Grateful Dead 1968-09-02 [Mon]

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Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Show
Labor Day
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
Notes
  • Around 40 bands played over three days, and it's impossible to determine who else played on the 2nd.
  • JGMF: GD19680902 - Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair, Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm, Sultan, WA
  • historylink.org: Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair opens a three-day run near Sultan on August 30, 1968
  • deadsources: September 2, 1968: Sky River Rock Festival
  • deadessays: 1968 Show List "The Dead weren’t scheduled to play, but showed up anyway. After their set, Pigpen played organ in a blues set with Big Mama Thornton & James Cotton."
  • review: Richards, Lowell. 1968. Blues Outclasses Rock at Sky River Festival. Downbeat, October 31, 1968, p. unknown;
  • gratefulseconds: Summertime Jams 1968; Betty Organic and Newport Pop
  • lostlivedead: The Grateful Dead in Oregon 1966-76 (Country Home)