New Riders of the Purple Sage 1970-05-03 [Sun]

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college-gig
Musicians
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
David Nelson - electric guitar
David Torbert - electric bass
John Dawson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums
Guests
Bill Kreutzmann - drums


Garcia also appeared with the Grateful Dead at this show — View full show

[1] With Bill Kreutzmann on drums

Also Appearing
Grateful Dead, Tres Hombres, Swamp Grass, Bone, Tiger Trod, and Tuna Fish

Notes
  • In 2020, video emerged, showing that Kreutzmaann subbed in for a late Hart at least on Workin' Man Blues, with Hart in the seat for Last Lonely Eagle and Truck Drivin' Man.
  • review: "Youths Converge on Campus for Program of Rock Music," Hartford Courant, May 4, 1970, p. 15.
  • deadessays: May 3, 1970: Wesleyan University The show was free, and did not take place in the Fieldhouse, but on Foss Hill. Other local bands also played, which may have included Randy Burns & the Morning After, Bone, Joy, the Nighthawks, Trod Tiger & the Tunafish, and possibly Charisma.
  • deadessays: Deadbase Corrections
  • lostlivedead: Grateful Dead in New England 1970-72 (New England I)
  • Billed as "An Evening With The Grateful Dead". The standard architecture was Acoustic GD, then New Riders, then Electric GD. For more, see JGMF, An Evening With the Gratetul Dead
  • expost: Harry Jackson hung out and rapped with the whole band and scene May 15 and May 16. "On Tour with the Dead," Zygote III, July 22, 1970, pp. 41-44. Full-text via deadources, JGMF Reading Notes.
  • cryptdev: The Grateful Dead Unplugged - 1968-1970


  • Weather
    High: 60.2 °F
    Low: 44.3 °F
    Feels Like High: 60.2 °F
    Feels Like Low: 44.3 °F
    Wind Speed: 9.2 mph
    Humidity: 68.7 %
    Moonphase: 0.93
    Cloudy skies throughout the day.