Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration
Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
Sept 04, 2026
With the National Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Christopher Dragon)
The band: Melvin Seals, Jacklyn LeBranch, Tom Hamilton, Grahame Lesh, John Kimock and Kanika Moore)
Stereo Audience recording 16 bit/44.1 kHz (CD quality)

Lineage: iPhone 4s using Tascam iM2 mic- placed in the bushes next to the soundboard on the hill above the pavilion.
TW (Twisted Wave App) recorded at 32 bit (temporary files) which were downgraded to 16bit when transfered to PC via Apple (iTunes) File Transfer.
Cool Edit for fades, and mild editing of glitches, and deleting dead space and one large glich during That's What Love Will Make You do (someoone ran into the bush?) and a loud sneeze during "Air on G Strings" with Normalizing of all to zero db.
CD Wave Editor for tracking. Traders Little Helper (TLH) for all other operations.
(Where Flacs are created from the Wav files, these are on sector boundaries- at best/highest quality- level 8.
- Best to burn each set to a CD if transfering music in that manner.


Setlist (total time on recording 2:17:01)

Set 1
01 "Air on the G String" by the NSO (Bach- in rememberance of previous day's tragedy/death at the Wolf Trap)
02 Dar Star (Grateful Dead)
03 Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead)
04 Rubin and Cherise (Garcia Band)
05 Bird Song (Garcia)
06 Cats Under the Stars (Garcia Band)
07 Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead)
08 Touch of Grey (Grateful Dead)

Set 2
09 Here Comes Sunshine (Grateful Dead)
10 West L.A. Fadeaway (Grateful Dead)
11 China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead)
12 Intro to Morning Dew (NSO)
13 Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson)
14 Run for the Roses (Garcia)
15 Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead)
16 Ripple (Grateful Dead)

(Without the NSO- just w/ the band)
17 (Band Intros by Hamilton and Seals)
18 That's What Love Will Make You Do (Little Milton - one glitch eliminated)
19 Don't Let Go (Roy Hamilton)
20 Deal (Garcia)