On April 24th, that latter show will be released as the Jerry Garcia Band’s GarciaLive Volume 13: September 16th, 1989 Poplar Creek Music Theatre, marking the first time any of the Garcia-Clemons collaborations have been officially unveiled.Īs Garcia biographer and Dead scholar Blair Jackson notes in the liner notes of the collection, Clemons sounds more at home with Garcia’s unit than the Dead. Starting at the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, Clemons joined the JGB for five straight gigs, ending with a show at the now-demolished Poplar Creek Music Theatre outside of Chicago. Jerry was in good shape, but we were doing a little drinking.”ĭuring one concentrated period that fall, Clemons took the musical bond one step further. It would’ve been a lot of fun, but I don’t think anyone would have survived. “Jerry and I were both single at that time, and Clarence suggested the three of us move in together and have a bachelor pad,” Weir recalled bemusedly.
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