1969-08-28 New Riders of the Purple Sage

Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA

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John Dawson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
Mickey Hart - drums
Bob Matthews - bass
David Nelson - electric guitar

Guest Musicians
Bob Weir (partial show) - guitar, vocals

Complete Release

Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (missing The Weight)

Complete Set:
Six Days On the Road , I Am Your Man , Last Lonely Eagle , Whatcha Gonna Do , Mama Tried [1] , Cathy's Clown [1][2] , Old Old House [1][3] , Me And My Uncle [1] , Seasons Of My Heart [1][4] , Slewfoot [1][5] , The Weight [1]

[1] with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals
[2] First known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-06-11 by Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck
[3] Only known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-06-20 by GD
[4] First known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-08-02 by GD
[5] Only known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-08-02 by GD

Average Song Gap

1.71

Set		Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Last	Next
Six Days On the Road		John Dawson	1	2
I Am Your Man		John Dawson	1	4
Last Lonely Eagle		John Dawson	1	2
Whatcha Gonna Do		John Dawson	2	2
Mama Tried	with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	Bob Weir	3	1
Cathy's Clown	First known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-06-11 by Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	Bob Weir	first	1
Old Old House	Only known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-06-20 by GD with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	Bob Weir	first	last
Me And My Uncle	with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	Bob Weir	3	3
Seasons Of My Heart	First known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-08-02 by GD with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	Bob Weir	first	1
Slewfoot	Only known performance (by NRPS) last known performance 1969-08-02 by GD with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	Bob Weir	first	last
The Weight	with Bob Weir on guitar and vocals	John Dawson	1	3

Run

NRPS & GD - Family Dog On The Great Highway August 1969 #2

Also Appearing

Mickey & the Hartbeats, Phoenix, and Commander Cody

Lights

Jerry Abrams Headlights

Audio

Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage

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Notes

recollection from hard2Handle on dead.net entry for this show "Remember a pick-up band of GD/NRPS that invited Bobby to sit in. He did Mama Tried". The release reveals that Bobby Ace joined the Riders for Mama Tried, Cathy's Clown, Old Old House, MAMU, Seasons and Slewfoot.

Phoenix replacing Rubber Duck Company.

ad: Good Times, August 28, 1969, p. 23

lostlivedead: August 28-30, 1969, Family Dog at The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA: Grateful Dead/Hartbeats/New Riders of The Purple Sage/Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen/Rubber Duck (Archaeology) (FDGH II)

There had been speculation that it was afternoon, but the evidence is not really consistent with that. Instead, it was probably 8/28/69 in the evening. Terry Nails: "As far as the issue of bands jamming during the day at the Playland location goes, it did happen, but not that often and it was never announced to the public. Most of the ones I remember took place after we were done with the Common meetings. I also remember that some bands would occasionally rehearse there as well."

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Time

8:30 PM

1969-08-28 [Thu]

Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA

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