Two shows confirmed by attendee billg via LL torrent comment "I was at this show and the next night. Two shows each night. After the big stadium shows of GD 1974, seeing Merl & Jerry at The Bear was a gift. The Golden Bear was a treasure ... intimate, smoky, and funky. Clearly, The Band got off big time - I remember Jerry smiling ear-to-ear all night."
Expost: "Odds and Ends," Dead Relix 2, 1 (January-February 1975), p. 21, reporting DJG and MM on two tunes 12/28/74a, and Maria on one tune 12/29/74a.
Listing: Los Angeles Free Press, December 20, 1974, p. 19
Shows were originally scheduled for December 25th (Christmas!), 26th and 27th, as displayed on a promotional brochure for the December out-of-town gigs put together by Round Records. See "Business: RX-102 – Compliments of Garcia," Grateful Dead Archive, Special Collections, University of California Santa Cruz, MS.332.Ser. 2, box 17, folder 10.