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
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Setlist
Partial Set 1
Non-Improvisation [1][2][3]
GD left stage and Foss performed more music with the orchestra
Non-Improvisation [1][2][3]
GD left stage and Foss performed more music with the orchestra
Partial Set 2
Saint Stephen , Dark Star > Drums [4] > Turn On Your Lovelight
GD again left stage and Foss and the orchestra performed more
Saint Stephen , Dark Star > Drums [4] > Turn On Your Lovelight
GD again left stage and Foss and the orchestra performed more
Partial Set 3
Jam [5]
Jam [5]
Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording
[1] Only known performance
[2] Also with musicians from The Road and orchestra members
[3] With Lukas Foss on piano
[4] With Lynn Harbold on percussion
[5] As per nysmusic.com, "Both The Road and The Dead were brought back on stage to join the Buffalo Philharmonic with half of the Orchestra assigned to each. Another conductor led The Road’s section at one end of the hall and Foss conducted the Grateful Dead and its half of the Orchestra at the other end."
[2] Also with musicians from The Road and orchestra members
[3] With Lukas Foss on piano
[4] With Lynn Harbold on percussion
[5] As per nysmusic.com, "Both The Road and The Dead were brought back on stage to join the Buffalo Philharmonic with half of the Orchestra assigned to each. Another conductor led The Road’s section at one end of the hall and Foss conducted the Grateful Dead and its half of the Orchestra at the other end."
Also Appearing
Buffalo Symphony Orchestra and The Road
Notes
- Show with Buffalo Symphony Orchestra, this was a benefit for the orchestra.
- LIA summarizes what we know about this event here: Buffalo 3/17/70
- The Buffalo Courier Express ran a preview a few days before explaining the program via deadsources
- More from deadsources with transcripts of previews and reviews of the event: March 17, 1970: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
- nysmusic.com: The Grateful Dead Show That Time (Almost) Forgot: March 17, 1970 “ After a cancellation by The Byrds, who were originally scheduled to appear, the Grateful Dead swooped in and would seem to serve as more than an adequate replacement for this type of experimentation “
- The now defunct "thedeadblog" has a great write-up by Jay Gerland. We can still access it via the magic of the wayback machine.
- lostlivedead: Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Tour Itinerary March 1970
- deadessays: Deadbase Corrections