1964-03-06 Black Mountain Boys

Top Of The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA

official-release

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

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.

Average Song Gap

2.2

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Monroe's Hornpipe		Instrumental		2	2
Katie Kline	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		1	1
Walkin' The Dog	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		first	2
Paddy On The Turnpike	Released on Before The Dead	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	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		first	2
Dark Hollow		Sandy Rothman		first	1

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Sourwood Mountain	Released on Before The Dead	Instrumental		first	1
If I Lose	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		first	2
Homestead On The Farm	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		3	2
Pig In A Pen		Jerry Garcia		first	1
Once More		Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman		first	1
Stoney Creek	Released on Before The Dead	Instrumental		first	1
Two Little Boys		Sandy Rothman		first	1
Salty Dog Blues	Released on Before The Dead	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	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		first	1
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor	Released on Before The Dead	Jerry Garcia		first	last
John Hardy	Instrumental partial version with closing comments spoken over it.	Instrumental		2	0

Set 3			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Happy Birthday		Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman		first	last
Nine Pound Hammer		Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman		first	last
Darlin' Allalee	Released on Before The Dead	Sandy Rothman		3	2
Ocean Of Diamonds		Sandy Rothman		first	2
Salt Creek		Instrumental		2	2
In The Pines	Released on Before The Dead	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman		first	1
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again		Sandy Rothman		first	2
Raw Hide	Released on Before The Dead	Instrumental		2	1
She's More To Be Pitied		Jerry Garcia		3	2
Black Mountain Rag	Released on Before The Dead	Instrumental		first	last
True Life Blues	Released on Before The Dead	Jerry Garcia and Sandy Rothman		first	2
Devil's Dream >	Released on Before The Dead	Instrumental		first	last
Sailor's Hornpipe	Released on Before The Dead	Instrumental		first	last
John Hardy	Instrumental partial version with closing comments spoken over it.	Instrumental		0	1

Run

Top Of The Tangent March 1964

Audio

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.

Torrents for Date

1964-03-06 [Fri]

Top Of The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3