Identifier3334176
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeCDR
Media Count2
Show RatingA+
Sound RatingA
Note1. (intro) [0:14]
2. Phase Dance [9:36]
3. (PM remarks) [0:33]
4. April Joy [6:04]
5. (PM remarks) [0:15]
6. Watercolors [8:19]
7. All the Things You Are [6:11]
8. River Quay [6:45]
9. (unidentified samba) [5:59]
10. Unity Village / (gtr solo) / (improv) [12:54]
11. (PM remarks) [0:25]
12. San Lorenzo [10:47]
13. (band intro) [1:24]
14. Lakes [4:44]
15. (PM remarks) [0:41]
16. (gtr solo: April Joy / September Fifteenth / Omaha Celebration) [6:53]
17. Jaco [6:18]
18. (PM remarks) [0:43]
19. Nacada [4:59]
20. (PM remarks) [0:20]
21. Wrong Is Right [7:33]
22. (PM remarks) [0:28]
23. Midwestern Night's Dream [9:52]

Lineup:
Par Metheny (gtr), Lyle Mays (pno), Mark Egan (bs), Dan Gottlieb (drms)
Source InfoAUD
Tech NoteMAAP 4. Nice composite show, assembled from two sets on this date. "Phase Dance", that workhouse of subsequent PMG sets, is introduced as just having been written. PM dedicates his tune "Nacada" (from the Gary Burton Quartet's "Passengers") to his parents, in the audience. My copy was originally TAO, so I degapped it and removed some of the longer silences. PM's remarks between songs are very quiet, and there's some cassette hiss, but I haven't done anything about that.
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Performance
Pat Metheny Group 1977-09-24 Roberts Theatre, Grinnell, IA
Set 1First Show:

Phase Dance
Watercolors
All The Things You Are
River Quay
Unknown
Guitar Solo
Jaco
Wrong Is Right
Midwestern Night's Dream
Set 2Second Show:

Phase Dance
April Joy
Unity Village >
Improv
San Lorenzo
Lakes
Guitar Solo
Jaco
Nacada
Set 3
CommentPat Metheny - Guitars
Lyle Mays - Piano, Oberheim Synthesizer
Mark Egan - Bass
Dan Gottlieb - Drums

The 'Watercolors' LP Was in release at this time, and many of the tunes to later appear on the 'white album' were road-refined during this period. Material also includes PMG versions of tunes from "Bright Size Life," The Gary Burton Quartet's "Passengers," And others. Only three songs were performed in both shows that night ("Phase Dance," Pat's solo guitar piece, And "Jaco").

This is one of the first performances of Pat Metheny Group and includes early versions of songs that eventually appear on the first Pat Metheny Group album. Pat introduces "Phase Dance" As "a song Lyle Mays and i wrote together a few weeks ago". Pat's parents were in the audience and he dedicates "Nacada" to his mother.