1970-05-06 [Wed]

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Kresge Plaza, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Complete Show:
Dancin' In The Streets [1] , China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Next Time You See Me [2] , Morning Dew , Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin' , Casey Jones , Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away

[1] Includes Tighten Up Jam
[2] Last known performance (by GD) 1969-12-31 (56 events ago)
Tour
GD-NRPS May 1970 East Coast/Midwest
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Notes
  • Free concert. Nationwide campus strikes to protest Kent State killings
  • deadsources: May 6-7, 1970: MIT, Cambridge
  • review: [brief] Feirtag 1970;
  • Ned Lagin's transcription of Garcia's solo in Dancin'
  • 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
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    Weather
    High: 55.1 °F
    Low: 41.1 °F
    Feels Like High: 55.1 °F
    Feels Like Low: 31.7 °F
    Wind Speed: 23.0 mph
    Humidity: 57.7 %
    Moonphase: 0.03
    Precipitation: 0.15 in. (rain)
    Partly cloudy throughout the day with early morning rain.
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