1969-05-31 Grateful Dead

MacArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

yellow-dog-storycollege-gig

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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
Tom Constanten - keyboards

Guests
Ken Babbs - rap

Set 1:
Hard To Handle , Cold Rain And Snow , Green Green Grass Of Home [1][2][3][4] , Me And My Uncle , Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Sitting On Top Of The World , Hurts Me Too , Turn On Your Lovelight

Set 2:
He Was A Friend Of Mine , Dark Star > Doin' That Rag > Cosmic Charlie

Encore:
It's All Over Now Baby Blue [4] , And We Bid You Good Night

[1] First known performance
[2] Yellow Dog Story before
[3] Garcia on pedal steel
[4] With Ken Babbs on rap

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Hard To Handle		Ron McKernan		5	1
Cold Rain And Snow		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	13	3
Green Green Grass Of Home		Bob Weir		first	9
Me And My Uncle	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	1
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	3	0
Drums >		Instrumental		3	1
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	3	1
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	0	1
Sitting On Top Of The World		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	11	1
Hurts Me Too		Ron McKernan		15	42
Turn On Your Lovelight		Ron McKernan		1	1

Set 2			Gap Analysis
He Was A Friend Of Mine		Jerry Garcia		4	1
Dark Star >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		1	1
Doin' That Rag >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	1	1
Cosmic Charlie	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	1	1

Encore			Gap Analysis
It's All Over Now Baby Blue	dylan	Jerry Garcia		11	12
And We Bid You Good Night		Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, and...		4	22

Also Appearing

Palace Meat Market

Images

Notes

Ken Babbs raps at various points during the show. Deal was $2,500 vs. 60% of the gross.

ad: Oregon Daily Emerald, May 28, 1969, p. unk

lostlivedead: Grateful Dead Pac-10 Home Court Analysis "when the Dead headlined McArthur Court on May 31, 1969, it was one of the biggest rooms that they had headlined up until that time. The show appears to have been scheduled for the track stadium (Hayward Field) and moved indoors, but in any case it was a sign of the Dead's status in Oregon."

deadessays: Deadbase Corrections

lostlivedead: Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Tour Itinerary May 1969

deadessays: 1969 Show List

JGMF: Green Green Grass Of Home

Sources

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Hard To Handle		Ron McKernan		5	1
Cold Rain And Snow		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	13	3
Green Green Grass Of Home		Bob Weir		first	9
Me And My Uncle	cowboy	Bob Weir		1	1
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	3	0
Drums >		Instrumental		3	1
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	3	1
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	0	1
Sitting On Top Of The World		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	11	1
Hurts Me Too		Ron McKernan		15	42
Turn On Your Lovelight		Ron McKernan		1	1

Grateful Dead 1969-05-31 [Sat]

MacArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Set 1

Set 2

Encore