1974-09-02 [Mon]

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Labor Day

Marx Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

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Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Martin Fierro - saxophone, flute
Guest Musicians
Snooky Flowers (partial show) - baritone saxiphone

Complete Show:
I Second That Emotion , Expressway (To Your Heart) , Sitting In Limbo [1] , Neighbor Neighbor [1] , La-La , Mystery Train [1] , How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

[1] With Snooky Flowers on baritone saxiphone
Title
Benefit for the People's Ballroom
Also Appearing
Ascension and Window
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Notes
  • Attendance estimates range from 7,000-7,500. We follow Nick in placing guest Snooky Flowers on Limbo, Neighbor, and Mystery Train, but wonder if he was also on La-La?
  • listing: [silent] "Music Around the Bay (Kool, Grits and Raw Soul)," San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 1974, p. 50: says "Grits, Raw Soul & Steamin' Freeman tomorrow afternoon [i.e., Sat 8/31], Elvis Duck, Heritage, Me & Clover at the same time Sunday [i.e., Sunday 9/1]; Marx Meadows, Golden Gate Park (free, but 75 cents donation requested)". So Garcia wasn't announced in the Sunday Chronicle.
  • mention: "Popular Music Events Around the Bay Area," San Francisco Chronicle, September 2, 1974, p. 43
  • expost: "Garcia Returns to Marx Meadows," Berkeley Barb, September 6-12, 1974, p. 2 | San Francisco Phoenix, v.2 n.25 (September 26, 1974), p. 1
  • Nick: 9/2/74: it's nice to be back in the park
  • JGMF: "JGMS Marx Meadows video" "Asked by the Barb if he sympathized the White Panther politics of the People's Ballroom, Garcia replied, 'I don't support them or not support them, but I'd just as soon play as not".
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