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David Grisman Quintet 07/27/1976

Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
SHNID 156987
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FLAC 1644 Source: Sony TC-124 > MC by Gene Tabak
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Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, glitch removal, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 2496
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SHNID 156988 FLAC 2496 Source: Sony TC-124 > MC by...
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


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Date: 03/23/2025
User: DForte
I was at the show. The group with J.D. Crowe and Richard Greene were actually headliners, with Grisman on mando, Tony Rice on guitar and vocal, Jerry Douglas on dobro, and Todd Phillips on bass. The David Grisman Quintet had only played a few gigs, and had Tony just on guitar (all instrumental format), Bill Amatneek on bass, Todd P. moving to "second mandolin," and Darol Anger on violin. The DGQ's first album hadn't been released yet. DGQ became a big draw at GAMH, and when Stephane Grappelli did his first American tour, his first gig was at GAMH, and he and Grisman became good friends and collaborators.