A singular wedding present given to Lisa and me all those years ago -- perhaps less appreciated by my bride than myself -- was a box of Betty Boards from my old friend Big Tom. Archive.org has long since superseded tape, but I still have the cassettes and the plastic cases with their hand-written set lists, and I have memories of listening to them in a rented Mustang convertible on our NoCal honeymoon, so, better than a chafing dish.
Anyway: "Obviously, this will end someday. There’s enough good material in the vault to go at this rate for another twenty or thirty years, or, at a slower rate, for fifty years."
I recently found the tapes of Allan Dodds Frank's multi-hour 1987 interview with Garcia, which he did after our much briefer backstage conversation (linked in the right rail). Ownership issues pending, I'll try to find a place to publish the transcripts and audio.
Wow, 17 years. Where was that show? That '77 Cornell and 4-9-83 Hampton show are my favorites.
Posted by: Kim | Nov 21, 2012 at 06:51 PM
I never could get into Black Throated Wind. It's on so many great lists from that early 70s period that I was very thankful when CDs came along.
Posted by: Account Deleted | Nov 21, 2012 at 08:09 PM
Kim: Portland, OR.
I was at that Hampton show. It was real good.
Posted by: Ed Cone | Nov 21, 2012 at 08:25 PM
I think I had an out of body experience, or something similar.
Posted by: Kim | Nov 21, 2012 at 08:42 PM