“It started out as a small acoustical concert and turned into a mini-Woodstock!” — Wavy Gravy
Presenting the 10th chapter of Bear’s Sonic Journals, Sing Out!, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater, 4/25/1981. This 3 CD set features the final recording Bear made of any members of the Grateful Dead, alongside a stellar line-up of acoustic performances by Bay Area folk heroes, including Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, Country Joe McDonald, Kate Wolf, Rosalie Sorrels, and a percussion set by the Rhythm Devils.
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Owlsey Stanley Foundation Presents Bear’s Sonic Journals:
Sing Out!
Live at the Berkeley
Community Theater,
4/25/1981
Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir
Country Joe McDonald
Kate Wolf
Rosalie Sorrels
Rhythm Devils
Sing Out!
Live at the Berkeley
Community Theater,
4/25/1981
Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir
Country Joe McDonald
Kate Wolf
Rosalie Sorrels
Rhythm Devils
Sing Out! features a stellar line-up of acoustic performances by Bay Area folk heroes, including Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, Country Joe McDonald, Kate Wolf, Rosalie Sorrels, and a percussion set by the the Rhythm Devils. The event was described by Wavy Gravy as a “mini-Woodstock,” and it is the last major show to be mixed and recorded by Bear. It is also the final live recording he made of any members of the Grateful Dead.
“On this magical night, the limbs of the groupmind reassembled one more time, two-thirds of the Grateful Dead and a chief architect of their collective, collaborative vision [Owsley], let loose to make one more recording together.” -Jesse Jarnow
“In McDonald’s set, we can hear how the heart of a music once called psychedelic was in fact an authentic heir to American folk music.” – Nicholas G. Meriwether
“Rosalie is one king-hell songwriter; her songs are so close to the bone that I get nervous listening to them.” – Hunter S. Thompson
“When Kate sings, it’s nothing less than the sound of pure love.” – Hawk, OSF founding board member
Featuring:
- Exquisite live sound quality
- A 50-page booklet with essays penned by Grateful Dead scholars, Nicholas G. Meriwether and Jesse Jarnow; original artwork by Grammy Award-winner Susan Archie; new interviews with the friends and family of this spectacular lineup; and never-before-seen photography.
- 36 tracks and more than 2.5 hours of music
- Rare treats for Deadheads include Jerry and Bobby playing one of the only acoustic performances of Buddy Holly’s “Oh Boy!” and a singular rendition of “Friend of the Devil” for the first time in an acoustic set since 1970.
Disc 1:
Country Joe McDonald, Rosalie Sorrels
Country Joe McDonald
1. Wavy’s Welcome
2. Save The Whales
3. Janis
4. Picks and Lasers
5. Slide Trombone Blues
6. Oh! Susanna
7. Yankee Doodle
8. Country Joe dedicates tonight’s cheer
9. Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag
10. Wavy Gravy running things like a Swiss watch
Rosalie Sorrels with Mitch Greenhill
11. For The Lovin’ Of The Game
12. If You Love Me
13. 12 Adler Place
14. Postcard From India
15. You’ve Got To Go To Sleep Alone
16. Scared To Be Alone
17. Remember Loving You
Disc 2:
Kate Wolf, Rhythm Devils
Kate Wolf with Nina Gerber and Ford James
1. Wavy Introduces Kate Wolf
2. You’re Not Standing Like You Used To
3. Shining!
4. 20/20 Vision
5. Unfinished Life
6. Eyes Of A Painter
7. Let’s Get Together
8. Like A River
Rhythm Devils (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann)
9. Rhythm Devils
Disc 3:
Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir with Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and John Kahn
1. Introduction and Tuning
2. Deep Elem Blues
3. Dark Hollow
4. Jack-A-Roe
5. Monkey And The Engineer
6. Friend Of The Devil
7. El Paso
8. Oh, Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
9. On The Road Again
10. Oh Boy!
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