Thursday, March 5, 1998
Last Day Saloon, San Francisco
Honeydew->
Cassidy->
Sultans of Swing
An American Family
Things We Said Today->
Live One
Travelin' Man
Crazy Crazy Crazy
Jacqueline
The Minstrel
Hooker River
Saturday, February 28, 1998
Foresters' Hall, Redwood City CA
with Jerry's Kids
Dixie Chicken->
Things We Said Today->
Dixie Chicken
Cassidy->
An American Family
El Paso->
Travelin' Man
Crazy Crazy Crazy
Our Lady of the Well->
China Cat Jam->
Honeydew->
Sultans of Swing
Jacqueline
Scarlet Begonias->
The Minstrel
Saturday, January 31, 1998
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
With special guests Phil Lesh and Vince Welnick
Benefit for the Unbroken
Chain Foundation
Hooker River
Salisbury Plain
Travelin' Man
Tear My Stillhouse Down
The Minstrel
Crazy Crazy Crazy*
Eric Rawlins - acoustic guitar and vocals
David Gans - electric guitar and vocals
Jennifer Jolly - piano and vocals
Rik Elswit - guitar/synth and vocals
Steve Ramirez - bass
Clayton Call - drums
*Joe Goldmark - pedal steel
Franklin's Tower->
It's All Too Much->
Broken Arrow
Honeydew->
Sultans of Swing
St. Stephen->
Scarlet Begonias->
Fire on the Mountain
Sugaree
**Friend of the Devil
***Golden Days->
***Stella Blue->
***The Other One->
Dark Star jam->
Imagine->
Dark Star->
Things We Said Today->
Cosmic Charlie
Box of Rain
Like a Rolling Stone
Wild Horses
The Wheel->
I Bid You Good Night (instrumental)
David Gans - guitar and vocals
Gary Lambert - guitar and vocals
Vince Welnick - keyboards and vocals
Jennifer Jolly - piano and vocals
Joe Goldmark - pedal steel
Robin Bonnell - cello
Phil Lesh - bass
Clayton Call - drums
** Kitty Margolis - vocals; Steve Horowitz, drums
*** Steve Horowitz, drums
additional vocals in last set by Kitty and by Tammie Horowitz
Phil sang lead on Broken Arrow, Sugaree, Imagine, Box of Rain, Like a
Rolling
Stone, and Wild Horses
December 31, 1997
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
opening for moe.
Hooker River
Honeydew->
Cassidy->
An American Family
Things We Said Today*->
Jacqueline*
Dixie Chicken*
Crazy Crazy Crazy**
* with Chuck Garvey, guitar and vocals
** with Chuck Garvey and Al Schnier, guitar and vocals
Saturday, December 27, 1997
Maritime Hall, San Francisco CA
with special guest Phil Lesh
Benefit for the Unbroken
Chain Foundation
Set 1 (9:00 - 10:50pm):
1. Honeydew ->
2. An American Family
3. Live One
4. Jacqueline
5. Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
6. Bird Song
7. Sugar Magnolia ->
8. Scarlet Begonias ->
9. Brown-Eyed Women
10. El Paso
11. China Cat Sunflower ->
12. Mexicali Blues
13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
14. Alabama Getaway
Set 2 (11:25pm - 1:15am):
15. Eyes of the World ->
16. He's Gone
17. They Love Each Other
18. Cassidy ->
19. Cold Rain and Snow
20. Black Peter ->
21. Morning Dew
22. Terrapin ->
23. I Know You Rider
24. (E) Box of Rain
Photos and more info at nugs.net
Personnel:
David Gans - guitar, vocals (1-24)
Phil Coulson (of Jerry's Kids) - guitar, vocals (7-24)
Chuck Garvey (of moe.) - guitar,
vocals (4-6)
Jennifer Jolly - keyboard, vocals (1-17, 20-24; vocals only on
16)
Bob Bralove - keyboard, vocals (16)
Scott Fernandez - keyboard (18,19)
Steve Ramirez - bass, vocals (1-5)
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals (6-24)
Clayton Call - drums (1-16, 20-24)
Mika Scott - drums (17-19)
Liz Warren - vocals (18,19)
Sunday, December 7, 1997
Continental Ballroom, San Francisco Hilton
Broken Angels with special guests
Unbroken Chain Foundation benefit/PhilHarmonia afterparty
jam ->
Honeydew ->
Mason's Children ->
An American Family
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
Hooker River
(37:00)
David Gans - elec. guitar, vocals
Jennifer Jolly - piano, vocals
Steve Ramirez - bass
Clayton Call - drums
Bird Song
Box of Rain
Cassidy ->
Big River
(45:00)
Bob Weir - elec. guitar, vocals
David Gans - elec. guitar, vocals
Bruce Hornsby - piano, vocals
Donna Jean (Godchaux) MacKay - vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Clayton Call - drums
New Speedway Boogie
~
Bertha
(18:00)
David Gans - elec. guitar, vocals
Gary Lambert - elec. guitar, vocals
Jennifer Jolly - piano, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Clayton Call - drums
Thursday, November 6, 1997
with special guest Phil Lesh
in a benefit for the Unbroken Chain Foundation
Maritime Hall, San Francisco CA
Set 1:
Live One
Salisbury Plain
Crazy Crazy Crazy
Yellow Moon
Jay's Song
Hooker River
David Gans - electric guitar, vocals
Eric Rawlins - acous. guitar, vocals
Rik Elswit - elec. guitar, guitar synth.
Jennifer Jolly - keybd., vocals
Steve Ramirez - bass
Clayton Call - drums
Bertha
Cassidy*+ ->
Sultans of Swing*+ ->
Playing in the Band*+
Broken Arrow*= ->
China Cat jam*+= ->
I Saw Her Standing There*+=
David Gans - elec. guitar, vocals
Bob Nakamine - elec. guitar
Alan Feldstein - elec. guitar, vocals
=Gary Lambert - elec. guitar, vocals (replacing Alan)
Jennifer Jolly - keybd.
+Bob Bralove - keybd., vocals
Liz Warren - vocals
Steve Ramirez - bass
*Phil Lesh - bass, vocals (replacing Steve)
Clayton Call - drums
Anthony Aversano - percussion
-break-
Dark Star*@+=~ ->
New Speedway Boogie*+=~ ->
The Other One*+=~ ->
Black-Throated Wind*^~
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues*=%^~
Box of Rain*=%~
Not Fade Away=%#^& ->
St Stephen=%#^& ->
Terrapin Station=#&^$ ->
Midnight Moonlight=#^$ ->
Big River@=#^$
David Gans - elec. guitar, vocals
@Robin Bonnell - elec. cello
*Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Mika Scott - drums
~Alan Feldstein - elec. guitar, vocals
=Gary Lambert - elec. guitar, vocals
^Bob Nakamine - elec. guitar
Scott Fernandez - keybd., vocals
+Bob Bralove - keybd., vocals
%Jennifer Jolly - keybd., vocals
#Duane Day - bass, vocals (replacing Phil)
Liz Warren - vocals
Anthony Aversano - percussion
$Clayton Call - percussion
Encore:
The Minstrel
Cosmic Charlie=%
David Gans - elec. guitar, vocals
Bob Nakamine - elec. guitar
Alan Feldstein - elec. guitar, vocals
=Gary Lambert - elec. guitar, vocals (replacing Alan)
%Scott Fernandez - keybd., vocals
Steve Ramirez - bass
Mika Scott - drums
Anthony Aversano - percussion
Return to David Gans set lists
Set 1 (9:25 - 10:30pm):
Black-Throated Wind >
Franklin's Tower
Sultans of Swing
Bird Song >
Cassidy >
Bird Song >
Scarlet Begonias >
Bird Song (coda)
Set 2 (11:20pm - 1:00am):
Silvio*@
Eyes of the World@ >
Drums@ >
Secret Agent Man@ >
Not Fade Away@ >
Rocket Man >
Hooker River
Born to Be Wild >
The Last Time >
Let It Rock >
Scene of the Crime
E: Loser
Personnel:
David Gans - guitar, vocals
Bob Nakamine - guitar
Phil McGee - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Dennis Calloway - bass
Mika Scott - drums, vocals
Special Guests:
*JC Flyer - acoustic guitar, vocals
@Anthony Aversano - djembe
Set 1 (9:25 - 10:40):
They Love Each Other
El Paso
Hard to Handle
Sitting in Limbo ->
Mountain Jam ->
jam ->
Bertha
When Things Was Cheap [by Terry Adams of NRBQ] ->
New Speedway Boogie
Set 2 (11:20 - 1:05):
jam ->
Sultans of Swing ->
Spanish Jam ->
White Rabbit Jam ->
Fire on the Mountain* ->
Stella Blue**
Eyes of the World@ ->
jam@ ->
Dark Star@ [1st verse] ->
The Minstrel@ [by David Gans]
The Weight@ ->
Dark Star jam@ ->
Cosmic Charlie
Personnel:
David Gans: guitar and vocals
Gary Lambert: guitar and vocals
Steve Ramirez: bass and vocals
Clayton Call: drums
Special Guests:
Fred Hageman: *guitar; **guitar and vocals
@Bob Nakamine: guitar
Set 1 (9:25 - 10:30pm):
Deal
Franklin's Tower
Ramble On Rose
Cassidy ->
Secret Agent Man ->
Scene of the Crime
Travelin' Man
Eyes of the World
Sultans of Swing
Set 2 (11:20pm - 12:45am):
Jack Straw* >
Let It Rock*
Love Minus Zero/No Limit#
I Saw Her Standing There
Scarlet Begonias ->
Hooker River
Honeydew ->
Black-Throated Wind ->
Johnny B. Goode
The Last Time ->
Playing in the Band
Personnel:
David Gans: guitar and vocals
Bob Nakamine: guitar
Dennis Calloway: bass
Ed Michaels: drums (and Birthday Boy)
Special Guests:
*Bill Wallace: bass
#Jeff Letrain (sp?): guitar and vocals (in for Bob)
Set 1 (9:15 - 10:25pm):
Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire on the Mountain
Bird Song ->
New Speedway Boogie ->
Bird Song ->
Keyboard jam ->
Dose Hermanos jam
jam ->
Next Time You See Me
Set 2 (11:00pm - 12:30am):
I Walk on Gilded Splinters ->
jam ->
Mountains of the Moon ->
Dark Star jam ->
Division Street ->
Dark Star [1st verse] ->
bass solo ->
Mason's Children ->
jam ->
Dark Star [2nd verse] ->
I Know You Rider [done at Dew tempo] ->
Dark Star
Viola Lee Blues
Personnel:
David Gans - guitar and vocals
Henry Kaiser - guitar
Tom Constanten - keyboard
Bob Bralove - keyboards and vocals
Duane Day - bass and vocals
Clayton Call - drums
Set 1 (9:30 - 10:50pm):
Sugaree
Big River
They Love Each Other
Foolish Heart ->
Hooker River
Black-Throated Wind ->
Deal
Bird Song* (for Allen Ginsberg) ->
Elegy for Neal Cassady*
New Speedway Boogie* ->
Bird Song
Set 2 (11:25pm - 12:50am):
U.S. Blues#
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad#
Franklin's Tower ->
Terrapin ->
jam ->
I Know You Rider
He's Gone ->
Truckin' ->
Cassidy ->
Mason's Children
Personnel:
David Gans - guitar and vocals
Alan Feldstein - guitar and vocals
Duane Day - bass and vocals
Pete Sawyer - drums
Phil McGee - keyboards (set 2); lead vocal on He's Gone
Special guests:
*Gary Lambert - vocals
#Tom Lee - bass (replacing Duane)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:41:43 -0700
To: tnf@well.com
From: Fred/Lynne Hageman <lfh@pacbell.net>
Subject: Was that fun or what?
Hey David,
Had a wonderful time last night with your Broken Angels. (Let's get this right out front: As a longtime Hunter/Stella freak, I am pissed that you have swiped this name! It is a wonderful choice, epitimizing Jerry, and all of us, and I am jealous as shit that you got it first. ;)
It's funny. I came at the last minute, with no plan at all of doing so. Emergency times on my personal front--the cow is giving kerosene on good days right now, and I needed to let loose a little. Only problem is, something about the room seems to prohibit dancing, why I don't know. I came by once before, when you had Henry Kaiser up there, and couldn't believe the folks were just sitting there. I left shortly thereafter, bummed. Well, last night, I was determined to dance, so I did what I could. It wasn't quite the Pasand or Fillmore level of reckless abandon, but I really did enjoy myself. I'm gonna come back and work to whip it up some more next week. (any way to clear out some of those tables and chairs to free up some space? Most of the front tables seem to be empty anyway, with people tending toward the back.) I have to imagine it's more fun for you guys to have us shaking it, as opposed to staring at you.
I thought the Ginsberg eulogy to Neal was a deft touch, and you guys did some neat stuff behind it with the varying dynamics and moods. Were there more room, I'd have gone to the zone big time. Reminded me of 10-31-91 in a way. In a way. It would have been a no-brainer to go with Howl, so I thought this worked out quite nicely. Kudos.
Another thing that felt really good was your tampering with stuff, ala the speedway vocalizing at the end and that interspercing of bobby's china cat opening riff in the neat little spaces. It's odd. when it is happening, I am hyper aware of what is going down, but unless I see a set list later, I remember only a few tunes that were played. Did you guys do a franklins? I thought I remembered you putting that china cat riff in there, but I can't really remember the franklins. I know you tossed it in the gdtrfb, just as they did a time or two, but you also did it elsewhere. I think this element of juxtapostion puts a great spin on things and keeps the music viable and growing. Hunter's bits at the fillmore doing this (Bertha/Help! and Down the Road/So Many Roads, to name two) were transcendent., but I am a stone Hunter fool, so what do I know? ;) It always occurs to me how much the dead created a new genre out of their mixture of traditional styles. It's a whole different breed of music and it is just starting. As I told Duane, this shit did not die with the Dead.
I liked dancing with your stuff a lot. I hadn't heard you play but for the ten minutes with Kaiser, so it was a treat to hear some of the spaces you painted yourself into. I also didn't mind the frequent clams, ala Terrapin. I know you guys don't rehearse much, so I like the ragged but right spirit. (At times, however, there were some egregious tuning problems. How nostalgic! ;) I like to ride with the melody as opposed to just bouncing along with a pedestrian rhythm, so it was nice to take those journeys with you. I'd like to take that ride again.
see ya soon,
Fred
Set 1 (9:20 - 10:50pm)
Eyes of the World >
Cassidy >
Sultans of Swing
"Happy birthday, Phil"
Mississippi Half-Step >
One Way Out
Beat It On Down the Line
Lazy River Road
Scarlet Begonias >
I Know You Rider
Deal*
Set 2 (11:35pm - 12:45am)
Next Time You See Me^ >
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat^ >
Next Time You See Me^
Cosmic Charlie >
Terrapin >
jam >
Wharf Rat >
The Other One (1st verse) >
El Paso
Casey Jones
Personnel:
David Gans, guitar and vocals
Phil Coulson (Jerry's Kids), guitar and vocals
Phil McGee, keyboard and vocals
Steve Ramirez (The Reptiles), bass
Bennett Falk, drums
Special guests:
Walter Keeler, vocals (first set)
*Dan Albers (The Ded Guise), bass (on Deal)
Gary Lambert, vocals (second set)
^Jay Saber, harmonica (on Next Time)
[Phil Coulson's birthday]
Jay asked me for some comments, so here's a few:
I thought this show was really good, overall. The second set was especially nice. I think the harp really added the right touch to Next Time, and the band seemed to gel from then on out. The highlights for me were the jams: between Scarlet and Rider; after Terrapin; and out of The Other One. Some of it made my hair stand up! I'll have to give it another listen on tape -- but I'm pretty sure it wasn't just me. . .
Phil C. was really on last night -- there's something about them birthday shows. . .
See ya next time,
Michael Zelner
Bluebird->
Taxman->
The Wheel->
Uncle John's Band->
Crazy Crazy Crazy
Candyman
Chimes of Freedom
I'll be Your Baby Tonight
And It Stoned Me*
Sing Me Back Home*
Browen-Eyed Women*
The Harder They Come*
Cosmic Charlie->
Big River
China Cat jam->
Morning Dew->
Me and Bobby McGee
Personnel:
David Gans, guitar and vocals
Bob Nakamine, guitar
Pete Grant, pedal steel guitar
Tom Yacoe, bass and vocals
Mike Shaw, drums
*Steve Ramirez sings and replaces Bob Nakamine on guitar
Set 1 (9:15 - 10:20pm)
"Tennesse Wheel">
Me & Bobby McGee
Box of Rain
Cassidy >
jam >
China Cat Sunflower*>
Black Peter >
I Know You Rider*
Brown-Eyed Women*
The Promised Land*
Set 2 (11:05pm - 12:50am)
Big River*
Cumberland Blues*->
I've Just Seen a Face*->
Cumberland Blues*
Mexicali Blues*
Looks Like Rain**
Dark Star** [no verses; w/o Bob] >
Terrapin Station** >
Playing in the Band*** >
jam** >
Dark Star [both verses] >
The Other One >
Me & My Uncle
Cold Rain and Snow***
Personnel:
David Gans, guitar and vocals
Bob Nakamine, guitar
Duane day, bass and vocals
Clayton Call and Bennett Falk, drums
Special Guests:
Phil McGee, (*)vocals, (**)guitar, (***)guitar and vocals
Woody Vermeire, fiddle (second set only)
Set 1 (9:10 - 10:40pm)
They Love Each Other
Hey Pocky Way
Candyman
Mama Tried >
El Paso >
Tore Up
Looks Like Rain >
Cassidy >
Eyes of the World >
Mountain Jam >
New Speedway Boogie
Set 2 (11:20pm - 1:20am)
Scarlet Begonias
Bird Song
Bertha
Uncle John's Band >
China Doll >
China Cat Sunflower >
Mexicali Blues >
You Win Again
Shakedown Street >
Hard to Handle >
Shakedown Street
Hooker River
Personnel:
David Gans, guitar and vocals
Phil Coulson (Jerry's Kids), guitar and vocals
Mike LiPuma (The Webs), bass and vocals
Clayton Call (The Unreal Band), drums
Special guests:
Walter Keeler, vocals (first set only)
Pete Harris (The Webs), guitar and vocals (on Scarlet, Bird Song)
Dan Albers (The Ded Guise), bass (on Scarlet, Bird Song)
Andy Koblick (The Webs), guitar and vocals (on Bertha)
David Gans, guitar and vocals
Bob Bralove, keyboards and
vocals
Bob Nakamine, guitar (set 2 only)
Phil McGee, keyboards and vocals (2 songs)
Subject: Gans and Bralove at Blakes 2.25.97 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:16:38 -0800 From: "Christopher R.C. Lull" <crcl@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: ceo@gankmore.com Organization: Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc. Two years to the day after the last Mardi-Gras I found myself sitting in the basement of Larry Blakes Bar on Telegraph Ave in our fair city of Berkeley being bombarded with some of the strangest music I have ever heard. As Gans said himself, it was too out there to be bad or good. Man it was weird. I enjoyed it entirely. For those of you in the Bay Area I suggest you get your lazy butts to Blakes on Tuesday night. It's always fun.... It's only three bucks so come on down. Taping is allowed and encouraged. Chris Lull
David Gans, guitar and vocals
Bob Nakamine, guitar
Duane Day, bass and vocals
Gary Ross, drums
When Duane Day jammed with the Broken Angels at Blake's on February 18, I suggested Scarlet Begonias->Terrapin. Duane didn't think it was feasible to go from a Scarlet jam (in B) to Terrapin (which starts with an F chord).
We all know now that is *is* possible. And fun, too. &endash; DG
Dear David, I was going to follow your advice and make up descriptive names for the jams but after reading the track listing for the Dick's Picks #7 (from the March 1997 ICE newsletter), I couldn't begin to match "Spam Jam". Blake's, Berkeley, CA, 2-18-97 w/Gary Ross and Duane Day from Jerry's Kids 1st Set: Intro jam-> China Cat jam-> Jam-> Me and Bobby McGee (break to collect cover charge) Next Time You See Me Cassidy-> Jam-> The Wheel-> Jam-> Seeds and Stems Eyes of the World-> Jam 2nd Set: Bertha (w/Blake Schaefer replacing Bob Nakamine) Scarlet Begonias-> Terrapin-> Jam-> Box of Rain-> Wharf Rat-> Mississippi Halfstep-> Jam-> Other One Jam-> Mason's Children-> Deconstruction Jam-> Looks Like Rain band intro redux My compliments to a very good show. Be sure and announce (if possible) any special guests you plan to have as "Fallen Angels" [sic] on your Wed. radio show. Yours, Matt Kora
***
Subject: Broken Angels - check 'em out Date: 24 Feb 1997 04:15:54 GMT From: finasfish@aol.com (Finasfish) If you live in the SF area, check out David Gans' band 'Broken Angels' - they play Larry Blakes in Berkeley each tuesday evening, charge only 3$... Great evening ... we missed the start and end, but enjoyed all we saw ... Band was great, tight with good jams - the guy who stood in for Bertha ... dunno where he came from but I suggest you San Franciscans keep an eye on him... and a good time was had by all - there weren't that many there, so check it out - you missed a good night out. Jeremy Poynton (non rmgd subsciber due to bandwidth problems) - but a long term UK deadhead jp@deadhead.geac.co.uk *** From: "a hurricane triggered by a butterfly's wings" <plord@there.org> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:30:46 -0800 (PST) David and company are doing a really fun thing in Berkeley every Tuesday. Berkeley, on the other hand, must be riding the pendulum according to the whims of, like, some OTHER gravity, man. A bar full of people surrounded by tapes of Dead tunes and real live covers thereof *sat down* through the whole thing. Lisa and I were SO confused, I mean, we had good cause to sit and chat with Jeremy and his brother John, but both us us got up to boogie a couple of times! There were maybe three other people in the whole bar who so much as wobbled a hip. We arrived on the tail end of an Eyes... then sat through a really nice Scarlet -> Terrapin -> the beginning of a Wharfie before the encroaching wee-bitching hour heralded our untimely departure. The Mssrs. Gans and Nakamine look to be having a grand time (and who wouldn't?), and neither is afraid to take chances during the jams; bravo! It's good stuff. I was *very* impressed with guest Duane Day's bass playing; his tone and agility is spot on. At the beginning of the second set, David brought a very fresh-faced young fellow named Blake Shaeffer (?) up on stage, then proceeded to let him have the solos and sing the final verse to Bertha. My only complaint about his playing would be that he lacked the confidence to turn it up a notch and really step out. What I could hear in the mix, though, was pretty solid. I thought it was a great thing to do, exceedingly kind on the band's part, not to mention that they backed him up superbly, urging perhaps a longer lead break than Mr. Shaeffer expected, then supporting him through it and out. It's a warm making thing, you know? peace, paul