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06/01/1962
Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers
Set 1Chuck A Little Hill
Billy Grimes
Cannonball Blues
Devilish Mary
Buck Dancer's Choice
Little Birdie
Hold the Woodpile Down
Crow Black Chicken
Shady Grove
Hop High Ladies
Sweet Sunny South
Boarding House Blues
Man of Constant Sorrow
Yonder He Goes
Three Men Went A Huntin'
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02/23/1963
Grateful Dead
Set 1Introductions
Rollin in my sweet babys arms
Jerrys breakdown
standing in the need of prayer
muleskinner blues
Guitar Instrumental
pike county breakdown
Come all ye fair and tender maidens
We shall now be moved
Commentwildwood boys
Jarry Garcia - guitar, banjo, vocals
David Nelson - guitar
Robert Hunter - bass, guitar
Norm Van Mastricht - bass, guitar, dobro
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02/23/1963
Garcia
4501
Set 1Rollin' In My Sweet Babys Arms
Jerry's Breakdown
Standing In The Need Of Prayer
Muleskinner Blues
Guitar Instrumental
Pike County Breakdown
Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens
We Shall Not Be Moved
CommentWildwood Boys:
Jerry Garcia - guitar, banjo, vocals
David Nelson - guitar
Robert Hunter - bass, guitar
Norm Van Mastricht - bass, guitar, dobro
BAND Wildwood Boys
VENUE The Tangent
CITY Palo Alto
STATE CA
DATE 02/23/63
SET1 Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms [2:59] ; (1) (Intro by Hunter) [1:00]
; Jerry's Breakdown [2:13] ; (2) Standing In The Need Of Prayer [3:11] ;
(3) Muleskinner Blues [3:54] ; (4) (5) Norm's Solo [2:56] ; (6) Pike County
Breakdown [2:21] ; (7) Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens # [3:33] ; We
Shall Not Be Moved [2:14] (missing from vine)
COMMENTS The Wildwood Boys: Jerry Garcia, banjo; Robert Hunter, guitar;
David Nelson, mandolin; Norman Van Mastricht, bass.

(1) Introductions by Hunter.
(2) Garcia makes fun of Hunter's Scientology "devil" remarks by interrupting
him. Hunter sometime thereafter gives up on Scientology.
(3) Garcia gives the lo down while tuning.
(4) 2/22/63 they played w/o a bass player.
(5) Jerry joke, "Don't. forget to write, <g>"!
(6) Jerry says, "We're back with a million more songs".
(7) Lots of Jerry tuning.

RECORDINGS 25 AUD; 25 FM-AUD. Audience recording, made by Dr. Stu
Goldstein (co-manager of the Tangent in 1963), possibly from mics placed on
stage, later broadcast on KFOG-FM.------The vine is from the KFOG-FM source.
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02/23/1963
Wildwood Boys
Set 1Rollin In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Jerry's Breakdown
Standing In The Need Of Prayer
Muleskinner Blues
Norm's Solo
Pike County Breakdown
Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens
We Shall Not Be Moved
CommentThis Show has probably also been listed as Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.
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05/04/1963
Garcia
13993, 134259
Set 1Deep Elem Blues, Will the Weaver, I Will Truly Understand, All the Good Times are Past and Gone, Long Black Veil, The Man who Wrote "Home Sweet Home" Never was a Married Man, Keno the Rent Man, Foggy Mountain Top
CommentA user reports: Jerry And his first wife Sara a week after wedding. He traded wedding gifts and Sara's guitar for his new banjo. Recorded by the Manager of the club at the time and aired on KFOG's dead hour. Another user reports: At this time Sarah was very pregnant with Heather. As a result, there were very few performances by Jerry and Sarah. This one is a treat.
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05/04/1963
Jerry Garcia Band
Set 1Deep Elem
Will the Weaver
I Will Truly Understand
All the Good Times are Passed and Gone
Long Black Veil
The Man Who wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was a Married Man
Keno the Rent Man
Foggy Mountain Top
CommentJerry & Sara Garcia
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10/01/1963
Garcia
Set 1Barefoot Nellie, She's More to Be Pitied, Noah's Breakdown, Who Will Sing for Me?
Set 2
Set 3
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10/01/1963
Black Mountain Boys
Set 1Barefoot Nellie, She's More to Be Pitied, Noah's Breakdown, Who Will Sing for Me?
Set 2
Set 3
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01/10/1964
Garcia
Set 1Teardrops In My Eye, Philadelphia Lawyer, Salt Creek, Jody’s Hornpipe, Katy Kline, Eating Out of Your Hand, Sweet Adeline, Rawhide, Rosa Lee McFall, Pike County Breakdown, Standing In the Need of Prayer, John Hardy
Set 2
Set 3
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01/10/1964
Black Mountain Boys
Set 1Teardrops In My Eye, Philadelphia Lawyer, Salt Creek, Jody’s Hornpipe, Katy Kline, Eating Out of Your Hand, Sweet Adeline, Rawhide, Rosa Lee McFall, Pike County Breakdown, Standing In the Need of Prayer, John Hardy
Set 2
Set 3
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03/06/1964
Garcia
17914
Set 1Salt Creek, Katie Kline, Homestead on the Farm, Barefoot Nellie, She's More to Be Pitied Than Scolded, They Can Lock Up Me Up for Loving You, Somebody Touched Me, Who'll Sing for Me, Darling Alalee, John Hardy
CommentBlack Mountain Boys
Jerry Garcia - Banjo
Eric Thompson - Guitar
David Nelson - Mandolin
Jim Beemis - Bass

Deadlists: COMMENTS Black Mountain Boys [or Black Mountain String Band]: Jerry "Dr. Car Stairs" Garcia, banjo; David "Ernie Bo-Peep" Nelson, mandolin; Eric Thompson, guitar; Robert "Jim Beemis" Hunter; bass * ??? Tuning before Darling Alalee * Other artists include: Walt Brown.
David Gans GDH #421: Also played, "Jerry's Breakdown".
-- Note - The band introduces itself before Homestead On The Farm:
D.Nelson(?): (cut) "..nk you very much. Uh, in case you don't already know, we're the Black Mountain Boys or the Black Mountain String Band -- the greatest bluegrass band since King Solomon's Mines. And over on the right hand side, we have Jerry Garcia, alias Dr. Car Stairs; and on the guitar, we have Eric Thompson..."
Garcia: "And here in the middle, kind fellow -- on stage, off stage, no matter where you happen to run into him -- is, uh, Ernie Bo-Peep on the mandolin here -- better known as David Nelson."
D.Nelson(?): "Jim Beemis on bass"
Garcia: "Schep."
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03/06/1964
Black Mountain Boys
Set 1Salt Creek, Katie Kline, Homestead on the Farm, Barefoot Nellie, She's More to Be Pitied Than Scolded, They Can Lock Up Me Up for Loving You, Somebody Touched Me, Who'll Sing for Me, Darling Alalee, John Hardy
CommentBlack Mountain Boys
Jerry Garcia - Banjo
Eric Thompson - Guitar
David Nelson - Mandolin
Jim Beemis - Bass
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03/07/1964
Garcia
20752, 35142, 127499
Set 1Sourwood Mountain; If I Lose; Homestead On The Farm; Pig In A Pen; Once More; Stoney Creek; Two Little Boys; Salty Dog Blues; Rosalie McFall; Teardrops In My Eyes; New River Train; Love Please Come Home; Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor; John Hardy
Set 2Nine Pound Hammer ; Darlin' Alalee ; Ocean Of Diamonds ; Salt Creek ; In The Pines ; Banjo Breakdown ; When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again; She's More To Be Pitied ; Black Mountain Rag ; True Life Blues ; Instrumental ; John Hardy
CommentBlack Mountain Boys. Deadlists: COMMENTS Black Mountain Boys: Jerry Garcia, banjo and guitar; David Nelson, mandolin; Sandy Rothman, guitar, Robert Hunter, bass player. Sandy Rothman confirms that this was the second of back-to-back nights at the Tangent in Palo Alto.

-- My reasoning for listing Sandy Rothman as guitarist and Robert Hunter as bassist:

* Before Homestead On The Farm, someone (Robert Hunter?) says: "We're gonna do a song called Homestead on the Farm. Or, Sandy's gonna sing a song."
* Before Two Little Boys, someone (Hunter?) says: "Uh, while Sandy tunes his guitar... The next song is gonna be Two Little Boys... or the name of the next song is gonna be Two Little Boys. The name of the next song *is* Two Little Boys, in fact."
* Before Rosalie McFall, Garcia says: "Sandy gets to play... uh, play a lot of stuff on this one here."
* Before Love Please Come HomeSo Sandy went and foolishly put new strings on his guitar last month..."
* Sandy Troy lists the following personnel ("Captain Trips," Appendix A):
Garcia, banjo; David Nelson, mandolin; Robert Hunter, bass; Sandy Rothman, guitar.

-- My reasoning for listing as SET2 and SET3 (and not SET1):

* Before Sawood Mountain, Garcia mentions: "We figured we'd just stand around this set, you know. . . we played last set" (... so I'm assuming there was another set before this - SET1.)
* My tape ends (cuts) during John Hardy with Garcia(?) saying: "Thank you very much for, uh... bearing with us, coming to see us, and... we'll be back in about 20 minut..."(cut) IMO, this is definitely a set break -- but between which two sets? I'm missing the Roll On Buddy->Black Mtn. Rag, so I can't tell where this might belong (but Sandy Troy lists it after Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - and does not list the John Hardy at all). BTW, there is *not* a cut/splice between Make Me A Pallet and John Hardy on my tape.
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04/01/1964
Garcia
Set 1Drink Up and Go Home
Set 2
Set 3
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04/01/1964
Black Mountain Boys
Set 1Drink Up and Go Home
Set 2
Set 3
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07/01/1964
Garcia
Set 1These Men of God, Roll On Buddy, Goodbye Old Pal, Back Up and Push
Set 2
Set 3
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07/16/1964
Garcia
Set 1Overseas Stomp
Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)
Boo Break
Yes She Do, No She Don't
Memphis
Boodle Am Shake
Big Fat Woman
Borneo
My Gal
Shake That Thing
Beat it on Down the Line
Cocaine Habit Blues
Beedle Um Bun
On The Road Again
The Monkey & The Engineer
In The Jailhouse Now
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
Band Interview
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07/16/1964
Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
Set 1Overseas Stomp
Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)
Boo Break
Yes She Do, No She Don't
Memphis
Boodle Am Shake
Big Fat Woman
Borneo
My Gal
Shake That Thing
Beat it on Down the Line
Cocaine Habit Blues
Beedle Um Bun
On The Road Again
The Monkey & The Engineer
In The Jailhouse Now
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
Band Interview
Comment<b>Note:</b> This submitted setlist happens to match exactly the tracklist of a <a href= "http://mars.dead.net">commercial CD released by GDP</a>. If this is a bootleg of that CD it should not be traded. Includes: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Dave Parker, Tom Stone, Mike Garbett Three shows July 16-18, 1964
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07/??/1964
Garcia
12696
Set 1Beat It On Down The Line
I'm Satisfied
Borneo
He's In The Jailhouse
Monkey &amp; The Engineer
Big Bad Woman
Memphis Blues
CommentMother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
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??/??/1964
Grateful Dead
Commentsomeone added this, probably best moved under Garcia?
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