1964-03-06 Black Mountain Boys

Top Of The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA

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Musicians
Jerry Garcia - banjo, guitar, vocals
David Nelson - mandolin, vocals
Geoff Levin - bass
Sandy Rothman - guitar, vocals

Acoustic Set 1:
Monroe's Hornpipe , Katie Kline [1] , Walkin' The Dog [1] , Paddy On The Turnpike [1] , On And On , Bury Me Beneath The Willow , Shady Grove , Love And Wealth [1] , Dark Hollow

Acoustic Set 2:
Sourwood Mountain [1] , If I Lose [1] , Homestead On The Farm [1] , Pig In A Pen , Once More , Stoney Creek [1] , Two Little Boys , Salty Dog Blues [1] , Rosa Lee McFall , Teardrops In My Eyes , New River Train , Love Please Come Home [1] , Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor [1] , John Hardy [2]

Acoustic Set 3:
Happy Birthday , Nine Pound Hammer , Darlin' Allalee [1] , Ocean Of Diamonds , Salt Creek , In The Pines [1] , When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again , Raw Hide [1] , She's More To Be Pitied , Black Mountain Rag [1] , True Life Blues [1] , Devil's Dream [1] > Sailor's Hornpipe [1] , John Hardy [2]

[1] Released on Before The Dead
[2] Instrumental partial version with closing comments spoken over it.

Set 1
Monroe's Hornpipe	Instrumental	2	2
Katie Kline	Sandy Rothman	1	1
Walkin' The Dog	Sandy Rothman	first	2
Paddy On The Turnpike	Instrumental	first	1
On And On	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman	first	2
Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Jerry Garcia	first	last
Shady Grove	Sandy Rothman	first	last
Love And Wealth	Sandy Rothman	first	2
Dark Hollow	Sandy Rothman	first	1

Set 2
Sourwood Mountain	Instrumental	first	1
If I Lose	Sandy Rothman	first	2
Homestead On The Farm	Sandy Rothman	3	2
Pig In A Pen	Jerry Garcia	first	1
Once More	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman	first	1
Stoney Creek	Instrumental	first	1
Two Little Boys	Sandy Rothman	first	1
Salty Dog Blues	Sandy Rothman	first	2
Rosa Lee McFall	Jerry Garcia	2	2
Teardrops In My Eyes	Sandy Rothman	2	2
New River Train	Sandy Rothman	first	1
Love Please Come Home	Sandy Rothman	first	1
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor	Jerry Garcia	first	last
John Hardy	Instrumental	2	0

Set 3
Happy Birthday	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman	first	last
Nine Pound Hammer	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman	first	last
Darlin' Allalee	Sandy Rothman	3	2
Ocean Of Diamonds	Sandy Rothman	first	2
Salt Creek	Instrumental	2	2
In The Pines	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman	first	1
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again	Sandy Rothman	first	2
Raw Hide	Instrumental	2	1
She's More To Be Pitied	Jerry Garcia	3	2
Black Mountain Rag	Instrumental	first	last
True Life Blues	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman	first	2
Devil's Dream >	Instrumental	first	last
Sailor's Hornpipe	Instrumental	first	last
John Hardy	Instrumental	0	1

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Top Of The Tangent March 1964

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Black Mountain Boys Top Of The Tangent [1964-03-06 Set 2]

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Notes

Robert Hunter was in Los Angeles taking classes with Scientology. Geoff Levin was a young folk player from San Jose. He later formed the rock band People! with his brother Robbie.

This is the only Garcia bluegrass performance to date that has almost the entire three recorded sets still existing. The tapes comes from two different sources.

Sets 2 and 3 often circulate as March 7, 1964

There are recordings of "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Betty and Dupree" from Jorma's sets this night which circulate and have long been misidentified as performed by Pigpen.

Jorma Kaukonen was the opening act and performed with his brother Peter playing harmonica on several tunes.

lostlivedead: Jerry Garcia, The Top Of The Tangent, 117 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 1963-64 (Lost And Found)

Sources

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Monroe's Hornpipe		Instrumental		2	2
Katie Kline		Sandy Rothman		1	1
Walkin' The Dog		Sandy Rothman		first	2
Paddy On The Turnpike		Instrumental		first	1
On And On		Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman		first	2
Bury Me Beneath The Willow		Jerry Garcia		first	last
Shady Grove		Sandy Rothman		first	last
Love And Wealth		Sandy Rothman		first	2
Dark Hollow		Sandy Rothman		first	1

Black Mountain Boys 1964-03-06 [Fri]

Top Of The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA

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