1968-05-05 Grateful Dead

Central Park, New York, NY

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Mickey Hart - drums, perc

Complete Show:
Morning Dew [1] , Cryptical Envelopment [1] > The Other One [1] > Cryptical Envelopment [1] > New Potato Caboose [2] , Alligator [1] , Turn On Your Lovelight [2]

[1] Derives from attendee recollection cited in deadessays post
[2] Recollected by attendee Gary Lambert (per deadessays post)

Average Song Gap

3.0

Songs By Album

Anthem of the Sun: 5
The Grateful Dead: 1

Show			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Morning Dew	Derives from attendee recollection cited in deadessays post	Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	2	1
Cryptical Envelopment >	Derives from attendee recollection cited in deadessays post	Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	2	0
The Other One >	Derives from attendee recollection cited in deadessays post	Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	2	6
Cryptical Envelopment >	Derives from attendee recollection cited in deadessays post	Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	0	6
New Potato Caboose	Recollected by attendee Gary Lambert (per deadessays post)	Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	4	9
Alligator	Derives from attendee recollection cited in deadessays post	Ron McKernan	Anthem of the Sun	3	2
Turn On Your Lovelight	Recollected by attendee Gary Lambert (per deadessays post)	Ron McKernan		5	1

Tour

Grateful Dead Spring 1968

Also Appearing

Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Jefferson Airplane

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Notes

Billboard article says Sunday (6th), but NYT article is pretty solid evidence of the actual date. Kennely concurs.

Aftenoon free concert. Set list (including song order) uncertain.

LIA: November 24, 1968: Jam with Jefferson Airplane, Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (POSSIBLE) (comment) On May 5 1968, the Dead played a free show in Central Park with the Airplane and the Butterfield Blues Band. An eyewitness on deadlists says, "The night before, 5/4/68 at the Fillmore East, Paul Kantner told the audience that they will be playing free in the park with the Dead tomorrow. The Dead opened 5/5/68 with Bob Weir saying to the NYC crowd, 'Welcome to San Francisco.'" Although he remembers the Dead opening and the Airplane playing next, the Village Voice article from May 16 said that Butterfield and the Airplane went first, and the Dead closed, and apparently had to cut their set short because they weren't permitted to play longer in the park. I'm reminded of the September 16, 1967 free concert in Griffith Park in Los Angeles - the two bands were in town, had the day free, and decided what the heck, let's have a free afternoon show in a park... (Though they'd both played the night before, both on 9/15/67 and 5/4/68!)

Deadsources: May 5, 1968: Central Park, New York City

Deadessays: Deadbase Corrections

Deadessays: 1968 Show List

Deadsources: May 4-9, 1968: New York

Hooterollin: Grateful Dead Performance List January-June 1968

Note varying attendance estimates, b/w 6,000 and 10,000.

Review: Kifner 1968;

Mention: Kennely 1968;

Review: "10,000 See Free Concert in Park," Billboard, May 18, 1968 p. 14;

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