Grateful Dead 1969-12-28 [Sun]

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Miami Rock Festival
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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
Also Appearing
Santana, The Band, Canned Heat, B.B. King, Johnny Winter, Vanilla Fudge, The Turtles, Mother Lode, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Hugh Masekela, Tony Joe White, Amboy Dukes, Sweetwater, Cold Blood, and others
Notes
  • Miami-Hollywood Speedway Park; According to DeadEssay blog, Other local bands may have played as well
  • lostlivedead: Grateful Dead Tour Itinerary December 1969
  • Dead Stage Banter Part 1 "Just be careful of them there towers & wires"
  • deadessays: 1969 Show List
  • Wasserman: "Hugh Masekela is the South African trumpet player (and singer) who was once married to Marian Makeba, made a splash with conga drummer Big Black at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and more recently had a solid hit with 'Grazing in the Grass'. Now Big Black is gone and Masekela himself is undoubtedly the better for it. Black is an imposing individual --personally and musically-- and tends to dominate his surrounding ..."
  • ref: Wasserman, John L. 1970. Masekela's Way--Curt and Burt. San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 1970, p. 40.
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