.

Gene also recalls that there were two shows that evening, which the Argus confirms, and if you went to the first one you were invited to stay for the second.  That's why so many songs are repeated.  But there's only so much room on a 90 minute tape, so Gene didn't tape the start of J.D. Crowe's second show or the late show encore (probably).

The first show begins with J.D. Crowe material.  By the time E.M.D. rolls around, it's all Grisman's band, though.  Based on the level of applause after Dawg's Bull, it was probably the encore to the first show, as it was a common encore.

The second show starts in the same way.  About 15 seconds into track 18, you can hear two people discussing how New Camptown Races was the "the same set" as before.  Once again, when E.M.D. rolls around, it's Grisman's band on stage.  So, it seems likely that Crowe and Greene opened for Grisman.

Even if this is all wrong, it's still 90 minutes of great music.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-06-06



David Grisman Quintet
1750 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA
1976-10-09

Source:   Sony TC-124 with attached mics by Gene Taback
Transfer: MC (Maxell C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, fades, remove DC offset, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

01. Dog Patch
02. Dawg's Rag
03. Swing 42
04. Opus 57
05. 16-16
06. Pneumonia
07. Ricochet
08. E.M.D.
09. O'Bannon's Wake
10. Thailand
11. Minor Swing \

From the collection of Gene Taback.  Thanks to Mitch Wittenberg for help with song titles.

The J-card lists the venue as 1720 Arch Street in Berkeley, but that is a Hungarian museum.  The first David Grisman Quintet album was recorded at 1750 Arch Street Studio between October and December 1976, however.  1750 Arch was also a concert venue from at least 1972 through 1980.  That's probably the correct address for this performance.  (It does not appear that any of this material is on the album, which was studio work.)  More information about 1750 Arch Street Studio here:  https://cnmat.berkeley.edu/projects/thomas-buckner-speaks-about-1750-arch-street-and-cnmat

1750 Arch held about 50 people, so it was an intimate crowd.  The tape was marked David Grisman Band, but the show was billed as the Quintet with music for "mandolins" and that is how it is listed here.  The band was likely as follows, but the stage announcements that might confirm the musicians, if there were any, are missing:

David Grisman - mandolin
Tony Rice - guitar
Todd Phillips - mandolin
Darol Anger - fiddle
Joseph Carroll - bass

The performance was recorded on a Sony TC-124.  The TC-124 did not have Dolby, and there is some tape hiss present.  The deck was stopped between songs and there are some abrupt starts and stops, but the tracking has been done so nearly every song starts cleanly.  There is a discontinuity during Dawg's Rag.

This cassette survived a house fire in May 2004.  The case was blackened and warped, and the cassette shell was damaged, but the tape itself survived.  An image of the j-card is included.  Many thanks to Gene Taback for preserving it and lending it out to be digitized and shared.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-05-19


David Grisman Quintet
1750 Arch Street
Berkeley, CA
1976-10-09

Source:   Sony TC-124 with attached mics by Gene Taback
Transfer: MC (Maxell C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, fades, remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496

01. Dog Patch
02. Dawg's Rag
03. Swing 42
04. Opus 57
05. 16-16
06. Pneumonia
07. Ricochet
08. E.M.D.
09. O'Bannon's Wake
10. Thailand
11. Minor Swing \

From the collection of Gene Taback.  Thanks to Mitch Wittenberg for help with song titles.

The J-card lists the venue as 1720 Arch Street in Berkeley, but that is a Hungarian museum.  The first David Grisman Quintet album was recorded at 1750 Arch Street Studio between October and December 1976, however.  1750 Arch was also a concert venue from at least 1972 through 1980.  That's probably the correct address for this performance.  (It does not appear that any of this material is on the album, which was studio work.)  More information about 1750 Arch Street Studio here:  https://cnmat.berkeley.edu/projects/thomas-buckner-speaks-about-1750-arch-street-and-cnmat

1750 Arch held about 50 people, so it was an intimate crowd.  The tape was marked David Grisman Band, but the show was billed as the Quintet with music for "mandolins" and that is how it is listed here.  The band was likely as follows, but the stage announcements that might confirm the musicians, if there were any, are missing:

David Grisman - mandolin
Tony Rice - guitar
Todd Phillips - mandolin
Darol Anger - fiddle
Joseph Carroll - bass

The performance was recorded on a Sony TC-124.  The TC-124 did not have Dolby, and there is some tape hiss present.  The deck was stopped between songs and there are some abrupt starts and stops, but the tracking has been done so nearly every song starts cleanly.  There is a discontinuity during Dawg's Rag.

This cassette survived a house fire in May 2004.  The case was blackened and warped, and the cassette shell was damaged, but the tape itself survived.  An image of the j-card is included.  Many thanks to Gene Taback for preserving it and lending it out to be digitized and shared.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-05-19


David Grisman Quintet
McCabe's Guitar Shop
Santa Monica, CA
10.16.1976

Recording: In-house SBD mix > cassette master
Transfer: redacted, but performed at a professional studio to WAV
Mastering: fade out and in at the tape flips and between-song pauses, normalize, levels envelope, export level 8 flac

David Grisman - mandolin, banter
Darol Anger - violin
Todd Philips - mandolin
Tony Rice - guitar
Bill Amatneek - bass

Early show
==========
1. early show intro
2. Dawg Patch
3. Minor Swing
4. Waiting on Vassar
5. band member intros
6. Swing 51
7. Opus 57
8. Fish Scale
9. Swing 42
10. Blue Midnight
11. Thailand
encore:
12. Dawg's Bull

Late Show
=========
13. late show intro
14. EMD
15. 16/16
16. The Temperance Reel
17. band member intros
18. Janice (fades in)
19. Pneumonia
20. Ricochet
21. O'Banion's Wake
22. Cedar Hill
23. Rattlesnake
24. Dawg's Rag
encore:
25. Limehouse Blues

Notes:
 - From the McCabe's Footlocker Stash.
 - Mix is close to mono but clear. This is the best sounding early DGQ live tape I've heard so far.
 - Transferred to digital in the late 90s. No EQ or other processing - a flat rip to side-length WAV files.
 - Mastering and setlist IDs in early 2021 by TRH aka Mr. Completely. I inflicted no intrusive processing.
 - Archival research for this date by Jesse Jarnow, thank you
 - Date was listed in notes related to the transfer and confirmed by a contemporary ad in LA Weekly
 - Ricky Jay was also on the bill




SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
156987	1976-07-27	Great American Music Hall	San Francisco	CA
FLAC 1644 Source: Sony TC-124 > MC by Gene Tabak Transfer: MC (SD-C 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, glitch removal, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 2496
156988	1976-07-27	Great American Music Hall	San Francisco	CA
FLAC 2496 Source: Sony TC-124 > MC by Gene Tabak Transfer: MC (SD-C 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, glitch removal) > FLAC 2496
156811	1976-10-09	1750 Arch Street	Berkeley	CA
FLAC 1644 Source: Sony TC-124 with attached mics by Gene Taback Transfer: MC (Maxell C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, fades, remove DC offset, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644
156812	1976-10-09	1750 Arch Street	Berkeley	CA
FLAC 2496 Source: Sony TC-124 with attached mics by Gene Taback Transfer: MC (Maxell C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, fades, remove DC offset) > FLAC 2496
165749	1976-10-16	McCabe's Guitar Shop	Santa Monica	CA
In-house SBD mix > Cassette Master > WAV > flac

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