Ihor David Gans played some of these on the KPFA GD Marathon on 9 Feb. He said Matt Smith had sent them to him. David played Casey Jones, High Time and a very long Dire Wolf (presumably track 11 below). Fascinating to hear Jerry at work on these songs.
Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ihor W Slabicky Sent: 13 February 2008 21:44 To: deadlists@nemesis.CS.Berkeley.EDU Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: gd xx-xx-69 proto-workingman's dead fyi... any other info on this? sorry for any duplications - the first one bounced... I-) ihor ---------- grateful dead xx-xx-69 studio sessions for "workingman's dead" mid to late 1969, and prior to mid-february, 1970 transfer and mastering by matt smith: soundboard > master reel > kidd candelario dub > will boswell 7 1/2 ips reel > Apogee 24/96 (dithered to 16/44 via Wavelab 5.0) > CD (EAC) ( 14 / 49:06 ) tracking and research by ihor slabicky portions of this were first aired on the kboo radio program "Grateful Dead and Friends" hosted by matt smith jerry garcia - acoustic guitar and vocals unknown - acoustic guitar and electric guitar (possibly jerry garcia multitracked) 1. jerry garcia: "testing. testing. can you hear me from here? turn up the gain..." > (l = acoustic guitar, r = jerry garcia acoustic guitar and vocals) start with "testing, testing" and vocals > restart (about 1:23) > restart (about 1:33) > dire wolf (x) (2:15) 2. dire wolf (l = acoustic guitar, r = jerry garcia acoustic guitar and vocals) (5:30) 3. casey jones (falsetto at times) (2:58) 4. false start > false start > high time (falsetto at times) > jerry garcia: "one more time." (4:17) > 5. jerry garcia: "i'm doing each of them twice, so, umm..." > high time (falsetto at times) (5:17) 6. acoustic blues (l = acoustic guitar, stops at about 5:25, r = bottleneck electric guitar) (8:29) 7. "that's probably what's causing all the... and rumble" (0:09) 8. dire wolf (fast version) (r = jerry garcia vocals and acoustic guitar, l = jerry garcia acoustic guitar and vocals leak) (2:20) > 9. dire wolf (slower version) > "no, it's better fas..." (0:32) > 10. dire wolf > "rats." (1:18) > 11. jerry garcia: "okay, this is the start. right here." unknown: "start of the whole thing?" jerry garcia: "right." > dire wolf (r = jerry garcia acoustic guitar and vocals, l - acoustic guitar) at about 9:26, the r channel is switched to both for about 6 seconds (11:22) 12. high time (l = acoustic guitar, start then tuning) (0:39) 13. high time (l = acoustic guitar) (0:10) 14. high time (l = acoustic guitar, r = jerry garcia vocals) (x) (3:56) ----------
