Welcome to the website for Jerry Day 2009 and info on the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater!
"-- Arise ye Deadheads. Friends of Jerry Garcia are trying
to raise 300 donations of $25 or more by Aug. 2 for
Jerry Day, an all-afternoon concert at the Jerry Garcia
Amphitheater in McLaren Park that day. More information
is at jerry day.org." - Leah Garchik - SFGATE.com - 7/25/09
DONATE ONLINE / SUPPORTER INFO: https://payments.auctionpay.com/ver3/?id=w0272329
OR MAKE CHECK OUT TO: SAN FRANCISCO PARKS TRUST
6211 TELEGRAPH AVE. #33
OAKLAND, CA 94609
OR USE PAY PAL ONLINE:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 2009
Noon to 6:00pm :: Doors open at 11:00am
THE JERRY GARCIA AMPHITHEATER
45 John F. Shelley Drive,
San Francisco [MAP]
Melvin Seals and JGB (3:30pm) [Website]
Stu Allen & Friends (1:00pm)[Website]
Check Engine Light (12:30pm) - "An acoustic band from Marin"
Loco Bloco (12:00pm)[Website]
45 John F. Shelley Drive,
San Francisco [MAP]
Jerry Day News and Updates via Facebook[www.facebook.com/jerrydaysf]
"Jerry Day is a civic and cultural event that celebrates one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time and San Francisco native son - Jerry Garcia. This event captures the true spirit of Jerry Garcia as we celebrate his legacy, the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, and recognize his Excelsior roots. By uniting the diverse communities of San Francisco through Jerry's music, we are creating something extraordinary for Jerry's childhood neighborhood - the Excelsior District, McLaren Park, and the City and County of San Francisco."
"Happy Jerry Day to all!" - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
August 2, 2009
The Official Jerry Day 2009 Post Party!!!
9:00 PM :: BOOM BOOM ROOM
FILLMORE AND GEARY
Stu Allen & Friends
PORTION OF DOOR PROCEEDS TO GOTO JERRY DAY 2009
www.boomboomtickets.com[Advance Tickets!!!]
About this year's performers . . .
Melvin Seals and JGB [Website]
Melvin Seals who had worked with Jerry for fifteen years formed JGB one year after JERRY GARCIA’S death on August 9, 1995. After touring America steadily from late 1996 through 1997, JGB released a live CD, “Welcome To Our World,” in February, 1998 on The House Of Blues Records label touring extensively ever since in keeping the music alive, as Keepers Of The Flame.
“I was standing behind this guy on the stage. He was the second keyboard player in Elvin’s band. This big guy, he was just playing a Fender Rhodes. But he was playing so tasty; I’m just standing behind him. It’s a pretty thick band, so figuring out just how to get in there was, I thought, the work of a good musician. He was just playing the tastiest little stuff. I thought, ‘this guy is just too much!’ I asked him what his name was. He said, ‘Melvin Seals’.” Jerry Garcia, on meeting Melvin Seals
Stu Allen & Friends [ Website]
Stu Allen, lead guitarist and vocalist for Melvin Seals & The JGB Band, a native of Louisville and a current resident of San Francisco and St. Louis fronts this group of stellar San Francisco Bay Area jam band veterans. This line up of Stu Allen & Friends emulates the feel, excitement and energy of the Grateful Dead at their peak, and is sure to please even the most discriminating dead head. Band also features Sam Johnston on B3/keyboards (Box Set, Buffalo Roam, Grapefruit Ed), John “Stewball” Stewart on rhythm guitar (Jelly), Jeff Faust on bass (Dead Guise, Workingman’s Ed) and Mark Corsolini on drums (Dark Star Orchestra, Outlaw Family Band, Workingman’s Ed, Melvin Seals & The JGB Band).
Check Engine Light
Call it what you will: “the old folks” from the Neighborhood, from the “Family”, or even just Geezer Rock. We’re just a group of old guys who get together to entertain our friends with music. We play some old familiar songs, some not so old: some original, some original takes on classics. Some of our songs are lost in space and time just like us.
Loco Bloco [Website]
Loco Bloco is a youth development organization with the mission of promoting San Francisco youth's healthy transition into adulthood by engaging them in the creation and performance of music, dance and theater traditions reflecting the cultural diversity of the Americas. Loco Bloco encourages its youth to use multicultural art forms as a tool for their own empowerment and as a catalyst to help them overcome discrimination and bring about change in their communities.