1970-07-04 [Sat]

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Independence Day

McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada

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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
Garcia also appeared with the New Riders of the Purple Sage and Great Speckled Bird at this show
Acoustic Set:
Don't Ease Me In , Candyman , Dire Wolf , Uncle John's Band
New Riders set was between the two GD sets

Electric Set:
Me And My Uncle , China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Hard To Handle , New Speedway Boogie [1] , Turn On Your Lovelight

[1] Includes Nobody's Fault But Mine theme
Tour
GD-NRPS Summer 1970 Festival Express
Also Appearing
New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Band, Janis Joplin, Delaney & Bonnie, Mashmakhan, James & the Good Brothers, Charlebois, Ian & Sylvia, Buddy Guy, and Tom Rush
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Notes
  • This was a 2 day festival but the Dead and NRPS only played in the stadium in the 4th, not the 5th.
  • Just Billy on drums for the acoustic set
  • Setlist is pieced together from postings on the "Tapers Section" (dead.net) and video clips from Festival Express documentary. May certainly not be complete.
  • deadsources: July 4-5, 1970: McMahon Stadium, Calgary (Festival...
  • There are tapes of this show and 7/1 in the vault. David Lemieux reports that Attics of My Life was played in one of these shows, either 7/1 or 7/4.
  • 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.
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    Show Certainty
    Confirmed
    Setlist Certainty
    Uncertain Setlist
    In Attendance
    60000
    Gross
    $540,000.00