Grateful Dead 1970-07-04 [Sat]

<< >>
Independence Day

McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada

no-torrents
show in calendar listen
Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage and Great Speckled Bird at this show — View full show
Acoustic Set
Don't Ease Me In , Candyman , Dire Wolf , Uncle John's Band
New Riders set was between the two GD sets

Electric Set
Me And My Uncle , China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Hard To Handle , New Speedway Boogie [1] , Turn On Your Lovelight

[1] Includes Nobody's Fault But Mine theme
Tour
GD-NRPS Summer 1970 Festival Express
Also Appearing
New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Band, Janis Joplin, Delaney & Bonnie, Mashmakhan, James & the Good Brothers, Charlebois, Ian & Sylvia, Buddy Guy, and Tom Rush
Audio
Images
Notes
  • This was a 2 day festival but the Dead and NRPS only played in the stadium in the 4th, not the 5th.
  • Just Billy on drums for the acoustic set
  • Setlist is pieced together from postings on the Tapers Section and video clips from Festival Express documentary. May certainly not be complete.
  • There are tapes of this show and 7/1 in the vault. David Lemieux reports that Attics of My Life was played in one of these shows, either 7/1 or 7/4.
  • China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider (2008-03-10), Lovelight (2008-06-30) and Candyman, Dire Wolf, Uncle John's Band, Me and My Uncle, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider (2009-06-29) shared on The Tapers Section (as 7/1 but we think they're really from this show)
  • China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider and Lovelight (2007-07-02) and New Speedway Boogie (2008-09-29) shared on The Tapers Section (as 7/3 but there was no show on that date, we think they're really from this show)
  • deadsources: July 4-5, 1970: McMahon Stadium, Calgary (Festival... — John Gibbs (Calgary Herald, 3 July 1970); unknown (Calgary Herald, 3 July 1970); unknown (Brandon Sun (Manitoba), 4 July 1970); Catherine Campbell (Calgary Herald, 3 July 1970); Jacques Hamilton & Catherine Campbell (Calgary Herald, 4 July 1970); Bill Musselwhite (Calgary Herald, 6 July 1970); Catherine Campbell (Calgary Herald, 6 July 1970); John Cosway (Richmond Review (Richmond, BC), 10 July 1970); unknown (Cash Box, 25 July 1970)
  • cryptdev: The Grateful Dead Unplugged - 1968-1970
  • LIA's The Festival Express Guide provides a detailed account this tour, and more general news coverage of the tour June/July 1970: The Festival Express and June/July 1970: Festival Express in the news.
    • Weather
    High: 0.0 °F
    Low: 0.0 °F
    Feels Like High: 0.0 °F
    Feels Like Low: 0.0 °F
    Moonphase: 0.04