I'm impressed how, in the face of first-hand reports from Scotty,
the owner of Scotty's Music Store and the source of the reel in
question, speculation and disinformation such as what's below continue
to drift in.
Here's are the facts:
1. The venue is Scotty's Music Store in St. Louis
2. The date is unknown, but most likely recorded when the Dead
and NRPS came through St. Louis anywhere from 1970 to 1972.
Anything else reported as a fact is either guesswork or outright
fabrication and can we please move past that now?
(And there are those who say that whoever is playing pedal steel
is NOT Buddy Cage, that the playing is not in his style. So you see,
even that is in question.)
At 8:31 AM -0500 6/7/02, Baker, Tom T III LRH wrote:
This tape was seeded on DooDah with the same story by James Mullins with a source reported as 7" mono open reel > 24 bit transfer > resample> CDR. They labeled the tape Garcia & Cage Unknown @ Jetty's December 9, 1971 however, the jetty's label was questionable but the tape was reported being found in St. Louis. Additional information was provided later questioning the date. The following info was provided by John Boland: 1) Date of this jam is likely 12/8/71, 12/9/71 or 12/10/71, as the Dead and NRPS were playing in NYC at the Felt Forum on 12/7/71. They played the Fox in St. Louis right after that. 2) Players on the tape more than likely include: Garcia, Weir, Buddy Cage, and John Dawson. In addition, there also could be Dave Nelson and Dave Torbert, but it is hard to say. 3) Last song on the tape, "Seasons of My Heart" sung by Weir. Tunes: Mystery Train Jam; Slow Instrumental; Instrumental Jam; County Roads Jam; Country Roads; Instrumental Jam; Nobody Knows but Me; Goin' to San Antonio; Studio Talk; Instrumental Jam; Tuning; Instrumental Jam; Seasons of My Heart.
