Grateful Dead 1968-05-05 [Sun]

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Central Park, New York, NY

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Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Show
Morning Dew , Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > New Potato Caboose , Alligator , Turn On Your Lovelight

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording
Tour
Grateful Dead Spring 1968
Also Appearing
Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Jefferson Airplane
Notes
  • Aftenoon free concert. Set list (including song order) uncertain.
  • LIA: November 24, 1968: Jam with Jefferson Airplane, Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI (POSSIBLE) (comment) An eyewitness reports, "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.'"
  • deadsources: May 5, 1968: Central Park, New York City | May 4-9, 1968: New York
  • deadessays: Deadbase Corrections Gary Lambert, who also attended, confirms: "They played some of the material that would turn up on Anthem of the Sun: The Other One, New Potato Caboose, though I didn't know those songs by name. I recognized Morning Dew from the first album. They finished with Turn On Your Lovelight."
  • setlists.net: Attendee kk remembers recalls Dew, Cryptical, O1, and Alligator.
  • deadessays: 1968 Show List | Missing 1968 Shows
  • 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;