Great Speckled Bird 1970-07-04 [Sat]

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Independence Day

McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada

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Musicians
Amos Garrett - electric guitar
Buddy Cage - pedal steel guitar
Ian Tyson - guitar, vocals
Jim Colgrove - electric bass
N.D. Smart - drums
Sylvia Tyson - vocals
Guests
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar
Bill Kreutzmann - tambourine
Bonnie Bramlett - tambourine
Delaney Bramlett - guitar
unidentified-19700704-01 - organ

Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Grateful Dead at this show — View full show
Partial Set
C.C. Rider

Tour
GD-NRPS Summer 1970 Festival Express
Also Appearing
Grateful Dead, 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
Images
Notes
  • Alan Bershaw supplies this facebook post with a photo, video clip, and this tantalizing tidbit, Garcia is "playing a Telecaster previously owned by George Harrison - same one he played on the Apple rooftop gig!". Old TJS notes call it the "Let It Be" Tele.
  • This was a 2 day festival but the Dead and NRPS only played in the stadium in the 4th, not the 5th.
  • 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)
  • 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.
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