Jerry Garcia steel discography

Sherman Willden · Post by **Sherman Willden** » 17 Oct 2005 1:12 am

On which recordings did Jerry play steel?

Thanks;

Sherman

Edward Efira · Post by **Edward Efira** » 17 Oct 2005 8:00 am

B.O.H.I.C.A.

Ed

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 17 Oct 2005 10:36 am

Sorry-I don't get it.

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Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 17 Oct 2005 1:54 pm

BOHICA. Bend Over Here It Comes Again (pronounced: bow-hee-ka). An acronym used in online chat, ... Oh brother, BOHICA."

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 17 Oct 2005 2:29 pm

"The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

can of worms

NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. cans of worms
Informal A source of unforeseen and troublesome complexity."

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Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 17 Oct 2005 3:29 pm

Thanks for clearing that "BOHICA" thing up. Very appropriate for this thread.

One more computer geek/chat term I can add to my meager arsenal.

Now "can of worms," that's one of my all-time favorite expressions. Also very appropriate.

"You hit the nail on the head."

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 17 Oct 2005 3:51 pm

I believe it's a very valid question. Does such a list exist?
I'd like to see it.

My favorite is "Dire Wolf".

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 17 Oct 2005 4:34 pm

Well, there's a pretty extensive discography posted here.
If you follow the links to the specific releases you'll find that many of them features the instrumentation of each track.

Steinar

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Mike Winter · Post by **Mike Winter** » 17 Oct 2005 6:04 pm

H-u-g-e

John Pelz · Post by **John Pelz** » 17 Oct 2005 6:46 pm

I believe it's a very valid question.

I do, too. Here are the ones I'm aware of:

w/the Dead:
* Workingman's Dead ("Dire Wolf," "High Time")
* American Beauty ("Candyman")

* Bob Weir's 1st solo album, "Ace" ("Looks Like Rain")

* Garcia's 1st solo album ("Eep Hour," "To Lay Me Down," "The Wheel," ???)

* his "infamous"

ride on CSNY'S "Teach Your Children"

* first album by The New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 18 Oct 2005 4:11 am

I'm amazed; 'Zabriskie Point'? Who knew?

Steve Frost · Post by **Steve Frost** » 18 Oct 2005 3:26 pm

C'mon Charlie, we all knew that one, Love Song, wasn't it? I'm stretching back a few years, but I clearly remember that...buxom girl- I recall that she was described as"zaftig" at the time. Crikey! TW3!

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 18 Oct 2005 3:35 pm

Someone could compile such a list from the GD dicography by entering the following into Goggle's search box:

"Jerry Garcia pedal steel" site:www.deaddisc.com

The search yields 47 pages, 1 for each album he played on.

click here

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Sherman Willden · Post by **Sherman Willden** » 18 Oct 2005 8:04 pm

Thanks to all. Curiosity killed the cat; Satisfaction brought it back.

Sherman

Jim Peters · Post by **Jim Peters** » 19 Oct 2005 1:51 pm

"Change Partners" is a favorite of mine. JG and Steven Stills, a very cool time signature change, diatonic harmonies walked up from the 1(A), BC pedals I'm pretty sure. Anyone else know of it? JP

Mark Lind-Hanson · Post by **Mark Lind-Hanson** » 26 Oct 2005 1:11 pm

YES but he does NOT play PSG on the Zabriskie Point soundtrack! That is just two overdubbed electrics... He told Antonioni he wanted to do another take, but Antonioni was too pleased with the first one to alllow it...

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 28 Oct 2005 8:10 am

Change Partners is a GREAT piece of steel work by Jerry.. VERY musical.. Its amazing how SO many steel players think Jerry couldn't play the steel well, yet some of the most highly talented singers and musicians of the day sought HIS sound out for thier albums, when their labels probably would have gotten them any steel player they wanted for the session... no Jerry was NOT a technician on the steel, but he WAS a musician on it.... bob

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 28 Oct 2005 9:30 am

some of the most highly talented singers and musicians of the day sought HIS sound out for their albums

Maybe they just wanted to get high with him.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 28 Oct 2005 9:38 am

They didn't and don't need Jerry Garcia to get high. If you have money, high will find you. Jerry had a soulful feeling in his playing. It's hard to teach that to a musician (or your Children!)

Rocco Labriola · Post by **Rocco Labriola** » 28 Oct 2005 11:31 am

I found a bunch of live Jerry on the steel here at http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php

If you search for 'Jerry pedal steel' you'll find several live cuts of varying quality. Most of are from '69 - '72. There are several versions of Dire Wolf with Bobby singing and, what I assume to be, a bunch of country classics that a young-er Yank like myself was unfamilar with.

There is also a couple of sets of the fat man with NRPS.

If you just search 'pedal steel' you'll get some Robert Randolph and the forums very own John Graboff with Ryan Adams.

Rocco

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 28 Oct 2005 12:53 pm

Andy, my point is that the young, hip musicians of that era probably weren't all that comfortable with the steel players who frequented the Palomino club. Two very different scenes. Jerry was someone they could feel comfortable with.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 29 Oct 2005 11:15 am

True!

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 30 Oct 2005 9:48 am

San Francisco just name a city park amphitheater after Jerry. Here's the news article.

There's no mention of the "world's greatest pedal steel guitarist" plaque.

Mark Lind-Hanson · Post by **Mark Lind-Hanson** » 31 Oct 2005 9:37 am

I happened to go to the city park (JG Ampitheater) dedication this last past Saturday. Band by name of Grapefruit Ed played with a very good steel player- I did not get his name however- if anyone on forum knows it? Same band played there last year and had a piano/keyboard player in his place- they did a set HEAVY on Dylan covers which they handled quite well. Also the Little Wheels Band with a pedal steel player out of Austin TX (did not catch HIS name, either, but that was due to other noises around me at the time)-it was nice to see pedal steel players at the event in any case, & what was good about Little Wheels is, they had the guts to play their OWN tunes, not just to try out covers...
BTW this is a GEM of a place to place music...

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 31 Oct 2005 10:07 am

The jam band scene is going to be the next big source of new steel players!