710 Ashbury Street
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Set 1The following is a rough list of topics covered:
electric banjo, pedal steel guitar, music equipment talk, etc.;
Jefferson Airplane, Jerry assisting on Surrealistic Pillow LP;
The San Francisco Sound;
hippies, Grateful Dead view of music, etc.;
The Fillmore audience;
talk about Newsweek article, "Dropouts With A Mission" and Jerry seeing himself as a dropout;
Jerry discusses precursors to the S.F. scene and switching from banjo back to guitar;
rock and roll influences (Chuck Berry, The Beatles, etc.), becoming successful while sharing with their friends, etc.;
the Vietnam War;
"the world needs to take care of itself";
Grateful Dead music not advocating any political message;
looking forward to first trip to New York;
Buffalo Springfield, Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Jorma Kaukonen;
Mathew Katz and other old style band managers;
S.F. radio and the radio business;
Jerry's short review and hopes for the success of their not yet released first album;
what might happen to the S.F. scene, etc.;
talk about some band equipment which had just been stolen from their warehouse;
the Haight Ashbury scene;
The Hell's Angels;
the stolen band equipment has been found!;
more Hell's Angels talk;
Jerry's beliefs;
The police;
drugs;
Jerry's tapes - "go get them from Sara";
possibility of playing banjo with The Grateful Dead > kids talking much louder than Jerry;
existentialism;
"Blow Up" film and Grateful Dead plans to be in a movie;
Look magazine article on Jefferson Airplane with Jim Marshall photos of the S.F. bands;
jazz and other styles mixing with Rock and Roll;
talk about getting the stolen band equipment back;
talk about the old gun that Jerry is playing around with during the interview;
interview conclusion
electric banjo, pedal steel guitar, music equipment talk, etc.;
Jefferson Airplane, Jerry assisting on Surrealistic Pillow LP;
The San Francisco Sound;
hippies, Grateful Dead view of music, etc.;
The Fillmore audience;
talk about Newsweek article, "Dropouts With A Mission" and Jerry seeing himself as a dropout;
Jerry discusses precursors to the S.F. scene and switching from banjo back to guitar;
rock and roll influences (Chuck Berry, The Beatles, etc.), becoming successful while sharing with their friends, etc.;
the Vietnam War;
"the world needs to take care of itself";
Grateful Dead music not advocating any political message;
looking forward to first trip to New York;
Buffalo Springfield, Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Jorma Kaukonen;
Mathew Katz and other old style band managers;
S.F. radio and the radio business;
Jerry's short review and hopes for the success of their not yet released first album;
what might happen to the S.F. scene, etc.;
talk about some band equipment which had just been stolen from their warehouse;
the Haight Ashbury scene;
The Hell's Angels;
the stolen band equipment has been found!;
more Hell's Angels talk;
Jerry's beliefs;
The police;
drugs;
Jerry's tapes - "go get them from Sara";
possibility of playing banjo with The Grateful Dead > kids talking much louder than Jerry;
existentialism;
"Blow Up" film and Grateful Dead plans to be in a movie;
Look magazine article on Jefferson Airplane with Jim Marshall photos of the S.F. bands;
jazz and other styles mixing with Rock and Roll;
talk about getting the stolen band equipment back;
talk about the old gun that Jerry is playing around with during the interview;
interview conclusion
CommentJerry Garcia Interview by Randy Groenke and Mike Cramer. Date of early March 1967 is inferred from comments about the imminent release of the GD's first album. Blair Jackson wrote the following about this interview: "This interview was done at 710 Ashbury in February or March of 1967 ... Randy Groenke, the principal interviewer, had been a banjo student of Garcia's in the early 60s when they both lived in the South Bay. He and his friend Mike Cramer simply called Jerry up and arranged to do the interview, friend to friend."
"One Afternoon Long Ago ... An Interview with Jerry Garcia, 1967," by Randy Groenke and Mike Cramer. First published in The Golden Road magazine and reprinted in Herb Greene, <I>Dead Days: A Grateful Dead Illustrated History</I> (Petaluma, CA: Acid Test Productions, 1997).
"One Afternoon Long Ago ... An Interview with Jerry Garcia, 1967," by Randy Groenke and Mike Cramer. First published in The Golden Road magazine and reprinted in Herb Greene, <I>Dead Days: A Grateful Dead Illustrated History</I> (Petaluma, CA: Acid Test Productions, 1997).
Set 1disc 1 - 42:02
electric banjo, pedal steel guitar, music equipment talk, etc.
Jefferson Airplane, Jerry assisting on Surrealistic Pillow LP
The San Francisco Sound
hippies, Grateful Dead view of music, etc.
The Fillmore audience
talk about Newsweek article, "Dropouts With A Mission" and Jerry seeing himself as a dropout
Jerry discusses precursors to the S.F. scene and switching from banjo back to guitar
rock and roll influences (Chuck Berry, The Beatles, etc.), becoming successful while sharing with their friends, etc.
the Vietnam War
"the world needs to take care of itself"
Grateful Dead music not advocating any political message
looking forward to first trip to New York
Buffalo Springfield, Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Jorma Kaukonen
Mathew Katz and other old style band managers
S.F. radio and the radio business
Jerry's short review and hopes for the success of their not yet released first album
disc 2 - 41:08
what might happen to the S.F. scene, etc.
talk about some band equipment which had just been stolen from their warehouse
the Haight Ashbury scene
The Hell's Angels
the stolen band equipment has been found!
more Hell's Angels talk
Jerry's beliefs
The police
drugs
Jerry's tapes - "go get them from Sara"
possibility of playing banjo with The Grateful Dead > kids talking much louder than Jerry [luckily there's not too much of that]
existentialism
"Blow Up" film and Grateful Dead plans to be in a movie
Look magazine article on Jefferson Airplane with Jim Marshall photos of the S.F. bands
jazz and other styles mixing with Rock and Roll
talk about getting the stolen band equipment back
talk about the old gun that Jerry is playing around with during the interview
interview conclusion
electric banjo, pedal steel guitar, music equipment talk, etc.
Jefferson Airplane, Jerry assisting on Surrealistic Pillow LP
The San Francisco Sound
hippies, Grateful Dead view of music, etc.
The Fillmore audience
talk about Newsweek article, "Dropouts With A Mission" and Jerry seeing himself as a dropout
Jerry discusses precursors to the S.F. scene and switching from banjo back to guitar
rock and roll influences (Chuck Berry, The Beatles, etc.), becoming successful while sharing with their friends, etc.
the Vietnam War
"the world needs to take care of itself"
Grateful Dead music not advocating any political message
looking forward to first trip to New York
Buffalo Springfield, Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Jorma Kaukonen
Mathew Katz and other old style band managers
S.F. radio and the radio business
Jerry's short review and hopes for the success of their not yet released first album
disc 2 - 41:08
what might happen to the S.F. scene, etc.
talk about some band equipment which had just been stolen from their warehouse
the Haight Ashbury scene
The Hell's Angels
the stolen band equipment has been found!
more Hell's Angels talk
Jerry's beliefs
The police
drugs
Jerry's tapes - "go get them from Sara"
possibility of playing banjo with The Grateful Dead > kids talking much louder than Jerry [luckily there's not too much of that]
existentialism
"Blow Up" film and Grateful Dead plans to be in a movie
Look magazine article on Jefferson Airplane with Jim Marshall photos of the S.F. bands
jazz and other styles mixing with Rock and Roll
talk about getting the stolen band equipment back
talk about the old gun that Jerry is playing around with during the interview
interview conclusion
CommentJerry Garcia interview with a former banjo student and someone else (an artist named "Kramer").
early March?, 1967
Grateful Dead House
710 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, California, USA
83 minutes
Lots of interesting early 1967 Jerry talk The probable date is because their first album was about to be released, but hadn't been yet. (The release date for the first album was March 17, 1967.)
Besides Jerry and the interviewers, there are bits of Mountain Girl, Bob Weir, Pigpen and others in the background.
early March?, 1967
Grateful Dead House
710 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, California, USA
83 minutes
Lots of interesting early 1967 Jerry talk The probable date is because their first album was about to be released, but hadn't been yet. (The release date for the first album was March 17, 1967.)
Besides Jerry and the interviewers, there are bits of Mountain Girl, Bob Weir, Pigpen and others in the background.
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