Listen to this excellent audience recording of Jerry Garcia Band cover After Midnight into Eleanor Rigby and back to After Midnight back in March of 1980. Pay special attention to Jerry’s soaring guitar solo and transition into the Beatles classic starting around 6:11.

For those keeping score, the Jerry Garcia Band line-up on March 8, 1990 was:

Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
John Kahn – bass
Ozzie Ahlers – keyboards
Johnny de Fonseca – drums

Jerry Garcia Band March 8, 1980 setlist

SET 1
Sugaree
That’s What Love Will Make You Do
Simple Twist Of Fate
Tore Up Over You
SET 2
I’ll Take A Melody
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
After Midnight >
Eleanor Rigby Jam >
After Midnight
When I Paint My Masterpiece >
Midnight Moonlight

Jerry Garcia Band – After Midnight /Eleanor Rigby /After Midnight – 3/8/80
The Stone
San Francisco, CA
March 8, 1980
Audience recording
This gets real good @ 6:11 in.