New Riders of the Purple Sage Setlist

Expo Milwaukee Convention Center, Milwaukee, WI

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
David Nelson - electric guitar (lead), vocals
David Torbert - electric bass, vocals
John Dawson - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Spencer Dryden - drums

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

Partial Set
Last Lonely Eagle , Connection

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording

Set			Gap Analysis
Last Lonely Eagle		John Dawson		1	3
Connection		John Dawson		5	11

Tour

GD-NRPS March 1971 Midwest

Also Appearing

Grateful Dead and The Ox

Images

Notes

Venue capacity 2,500, but said to have been packed in with 5,000.

The Last Lonely Eagle we list comes from an unpublished review, intended for Billboard, written by Barry Ollman - see image attached to this event.

Review by Harry Duncan, from the Madison Kaleidoscope, 31 March 1971 via deadsources

deadsources: March 21, 1971: Expo Center, Milwaukee WI — John Carman (Milwaukee Journal, probably March 22 1971); Dean Jensen (Milwaukee Sentinel, March 22 1971); John Carman (Milwaukee Journal, March 19 1971)

JGMF: NRPS/GD: March 21, 1971, Expo Milwaukee Convention Center, Milwaukee, WI

Sources

Source Id	Archive Link	Torrent Link
165920	gd1971-03-21.165920.LP.Doinker.flac1644	gd1971-03-21.165920.Milwaukee,WI.partial.aud.vinyl.boot.doinker.flac16

Set			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Last Lonely Eagle		John Dawson		1	3
Connection		John Dawson		5	11

New Riders of the Purple Sage 1971-03-21 [Sun]

Expo Milwaukee Convention Center, Milwaukee, WI

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