A nice addition to this version of the group was our old JGB pal Melvin Seals on organ a good fit for sure. As always, Steve Kimock built his guitar solos slowly, feeling his way through a succession of melodic flights on his way to the stratosphere, while saxman Martin Fierro honked and squonked and screeched in his inimitable way, sometimes locked in with Kimock, but often flying alone. Very cool.Īfter the infamous Baby Gramps stunned the crowd with a between-sets version of a down-and-dirty Delta blues-inspired song I presume was called “Scrotum” (the cat does play a mean dobro!), the latest edition of Zero hit the stage to thunderous cheers. Working through a collection of originals and covers such as “New Speedway Boogie” and Dylan’s/The Byrds’ “Nothing Was Delivered,” they established a warm, mellow vibe reminiscent of parts of Workingman’s Dead, but nicely colored by Robinson’s soulful delivery.
Then came my favorite set of the night, by Black Crowes (and occasional Phil & Friends) singer Chris Robinson & Wooden Family, a trio with Chris on acoustic guitar, George Reiff on bass and the fantastic Jonathan Wilson on electric guitar. Next was a 45-minute jaunt through the distinctive world of rising jam band Tea Leaf Green, who definitely got the crowd movin’ and shakin’ their collective groove thang. Mickey’s Global Drum Project mate Sikuru was up first, fronting an all-percussion group that banged, bopped and rumbled through an exciting set that leaned heavily on material popularized by the late, great Babatunde Olatunji (a long-time friend of the Dead’s). With Wavy acting as emcee and spinning old and new stories between sets, the evening flowed seamlessly. On May 18, at San Francisco’s intimate Grand Ballroom (upstairs from the old Avalon Ballroom), Mickey Hart was part of very strong lineup celebrating Wavy Gravy’s 71st birthday and raising a heap o’ money for Wavy’s favorite cause, SEVA. love and peace to all who find this review. so am sad in the passing of Christine but happy in the thought of knowing we will be together in heaven one day. Today is a sad in my life also i lost my very VERY best friend 2 months ago,a beautiful mother of 3 children. I am a lucky guy who saw well over 600 shows stopped to get sober the world can take some funny twist' s.today being mothers day 2007, was browsing threw the files and dound this gem. so back to this show sounds ok to me give it 4 starts cause of the uniqueness of it all. They all had name tags on there shirts and had that look on there face like what in GODs name is going on here? they only played fire that night but still. that was a weird night am sure for the parents.
Along with the Petaluma civic show when jerry mickey and carlo played for the local school kids and there parents. I got there just in time for Think.Lucky to be there but even still have looked for this for years. sure enough there was the man playing at shell. I was walking to the bus on haight street when someone turned to me and said your not going to the show at the bad shell? of course I was surprised!!!!! turned and went back to golden gate park. Nice documentation here cm, sorry if I got off the subject.Īs wavy gravy use to always say, "these are the good old days." well this sure was one of the days it was great to live in the city and take the B.A.R.T back and forth to the Greek shows.
Kimock definately holds his own, but later in the show, he just sports his black SF "Giants" hat & lights up a smoke and gives Jer the spotlight. SK tries his best to let Garcia lead, but Merl, Anton & Bobby Vega are gettin' down playin' off of Jerry. Great stuff, this show is killer on DVD, I watched it 2day for the 100th time. The 2nd side of that this LP is my favorite, and not only has Anton's "Golden Road", but also lets Healy's SF Sound Mix be heard with Cippolina & Kimock covering 2 Dylan songs: "Solid Rock" & "Knockin'(Heaven's Door)", but they also taste test Garcia/Hunter's "Scarlet Begonias" to close the LP. I have the '79-'81 "The Ghosts playing in the Heart of Gold Band" where Anton & Kimock & Cippolina play with Donna Jean, as well as D.McKay who she would marry after Keith passed. Tracks include: Golden Road, The Core, Little Wing, Straight Jackets, Girls Drums, Tear Tags Off Mattresses, Severe Tire Damage as well as Goin' Down-the songs they were playing during this time. I have one LP SS(Still Sealed) and another that's NM and plays beautifully. I do believe I am correct on this matter.(7/2/88 was his 2nd to last show, so this would be it, right?) John Cippolina was on the ZERO "Here Goes Nothin' " LP released in 1987 on Relix Records. With everything else going down, ZERO plus Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia and the other guests drown out the fact that it's Brother John's final show.
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