Jerry Garcia Bands Legendary Eel River Shows to Be Released in Box Set

In 1987, Wavy Gravy asked Jerry Garcia to play a benefit concert to raise money for his Hog Farm Collective. Garcia agreed, and brought the Jerry Garcia Band to Frenchs Camp on the Eel River in Piercy, California, a secluded spot three hours north of San Francisco. Garcia broke out Grateful Dead classics, covers like Bob Dylans Forever Young, Van Morrisons And it Stoned Me and more.

It began a five-year Labor Day tradition for the Garcia Band, produced by Bill Graham, where Garcia and his string band would play a set followed by a full-band electric show. The half-acoustic, half-electric format that would become legendary when he took Garcia to Broadway later in 1987 for a residency, Jerry Garcia, Acoustic and Electric, which captured the full scope of Garcias virtuosity.

The electric sets Garcia performed at those special Eel River shows will be released in a six-CD box set, Electric on the Eel. The set highlights the Eel River electric sets including the celebrated 1991 show including searing takes on Chuck Berrys You Never Can Tell and the Bands Twilight the acoustic August 29, 1987 set will be available to fans who purchase it at some independent record stores.

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Electric on the Eel Track List

Disc 1, Set 1