1970-05-19 [Tue]

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Peninsula School, Menlo Park, CA

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John Dawson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar
Mickey Hart - drums
David Torbert - electric bass
David Nelson - electric guitar
Partial Show:
Brown Eyed Handsome Man , Henry , Louisiana Lady , Glendale Train [1] , Truck Drivin' Man , Dim Lights Thick Smoke (And Loud Loud Music) [1] , The Bottle Let Me Down [1]

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording
[1] First known performance
Also Appearing
unnamed jazz ensemble
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Notes
  • Corry Arnold originally pinned a NRPS show at the Peninsula School in Menlo Park to 4/28/70, but it happened 5/19/70, per Stanford Daily: "Today from 3:30 to sundown the NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (with Jerry Garcia of the Dead) will play at the Peninsula School, on Peninsula Way near Willow Road, Menlo Park. Tickets $1.50 at the gate, a benefit for the school's scholarship fund." NB Matrix tapes [redacted] list gives Jerry Garcia, Howard Wales and Friends, Sandy Bull on 5/19. Parrish's awesome eyewitness account gives the setlist information and lots of great color, e.g., that Dawson played a Guild acoustic. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" opened the show, while the rest of the setlist should be considered unordered.
  • listing: "Campus Roundup," Stanford Daily, May 19, 1970, p. 3
  • cryptdev: New Riders of the Purple Sage at Peninsula School 5/12/70 and 5/28/71
  • lostlivedead: New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Peninsula School, 920 Peninsula Way, Menlo Park, CA April 28, 1970
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    Weather
    High: 60.2 °F
    Low: 51.2 °F
    Feels Like High: 60.2 °F
    Feels Like Low: 51.2 °F
    Wind Speed: 11.6 mph
    Humidity: 61.8 %
    Moonphase: 0.46
    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    In Attendance
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