Jerry Garcia Band
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Sep 22, 2026
DaveHOST
Yeah.
DaveHOST
He is founding a new band called JC and the Dawn.
DaveHOST
It is with his longtime musical collaborator, Dave Ellis, and then some other Bay Area musicians who we don't know exactly who they'll be yet, but that's kind of what they've announced so far.
DaveHOST
They previewed the band over the summer at Oregon Country Fairs late night horse coral stage.
DaveHOST
Just sweet.
DaveHOST
But now they...
DaveHOST
I'm really excited to talk about that next, but for now we got to get on with the show and let's talk about American beauty.
DaveHOST
Yeah.
Maggie PhilipsbornHOST
As I mentioned before, over the show's history, we interviewed Sister Carol, who performed at Cannifest this year.
Maggie PhilipsbornHOST
We've talked a lot about Cannabis and the Grateful Dead on this show before, too, which there were a lot of bands covering Grateful Dead songs, but also Melvin Seals headlined with JGB.
Maggie PhilipsbornHOST
Yes.
Maggie PhilipsbornHOST
He was a keyboard player for
Adam ReaderHOST
He even had to train his body to do basic movements that we all take for granted.
Adam ReaderHOST
After onerous rehabilitation, Jerry worked his way back on stage as the transitional Jerry Garcia Band.
Adam ReaderHOST
The Dead waited patiently for the return of their leader, and they had a fantastic comeback on December 15th, 1986.
Adam ReaderHOST
They kicked off three consecutive nights at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
In September 1971, a woman nobody in the Grateful Dead had ever met picked up the phone and called Jerry Garcia at his house.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
She didn't ask if the band needed a piano player.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
She told him they did.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
Quote, Keith is your next piano player, end quote.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
And the thing that makes this story even stranger? She was right.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
Within three months, both she and her husband, Keith Godshow, would be standing on stage with the dead.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
But eight years later, in February of 79, both would be gone.
Rich BonnifaceNARRATOR
And for decades, fans argued about why.
John MayerGUEST
Yes.
John MayerGUEST
Right now I'm in Jerry Garcia band land.
Andy CohenHOST
Okay, you are.
John MayerGUEST
Yeah.
speaker_0HOST
Peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Albums chart, it had Good Morning Captain and I Ain't Hiding.
speaker_0HOST
In 2009, the Jerry Garcia Band released Pure Jerry Bay Area 1978.
speaker_0HOST
This was a live archival box set.
speaker_0HOST
It had two legendary full concert performances in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1978.
Ethan ShalawayHOST
I've been jamming.
Ethan ShalawayHOST
I've been listening to some of the Jerry Garcia band, some of Phil Lesh's side projects, The Communion, I think it is, and just a bunch of random covers of a lot of covers of Scarlet Begonias and Fire on the Mountain and you know, the wheel, the deal and a lot of stuff, you know, and it's been great.
Ethan ShalawayHOST
I've just been in, I've been in the world a little bit and, um, you know, I think it was what the summer needed.
Ethan ShalawayHOST
Like I said, getting, getting back into some playing, playing some music and, um, I find myself wanting to do more jams and just extended instrumental.