Grateful Dead 1971-03-20 [Sat]

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Fieldhouse, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage at this show — View full show
Set 1
Truckin' , Loser , Hard To Handle , Playing In The Band > Bertha , Deal , Me And My Uncle , Next Time You See Me , Me And Bobby McGee , Cumberland Blues , Big Boss Man , Good Lovin'

Set 2
Casey Jones , Sugar Magnolia [1] , Around And Around [2] , Uncle John's Band , Turn On Your Lovelight

[1] Garcia "China Cat Sunflower" starting riff and Weir "Looney Tunes" riff after
[2] Lesh "Louie Louie" riff over start
Tour
GD-NRPS March 1971 Midwest
Also Appearing
New Riders of the Purple Sage
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Notes
  • No encore was played on this date
  • deadessays: The Missing Shows of 1971: "in the second set you hear Garcia start playing China Cat after Sugar Magnolia. He stops - the audience is getting rowdy and abandoning their chairs. The Dead pause for a while, then resume with Around & Around."
  • Casey Jones and Sugar Magnolia shared on 30 Days of Dead 2023.
  • Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia, Around And Around, Uncle John's Band and Turn On Your Lovelight shared on The Tapers Section on the week of 2011-01-24.
  • Big Boss Man and Good Lovin' shared on The Tapers Section on the week of 2007-03-19.
  • preview: Daily Iowan, March 20, 1971, p. 3, accessed via dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu. Tickets still available as of show date.
  • deadsources: Grateful Dead Sources: March 20, 1971: Fieldhouse, University of Iowa, Iowa City — Leona Durham (Daily Iowan, 23 March 1971)
  • gratefulseconds: Corn-fed Dead: I Think U of Iowa Paid $2,500 to Bo...
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