1969-08-28 [Thu]

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Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass
Mickey Hart - percussion
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Howard Wales - keyboards
Guest Musicians
unidentified-19690828-01 (complete show) - flute

Complete Set:
I Know It's A Sin [1] , Hi-Heel Sneakers [2] , Dark Star [3][4] > The Eleven [3][4] > Dark Star [3][4]

[1] Final known performance (by Mickey and the Hartbeats) next known performance on 1970-06-04 by GD
[2] Only known performance (by Mickey and the Hartbeats) last known performance on 1969-08-03 by GD
[3] Final known performance (by Mickey and the Hartbeats) next known performance on 1969-08-30 by GD
[4] Theme only
Run
NRPS & GD - Family Dog On The Great Highway August 1969 #2
Title
Mickey And The Hartbeats
Also Appearing
New Riders of the Purple Sage, Phoenix, and Commander Cody
Lights
Jerry Abrams Headlights
Audio
Images
Notes
  • 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."
  • Corry, on Wales: "Given the distance of the Great Highway from the rest of San Francisco and particularly Marin, I am less likely to think that anyone there just "dropped by," in distinct contrast to, say, Broadway ... Someone invited Howard Wales, and someone invited him when Constanten wasn't present. This leads me to think that Wales had already jammed with Garcia, since it seems like such a trek. I am sure Wales wanted to jam with Garcia, but he was a working musician with a band, so coming out to a jam would take time away from his band, and he would be less likely to do it if he wasn't guaranteed a real chance on stage."
  • deadlists comments for the show state "Bear's cassette master is labeled Hartbeats. The band is Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hart, Lesh, and Howard Wales on keyboards."
  • lostlivedead: Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Tour Itinerary July-August 1969 | "Hartbeats" Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA August 28, 1969
  • deadessays: Deadbase Corrections | 1969 Show List
  • deadsources: August 1969: The Dead and the Community
  • 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)
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