New Riders of the Purple Sage 1970-06-28 [Sun]
Musicians
Jerry Garcia
- pedal steel guitar
David Nelson - electric guitar
David Torbert - electric bass
John Dawson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums
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
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Also Appearing
Grateful Dead, James & the Good Brothers, January, The People's Revolutionary Concert Band, Si Potma, and P.M. Howard
Images
Notes
- Free show set up in a nearby park in response to protests about the stadium show (see news coverage links). Bands played on the back of a flatbed truck.
- Deadsources has local print news coverage from the time June 27-28, 1970: CNE Stadium, Toronto (Festival Express I) and June 27-28, 1970: Festival Express, Toronto and June 27, 1970: CNE Grandstand, Toronto
- Dalton and Cott in Rolling Stone, September 3 1970, say there were free gigs the first and second days in Toronto.
- LIA's The Festival Express Guide provides a detailed account this tour, and more general news coverage of the tour June/July 1970: The Festival Express and June/July 1970: Festival Express in the news.