New Riders of the Purple Sage 1970-05-14 [Thu]

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Meramec Community College, St. Louis, MO

college-gig
show in calendar archive.org
Musicians
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
David Nelson - electric guitar
David Torbert - electric bass
John Dawson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums
Garcia also appeared with the Grateful Dead at this show
Complete Set:
Six Days On the Road , Whatcha Gonna Do , Brown Eyed Handsome Man , I Don't Know You , Cecilia , If You Hear Me When I'm Leaving , Henry [1] , Garden Of Eden , Fair Chance To Know , Last Lonely Eagle , Lodi , The Weight

[1] aborted and restarted midway, seems like technical difficulties
Tour
GD-NRPS May 1970 East Coast/Midwest
Also Appearing
Grateful Dead and Aardvark
Images
Notes
  • The venue has historically been rendered with two Rs, but this spelling is correct.
  • The canonical structure of the "An Evening With The Grateful Dead" shows in this period was acoustic Dead, New Riders, electric Dead. On Twitter, attendee Bob Simmons recalls that this one ran NRPS-AGD-EGD, which is also how we think 5/1/70 unfolded.
  • deadessays: Grateful Dead Guide: The Grateful Dead in St. Louis 1968-1971 (Guest Post)
  • 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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