Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Returns

11/17/2010
. (PR) Before the Grateful Dead, the Warlocks and even Mother McCree�s Uptown Jug Champions, Jerry Garcia played in the Black Mountain Boys, a band he formed in the early 1960s with the exceptionally talented Sandy Rothman (mandolin) and David Nelson (guitar). Together only a short time, they played the kind of bluegrass, country, gospel and old-time music that swept through coffeehouses coast-to-coast in the post-Beat, pre-Beatles era that Garcia called: �the folk scare.�

The trio came together again in 1987 to form the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band with John Kahn (upright bass), Kenny Kosek (fiddle) and David Kemper (drums). The group�s brief but glorious arc spanned more than two dozen shows in 1987 and 1988, when it opened for the Jerry Garcia (electric) Band.
The beloved group is spotlighted with a newly remastered version of 1988�s long out-of-print Almost Acoustic, the sextet�s sole release, and the arrival of its sequel, Ragged But Right.

Almost Acoustic presents a sprightly selection of performances recorded during shows at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles and The Warfield in San Francisco. The album�s 14 tracks include tunes popularized by the likes of Jimmy Rodgers (�Blue Yodel #9 (Standin� On The Corner)�), Tex Logan (�Diamond Joe�), Bill Monroe (�The Girl At The Crossroads Bar�), and Mississippi John Hurt (�Spike Driver Blues.�) Also featured is �Ripple,� which was written by Garcia and longtime Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.

Encouraged by the album�s warm reception, Rothman produced a successor titled Ragged But Right that has remained unreleased for more than 20 years�until now. Its 14 songs double the JGAB�s official canon with additional selections from the Warfield and Wiltern shows, plus performances from the band�s historic two-week stand on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

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