1970-09-17 Grateful Dead

Fillmore East, New York, NY

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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

Guest Musicians
David Nelson (partial show) - mandolin and electric guitar
David Torbert (partial show) - bass
John Dawson (partial show) - vocals

Acoustic Set:
Truckin' [1] , Monkey And The Engineer , Dark Hollow [2] , Friend Of The Devil [2] , Ripple [2] , Brokedown Palace [1] , Box Of Rain [3][4][5] , Rosa Lee McFall [2] , Cold Jordan [2][6] > Swing Low Sweet Chariot [2][6]
New Riders set was between the acoustic GD and electric

Electric Set:
Sugar Magnolia , Dark Star [7] > Saint Stephen > Drums > Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin' , Uncle John's Band [8]

[1] Pigpen on piano
[2] With David Nelson on mandolin
[3] First known performance
[4] Lesh acoustic guitar, Garcia piano
[5] With David Nelson on electric guitar and David Torbert on bass
[6] With John Dawson on vocals
[7] Includes Tighten Up Jam
[8] Marty Weinberg's tape cuts off in the intro, but likely the full song was played

Average Song Gap

2.53

Songs By Album

American Beauty: 6
Shakedown Street: 2
Aoxomoxoa: 1
Workingman's Dead: 1

Set			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Truckin'	Pigpen on piano	Bob Weir	American Beauty	2	1
Monkey And The Engineer		Bob Weir		2	23
Dark Hollow	With David Nelson on mandolin	Bob Weir		2	3
Friend Of The Devil	With David Nelson on mandolin	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	2	2
Ripple	With David Nelson on mandolin	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	2	3
Brokedown Palace	Pigpen on piano	Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	1	1
Box Of Rain	First known performance Lesh acoustic guitar, Garcia piano With David Nelson on electric guitar and David Torbert on bass	Phil Lesh	American Beauty	first	184
Rosa Lee McFall	With David Nelson on mandolin	Jerry Garcia		2	2
Cold Jordan >	With David Nelson on mandolin With John Dawson on vocals	Bob Weir, David Nelson, and...		2	2
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	With David Nelson on mandolin With John Dawson on vocals	Jerry Garcia		2	2

Set			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Sugar Magnolia		Bob Weir	American Beauty	2	1
Dark Star >	Includes Tighten Up Jam	Jerry Garcia		11	2
Saint Stephen >		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	2	1
Drums >		Instrumental		3	0
Good Lovin' >		Ron McKernan	Shakedown Street	2	0
Drums >		Instrumental		0	1
Good Lovin'		Ron McKernan	Shakedown Street	0	1
Uncle John's Band	Marty Weinberg's tape cuts off in the intro, but likely the full song was played	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	1	3

Run

NRPS & GD - Fillmore East September 1970

Also Appearing

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Lights

Joe's Lights

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Notes

As per deadlists entry for this show "Pigpen also plays piano on Brokedown Palace and Box Of Rain. David Nelson plays mandolin on Dark Hollow, Friend Of The Devil, Ripple, Rosa Lee McFall, Cold Jordan and Swing Low. Garcia on pedal steel guitar and someone plays fiddle on Box Of Rain." LIA says Nelson on guitar on Box, Garcia on piano

The electric setlist may be incomplete

Deadessays: Deadbase Corrections

Deadessays: The Fillmore East - September 1970

Historical

Jimi Hendrix makes his last appearance, with Eric Burdon & War jamming at Ronnie Scotts Club in London. Hendrix, aged 27, dies the following day from a barbiturate overdose at his London hotel.

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Low: 59.1 °F
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Wind Speed: 20.8 mph
Humidity: 61.2 %
Moonphase: 0.57
Clear conditions throughout the day.

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1970-09-17 [Thu]

Fillmore East, New York, NY

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