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29-582: JGB may refer to: J. G. Ballard , British science fiction writer Jerry Garcia Band , a band led by Grateful Dead co-founder Jerry Garcia JGB (band) , a band led by former Jerry Garcia Band keyboardist Melvin Seals that continues the musical tradition of the Jerry Garcia band Jagdalpur Airport , which has an IATA airport code of JGB Japanese government bond, see National debt of Japan Topics referred to by

58-565: A Miracle," Irving Berlin 's "Russian Lullaby," Smokey Robinson 's " The Way You Do the Things You Do " and " I Second That Emotion ," Peter Tosh 's "Stop That Train," Bob Marley 's "Stir It Up," Robbie Robertson 's " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ," the Manhattans ' " Shining Star ," Van Morrison 's " And It Stoned Me " and " Bright Side of the Road " and Norton Buffalo 's "Ain't No Bread in

87-887: A US Top 30 hit in 1961 with "Jamie". Eddie's brother Brian Holland was a Motown staff songwriter who also tasted success in 1961, being a co-composer of the Marvelettes ' US No. 1 " Please Mr. Postman ". Dozier had been a recording artist for several labels in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the Anna label (owned by Berry Gordy's sister) and Motown subsidiary Mel-o-dy. The three men eventually teamed up to create material for both themselves and other artists, but soon found they preferred being writers and producers to being performers (especially Eddie, who suffered from stage fright and retired from performing in 1964). They would write and produce scores of songs for Motown artists, including 25 Number 1 hit singles, such as " Heat Wave " for Martha and

116-455: A solo performing artist. In 1975, HDHP and Invictus Records sued Dozier and 31 others, claiming conspiracy to restrain trade and other charges. The suit was dismissed by a federal judge in 1982. From the mid-1970s onwards, HDHP, with Harold Beatty replacing Dozier, wrote and produced songs for a number of artists. HDHP even worked on material for Motown artists in the 1970s, including The Supremes and Michael Jackson , while its litigation against

145-519: A sprinkling of classic H-D-H songs (including "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "My World Is Empty Without You"), interspersed with the new material. Following the Chicago run, the production was to head to Broadway for a fall 2015 arrival, but the critical reception to the play was lukewarm to negative, and the production quietly closed after its Chicago run. Longtime BMI songwriters, Brian Holland affiliated with

174-755: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jerry Garcia Band Although the name Jerry Garcia Band only properly applies from late January 1976, this Garcia side-band's actual history and repertoire really began with local club gigs in 1970 featuring Garcia, Merl Saunders, John Kahn and various others, including Tom Fogerty on rhythm guitar (1971-72), Martin Fierro on tenor sax and flute (1974-75), and briefly (October-December 1975) Nicky Hopkins on piano, as well as drummers Bill Kreutzmann, Bill Vitt, Gaylord Birch, and Paul Humphrey. Garcia and Kahn met in 1970 playing together at Monday jam sessions hosted by Howard Wales at

203-539: Is the only remaining member from the final iteration of the Jerry Garcia Band in JGB. Following are the lineups for the Jerry Garcia Band's live performances. Holland%E2%80%93Dozier%E2%80%93Holland Holland–Dozier–Holland was a songwriting and production team consisting of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland . The trio wrote, arranged and produced many songs that helped define

232-456: Is what it is, and who was I to say anything? This band preceded me; the whole concept of the band preceded me." Staples of the band's repertoire included Holland–Dozier–Holland 's " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) " (widely perceived as the group's signature song and their most-performed song), Peter Rowan 's "Midnight Moonlight," Jimmy Cliff 's " The Harder They Come " and "Sitting in Limbo,"

261-549: The Motown sound in the 1960s. During their tenure at Motown Records from 1962 to 1967, Dozier and Brian Holland were the composers and producers for each song, and Eddie Holland wrote the lyrics and arranged the vocals. Their most celebrated productions were singles for the Four Tops and the Supremes , including 10 of the Supremes' 12 US No. 1 singles, including " Baby Love ", " Stop! In

290-504: The Sensational Nightingales ' "My Sisters and Brothers," Hank Ballard 's "Tore Up Over You," Bob McDill and Allen Reynolds ' " Catfish John ," John Lennon 's " Dear Prudence ," Jesse Stone 's "Don't Let Go," Allen Toussaint's "I'll Take a Melody" and " Get Out of My Life, Woman ", Little Milton 's "That's What Love Will Make You Do," Chuck Berry 's " Let It Rock " and " You Never Can Tell ," Bruce Cockburn 's "Waiting for

319-884: The Breadbox." The band also performed Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II 's " Ol' Man River " and Miles Davis ' " So What " on one occasion apiece. As with the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia regularly covered many songs by Bob Dylan with the group, including " Tangled Up in Blue ," " Simple Twist of Fate ," " Knockin' on Heaven's Door ," " Forever Young ," " Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) ," " Tears of Rage ," " I Shall Be Released ," " Tough Mama " and " When I Paint My Masterpiece ." The group did not perform between November 1978 and October 1979; during that year, Garcia, Kahn and keyboardist Merl Saunders (who performed with Garcia and Kahn from 1971 to 1975 in

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348-505: The Grateful Dead in the early 1980s. During this period, the group continued to play as many as fifteen concerts a year in an informal residency at The Warfield , a 2,300-capacity theater in San Francisco . Clarence Clemons also guested with them on tour for a brief time in 1989 and 1990. Kahn briefly led the group (rechristened JGB ) following Garcia's death in 1995. Seals became the bandleader after Kahn's death in 1996; as of 2017, he

377-708: The Invictus and Hot Wax catalogs as well as new material. For a "one-time only reunion", the three composed the score for the musical production of The First Wives Club , based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith and a later hit film . The musical included 22 new songs from the songwriting trio, with a book by Rupert Holmes . The musical was produced by Paul Lambert and Jonas Neilson and premiered in July 2009 at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego. The San Diego production sold approximately 29,000 tickets in its five-week run. Ticket demand

406-452: The Name of Love ", and " You Keep Me Hangin' On ". From 1969 to 1972, due to a legal dispute with Motown, they did not write material under their own names, but instead used the collective pseudonym "Edythe Wayne". When the trio left Motown, they continued to work as a production team (with Eddie Holland being added to the producer credits), and as a songwriting team, until about 1974. The trio

435-596: The Saunders/Garcia Band and Legion of Mary ) briefly performed in Reconstruction , a more egalitarian jazz-funk ensemble. According to Linda Kahn in a 2017 Reddit Ask Me Anything prompt, much of the band's repertoire was curated by her husband: "[H]e did bring most of the cover material to the table. He has a big record collection and they're all in really good shape, he was pretty anal about his records. I think as far as picking songs, he listened to records all

464-601: The Vandellas and " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) " for Marvin Gaye . In 1967, H-D-H, as they were familiarly called, entered into a dispute with Berry Gordy Jr. over profit-sharing and royalties. Eddie Holland had the others stage a work slowdown and, by early 1968, the trio had left the label. They started their own labels, Invictus Records and Hot Wax Records , which were modestly successful. When Motown sued for breach of contract, H-D-H countersued. The subsequent litigation

493-632: The album Pump ) to the Holland–Dozier–Holland song " Standing in the Shadows of Love ". To forestall litigation, Aerosmith agreed to add Holland–Dozier–Holland to the songwriting credits in the album's liner notes. Dozier had his own production company and continued to work as a solo artist, producer and recording artist, while the Holland Brothers own HDH Records and Productions (without any participation from Dozier), which issues recordings from

522-499: The band's original repertoire (most notably "Deal," "They Love Each Other," "Sugaree," and " Friend of the Devil ") was shared with the Grateful Dead. During Garcia's lifetime, the Jerry Garcia Band released one studio album, Cats Under the Stars , and one live album, Jerry Garcia Band . A number of additional live albums were released posthumously. The group was an indirect beneficiary of

551-561: The commercial success of the Grateful Dead's In the Dark (1987); as the latter group transitioned to summer stadium tours and multi-night arena engagements during their autumn and spring tours, the tour itineraries of the Garcia Band (hitherto confined to clubs and small theaters) came to encompass arenas (primarily in Garcia's key northeastern United States market) and outdoor amphitheaters favored by

580-410: The company was still pending. Dozier commented in 2008, "The lawsuit was just our way of taking care of business that needed to be taken care of—just like Berry Gordy had to take care of his business which resulted in the lawsuit. Business is business, love is love." Holland–Dozier–Holland threatened to sue the band Aerosmith in 1989 due to the resemblance of parts of the song " The Other Side " (from

609-455: The genre), gospel music and reggae . Rock versions of contemporary Americana were also prominent. The relatively languorous tempos were dictated by Garcia and Kahn, much to the chagrin of longtime drummer David Kemper: "[I]t bothered me from the very beginning. I’d say, ‘You know we need some uptempo material, it’s just putting me to sleep; the band is putting me to sleep.’ At first I’d say these things, and then I just decided to go with it. It

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638-488: The performing rights organization in 1960, followed by Lamont Dozier in 1961 and Eddie Holland in 1963. They have won many BMI Awards, including BMI Pop Awards and Million-Air citations. On May 13, 2003, Holland–Dozier–Holland were honored as BMI Icons at the 51st BMI Pop Awards. Holland–Dozier–Holland are mentioned (along with the Four Tops and their vocalist Levi Stubbs , as well as Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong ) in

667-402: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title JGB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JGB&oldid=887191102 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

696-484: The small San Francisco club, the Matrix. Over the years, the lineup of the Jerry Garcia Band changed many times. The one constant member besides Garcia himself was bassist John Kahn , who served as Garcia's principal musical collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead after 1970. Melvin Seals had the next longest tenure, serving as keyboardist from 1981 onward. Jerry Garcia's musical interests were famously varied, and this

725-521: The time, so it depends on whoever was in the band and whatever group was playing at the time and that influenced John a lot." Although the repertoire was strongly tilted toward covers, several Garcia- Robert Hunter originals (including "Run for the Roses," "Mission in the Rain," "Gomorrah," "Cats Under the Stars" and "Reuben and Cherise") were performed exclusively or near-exclusively by the Jerry Garcia Band. Some of

754-508: Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. The trio came together at Motown in the early 1960s. Eddie Holland had been working with Motown founder Berry Gordy prior to that label being formed; his 1958 Mercury single "You" was one of Gordy's earliest productions. Later, Eddie Holland had a career as a Motown recording artist, scoring

783-539: Was one of the longest legal battles in music industry history. Because they were legally contracted to Motown's publishing arm, Jobete, they could not use their own names on songs they wrote, and their material was credited to Wayne-Dunbar. Edith Wayne was a friend of the Holland family, and Ron Dunbar was an associate who was a songwriter and producer. The lawsuit was settled in 1977. Dozier left Holland–Dozier–Holland Productions, Inc. (HDHP) in 1973 and resumed his career as

812-520: Was reflected in the diverse music played by his band. Like the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band played rock music that was influenced by blues , folk , country , and jazz in an improvisatory milieu that largely served as a framework for Garcia's solos. However, the group eschewed the former band's avant-garde and world music influences in favor of a slower, groove-based "bar band" approach strongly oriented toward rhythm and blues (the band often featured female backing vocalists characteristic of

841-402: Was so strong early on that The Old Globe extended its run (originally four weeks) prior to opening night. However, reviews were mixed to negative, and the producers opted to rework the book. In June 2014, it was announced that The First Wives Club (with an entirely new book written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason ) would be heading to Chicago premiering on February 16, 2015. The play now included

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