Jerry Garcia Band - "Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door" - GarciaLive Volume 21

Jerry Garcia Band performs "Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door" as featured on GarciaLive Vol. 21: February 13th, 1976 Keystone Berkeley.
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GarciaLive Volume 21 showcases the Jerry Garcia Band’s February 13th, 1976 performance at the legendary Keystone in Berkeley, California. The nearly complete (more on that below…) two-set performance was originally captured to 1/4” analog reels by Betty Cantor-Jackson.
Following the arrival of Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux in early ’76, Garcia delighted in his group’s “harmonious” sound emphatically expressing “This is what I want to hear.” On February 13th, no more than four gigs into their time together, they were already deeply in harmony. While we’re sadly missing the show-opening “How Sweet It Is,” the selections that followed like “Catfish John,” “Who Was John?” and “They Love Each Other” are sublime testaments affirming Garcia’s sentiments. The band could cook too as evidenced by “After Midnight” which is punctuated by Ron Tutt and John Kahn’s steady groove leaving plenty of room for Jerry and Keith to explore the melody. A soul-soaked, and first known, performance of the Rolling Stone’s “Moonlight Mile” leaves the crowd breathless to close the first set. On paper the second set may look curious with only three songs, but a closer look and listen reveals some of the evening’s deepest moments.
Jimmy Cliff’s “The Harder They Come” opens the second set and may encapsulate the dynamic range of the mid-70’s era JGB better than any other with its soulful harmonies and adventurous improvisation taking the song well beyond its form before bringing it all back around. While the version of Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” that follows is as powerful and poignant as they come. The group’s first known performance of “Talkin’ ‘Bout You” is a spirited romp that sends everyone home on a high note. This collection however closes where we started, or rather should have started - borrowing a bouncy performance of “How Sweet It Is” and adding the first known performance of “My Sisters and Brothers," both from February 15th, ’76 at Sophie’s, for good measure.

[@TomTom-xp2jb]

Miss you Jerry. The world needs your love and kindness more than ever. ❤️

[@redtobertshateshandles]

He was certainly a cool dude. 😎

[@daisyarceno6662]

I'll 2nd that

[@cbuice3]

WOW……so beautiful and tender. What a version of this great song. Thank you Jerry for the music. Put a tear in my eye

[@amangogna68]

One great song, amazing vocals and fantastic band !

[@magiceyes530]

Holy shit that’s so good best version imo

[@gabrielgriffin9230]

awesome

[@derekrodgers7886]

Gotta love it ☠️☀️

[@stevemiller5724]

❤❤❤

[@YachtRockFiend]

People complaining it's too slow? It's still twice as fast as anything Dead and Co play, right??

[@theallgood94]

Haha

[@DouglasF68]

Dynamics People!

[@VariableVideo5]

[@KevinFlinn-vx8ge]

JER

[@christopherorman5769]

Who is the male singing harmony here? If it is Keith, that would add another rather novel point to this show, as Keith rarely sang with the Dead, much less harmony. If it is John Kahn, then that makes it equally interesting and noteworthy.

[@garirussell3094]

it’s Keith

[@11BlackLamb]

Mr Garcia, after that enticing description please let us hear the whole show, don't be a p.t.😂

[@smwallace2368]

If I never heard this boring, uninteresting, somnolent song ever again it would be too soon.

[@derekrodgers7886]

Go get em kid

[@gillbates3104]

What were you expecting?

[@Mule4ever123]

My thoughts on this comment exactly

[@11BlackLamb]

SOMNOLENT

[@11BlackLamb]

WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND, so far i'm all alone on this!