High Country – 1969-02-19

Musicians

Butch Waller - mandolin
David Nelson - acoustic guitar
Rich Wilbur - acoustic bass

Guests
Jerry Garcia - banjo

Show
Liberty (bluegrass) , On And On , Walls Of Time , Pike County Breakdown , Teardrops In My Eyes , Big River , Working On A Building , Brand New Shoes , Soldier's Joy , Swing Low Sweet Chariot , I'm Blue I'm Lonesome , Bluegrass Stomp , I Wonder Where You Are Tonight , Foggy Mountain Breakdown , Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me , Blue Grass Breakdown

Also Appearing

Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady

Notes

We used to think this might be a misdated Matrix Tape (of which there are many). But we have converged to his being in the afternoon of the legendary "Celestial Synapse" GD show that night at the Fillmore West. Abram's tapes label it a "Blue Grass Jam", and that sounds like good clean afternoon fun. There's a little kiddo in the audience, too, not that that means all that much.
Thanks to Bluegrass Hall of Famer Neil V. Rosenberg for his help in identifying the first tune, a rough-and-ready version of Big Mon's "Liberty".
lostlivedead: The Matrix, San Francisco February 1969 High Country with Jerry Garcia and David Nelson. Corry speculates that "Since Jerry Garcia was booked for February 24 and 26 (with Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann in "Mickey Hart and The Hartbeats") [we should] presume now that High Country was playing an opening set for one of these gigs." But it's not clear to us why we should assume that.
JGMF: LN19690219 High Country '2/19/69' Matrix, San Francisco, CA

YouTube Audio

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Show			Gap Analysis not calculated for this event
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Liberty (bluegrass)		Instrumental
On And On		Undetermined
Walls Of Time		Undetermined
Pike County Breakdown		Instrumental
Teardrops In My Eyes		Undetermined
Big River	cowboy	Undetermined
Working On A Building		Undetermined
Brand New Shoes		Undetermined
Soldier's Joy		Instrumental
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot		Undetermined
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome		Undetermined
Bluegrass Stomp		Instrumental
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight		Undetermined
Foggy Mountain Breakdown		Instrumental
Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me		Undetermined
Blue Grass Breakdown		Instrumental