1968-12-20 [Fri]

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Shrine Exhibition Hall, Los Angeles, CA

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Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Tom Constanten - keyboards
Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Complete Show:
The Eleven [1] , Mountains Of The Moon [2][3] , Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [4] , Morning Dew [4] , Turn On Your Lovelight

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording
[1] attempted segue aborted for guitar tuning
[2] First known performance
[3] Garcia plays acoustic
[4] Not present on any circulating sources. Per newspaper review and eyewitness the Dead played this song.
Run
GD - Shrine Exhibition Hall December 1968
Also Appearing
Country Joe & the Fish, Spirit, Pulse, Mint Tattoo, and Comfortable Chair
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Notes
  • It's likely that Dark Star>St Stephen preceded the Eleven.
  • deadessays: 1968 Show List | Deadbase Corrections
  • review: [brief, mixed] Ross 1968, who has the idea that Pigpen has left the band.
  • deadsources: December 20, 1968: Shrine Hall, Los Angeles. This source pins Lovelight as the last song of the night.
  • deadsources: December 20-21, 1968: Shrine Hall, Los Angeles. Sir Douglas Quintet was billed but did not appear.
  • Blair gives $3,000 for the 12/20-21 shows
    • Historical
  • Death of John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902).
  • Peter Tork announces he is leaving The Monkees.
  • The Zodiac Killer is believed to have shot Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday on Lake Herman Road, Benicia, San Francisco Bay, California, his first confirmed victims.
    • Torrents for Date
    Show Certainty
    Confirmed
    Setlist Certainty
    Uncertain Setlist
    Time
    12:00 PM
    Ticket Price
    $4.00