1970-04-17 [Fri]

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Family Dog On The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA

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Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
Mickey Hart - drums
Ron McKernan - acoustic guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - acoustic guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage at this show
Acoustic Show:
Don't Ease Me In , Long Black Limousine , Monkey And The Engineer , Deep Elem Blues , Candyman > Cumberland Blues , Me And My Uncle , Mama Tried , Cathy's Clown [1] , Wake Up Little Susie , New Speedway Boogie , Friend Of The Devil , Black Peter , Uncle John's Band

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording
[1] Only known performance (by GD) last known performance on 1969-10-17 by NRPS
Run
NRPS & GD - Family Dog On The Great Highway April 1970
Also Appearing
Charlie Musselwhite
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Notes
  • Setlist per eyewitness Judy Dawson.
  • listings: San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 1970, p. 46
  • ad: Good Times v3 n16 (April 17, 1970), p. 14, billing Billed as "Riders of the Purple Sage avec Jerry Garcia, joined by Mickey Hart and the Heartbeats alias Bob Ace and his Cards From the Bottom of the Deck".
  • lostlivedead: April 17-19, 1970, Family Dog On The Great Highway: New Riders Of The Purple Sage/Charlie Musselwhite/Mickey Hart And The Heartbeats with Bobby Ace And The Cards Off The Bottom Of The Deck (Lost And Found Dead). Corry hypothesizes that Torbert arrived with these shows.
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