1969-08-03 Grateful Dead

Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA

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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
Tom Constanten - keyboards

Guest Musicians
unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin (partial show) - electric violin
David Nelson (partial show) - guitar
unidentified-19690803-02-sax (partial show) - tenor saxophone

Complete Show:
Hard To Handle [1] , Beat It On Down The Line [1] , Hi-Heel Sneakers [1][2] , High Time , Mama Tried [3] , Dark Star [1][4] , Alligator [1] > Drums > The Other One [1][4] > Caution [1][4] > And We Bid You Good Night [1][5]

[1] With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin
[2] Final known performance (by GD) next known performance on 1969-08-28 by Mickey and the Hartbeats
[3] With David Nelson on guitar
[4] With unidentified-19690803-02-sax on tenor saxophone
[5] The violinst is plucking along behind

Average Song Gap

10.91

Songs By Album

Anthem of the Sun: 3
The Grateful Dead: 1
Workingman's Dead: 1

Show			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Hard To Handle	With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin	Ron McKernan		1	3
Beat It On Down The Line	With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin	Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	17	19
Hi-Heel Sneakers	Final known performance (by GD) next known performance on 1969-08-28 by Mickey and the Hartbeats With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin	Jerry Garcia		32	last
High Time		Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	1
Mama Tried	With David Nelson on guitar	Bob Weir		1	1
Dark Star	With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin With unidentified-19690803-02-sax on tenor saxophone	Jerry Garcia		2	1
Alligator >	With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin	Ron McKernan	Anthem of the Sun	3	12
Drums >		Instrumental		1	2
The Other One >	With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin With unidentified-19690803-02-sax on tenor saxophone	Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	1	2
Caution >	With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin With unidentified-19690803-02-sax on tenor saxophone	Ron McKernan	Anthem of the Sun	39	24
And We Bid You Good Night	The violinst is plucking along behind With unidentified-19690803-01-electric violin on electric violin	Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, and...		22	3

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GD - Family Dog On The Great Highway August 1969 #1

Also Appearing

Ballet Afro-Haiti and Albert Collins

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Notes

LIA notes third guitar B-bending and picking on "Mama Tried", and possibly the prior songs as well. This sounds like Nelson to us, though given the mix and all that we conservatively tie him only to "Mama Tried". The electrified violin, flute and saxophone players have not been identified as of summer 2024. See Corry's post at Lost Live Dead, and the extensive comments there addressing the question.

lostlivedead: Guest Flute Players with The Grateful Dead: June 13, August 3 and August 21, 1969

lostlivedead: August 3, 1969 Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA: Grateful Dead/Albert Collins/Ballet Afro-Haiti (Plus Special Mystery Guests!)

ref: McNally 2002, 323-324

JGMF: That fiddle!

deadessays: 1969 Show List

deadessays: Deadbase Corrections

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