Garcialive 5: December 31st 1975 Keystone Berkeley

2 CD Set featuring 2 hours of previously unreleased music mastered from original soundboard recordings. The fifth installment of the GarciaLive archival series presents the Jerry Garcia Bands New Years Eve 1975 performance at the Keystone in Berkeley, California. Flying under the radar, this unannounced/unadvertised performance holds the distinction as the Jerry Garcia Bands only performance on New Years -- an occasion typically reserved for Jerrys other band, the Grateful Dead. This performance also marks the legendary Nicky Hopkins final performance with the Jerry Garcia Band.

Jerry Garcia Band is:
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
John Kahn (Old and in the Way, Maria Muldaur, John Lee Hooker) - bass
Nicky Hopkins (Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Beatles…) - keyboards
Greg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone, Weather Report, David Bowie) - drums
Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead, Planet Drum) - drums

Special guests (Sets 2 & 3):
Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Ratdog, Kingfish…) - guitar
Matthew Kelly (Kingfish, Ratdog) - harmonica