[Jerry Garcia] | Garcia’s mixing board, from his Stinson Beach home

Property of Steve Parish

[Jerry Garcia]

Mixing board, ca. 1971

Wood console (12.25 x 40 x 32.75”) with four panels of knobs and level meters, mostly stripped. 

From his Stinson Beach home, “Sans Souci”

Garcia lived in the bucolic Stinson Beach house, which he dubbed “Sans Souci,” for seven years in the 1970’s. It was a family retreat with farm animals and cannabis in the backyard, and a view of the Marin coast. Jerry of course had a studio set up, and the present was his personal console. Sans Souci was also the site for some significant moments in Garcia’s projects outside of the Dead. 

“Big Steve” Parish: “Built by Bob Matthew at Alembic Studios in San Francisco circa 1973. We installed it into the small music shack at San Souci, which is what Jerry and Mountain Girl  named their house in Stinson Beach.  Jerry used it for his first solo album and the distinctive red mixer is on the album cover.  It was state of the art for the early 70’s.  By 1975, it ended up at the Front Street warehouse, as newer and better recording equipment had replaced it.”

Used on his first solo album, Garcia