Notes
Deal: $3,500 guarantee plus 50% of total gross receipts over $11,000; 2,400 seats @ $5, for gross potential of $12k. Contract dated 8/16/74 gives 11 PM starting time, but later ads suggest the more reasonable 8 PM. Signed by Barry Bricca of Southside Productions and Merl.
Ad: California Aggie, August 21, 1974, p. 3: "A Special Summer Concert with Merle [sic] Saunders, Jerry Garcia & Friends, plus Sons of Champin and Sleepy Deroy"
Preview: "Rock Music," Sacramento Bee, August 23, 1974, p. C8
Preview: "Entertainment Board Presents Merle [sic] Saunders, Jerry Garcia," California Aggie, August 28, 1974, p. 4
Listing: "Music Around the Bay," San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 1974, p. 50
Ref: MS 332 Ser. 3, Box 2:11, GDS:Show Files: Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA June 8, 1974, contract #00114-GD [misfiled], via Harry Angus.