1970-05-02 Grateful Dead

West Gym, Harpur College, Binghamton, NY

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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

Guests
David Nelson - acoustic guitar and mandolin
John Dawson - vocals

Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage at this show

Released As

Dick's Picks Volume 08 (missing Cold Rain And Snow)

Acoustic Set:
Don't Ease Me In , I Know You Rider , Friend Of The Devil , Dire Wolf , Beat It On Down The Line > Black Peter , Candyman , Cumberland Blues [1] , Deep Elem Blues [1] , Cold Jordan [2] , Uncle John's Band
New Riders set was between the acoustic GD and electric

Electric Set 1:
Saint Stephen > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Cosmic Charlie , Casey Jones , Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin' , Cold Rain And Snow , It's A Man's World , Dancin' In The Streets [3]

Electric Set 2:
Morning Dew , Viola Lee Blues > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night

[1] With David Nelson on acoustic guitar
[2] With John Dawson on vocals and David Nelson on mandolin
[3] Includes Tighten Up Jam

Average Song Gap

4.44

Songs By Album

Workingman's Dead: 5
The Grateful Dead: 4
Anthem of the Sun: 3
American Beauty: 2
Aoxomoxoa: 2
Shakedown Street: 2
Go to Heaven: 1
Terrapin Station: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 9
jerry-ballad: 2

Set			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Don't Ease Me In		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	6	1
I Know You Rider		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		1	1
Friend Of The Devil	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	3	1
Dire Wolf	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	3	1
Beat It On Down The Line >		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	10	3
Black Peter	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	7	1
Candyman	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	1	3
Cumberland Blues	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	3
Deep Elem Blues		Jerry Garcia		1	1
Cold Jordan		Bob Weir, David Nelson, Jer...		1	5
Uncle John's Band	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Saint Stephen >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	2	2
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	1	0
Drums >		Instrumental		1	0
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	1	3
Cryptical Envelopment >		Jerry Garcia	Anthem of the Sun	0	3
Cosmic Charlie	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	13	3
Casey Jones	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	9	2
Good Lovin' >		Ron McKernan	Shakedown Street	3	0
Drums >		Instrumental		0	1
Good Lovin'		Ron McKernan	Shakedown Street	0	1
Cold Rain And Snow		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	8	3
It's A Man's World		Ron McKernan		3	12
Dancin' In The Streets		Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	8	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Morning Dew	jerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	14	2
Viola Lee Blues >		Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, and...	The Grateful Dead	9	30
Feedback >		Instrumental		2	5
And We Bid You Good Night		Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, and...		2	40

Tour

GD-NRPS May 1970 East Coast/Midwest

Also Appearing

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Images

Notes

deadlists: comment on 5/2/70 entry "David Nelson plays acoustic guitar on Cumberland Blues while Jerry switches to electric. Nelson plays mandolin on Cold Jordan and Marmaduke adds bass harmony vocals." NB no early/late shows. For years Deadlists showed things this way as a workaround to an old technical limit (max three sets per "show"), which has since been superseded.

deadessays: May 2, 1970: Harpur College

hooterollin: Week of May 2, 1970 SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY (The Whole Story)

kazart: Dead Stage Banter Part 1

lostlivedead: The Grateful Dead in Upstate and Central New York 1969-79 ('Til Your Night Job Pays)

lostlivedead: Grateful Dead Live FM Broadcasts 1970 (FM Broadcasts III)

review: Wolinsky 1970, via deadsources: May 2, 1970: Harpur College, Binghamton NY

Most of these shows were billed as "An Evening With The Grateful Dead". The standard architecture was Acoustic GD, then New Riders, then Electric GD (sometimes two sets). For more, see JGMF, An Evening With the Gratetul Dead

Sources

Weather

High: 68.1 °F
Low: 46.1 °F
Feels Like High: 68.1 °F
Feels Like Low: 40.7 °F
Wind Speed: 20.8 mph
Humidity: 79.9 %
Moonphase: 0.89
Cloudy skies throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Grateful Dead 1970-05-02 [Sat]

West Gym, Harpur College, Binghamton, NY

Set

Set 1

Set 2