1975-04-20 [Sun]

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Capitol Theater, Madison, WI

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Martin Fierro - saxophone, flute
Ron Tutt - drums
Set 1:
Let It Rock , I Feel Like Dynamite , Going Going Gone , Favela [1] , Someday Baby , (I'm A) Road Runner

Set 2:
Harder They Come , Wondering Why [2] , I'll Take A Melody , Mississippi Moon , Boogie On Reggae Woman , Every Word You Say , Mystery Train

[1] Final known performance
[2] Final known performance (by LOM) next known performance on 1975-06-22 by JGMS
Tour
Legion of Mary April 1975
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  • Sue: Band got $4,000 guarantee plus 60% of gross over $11,000 plus $1,250 for lights and sound.
  • The show's start time is a bit confusing. The ticket stub posted here says 5 p.m. Listings in the Wisconsin State Journal (e.g., 4/18/75, section 6, p. 3) say 8 p.m., while one in The Capital Times' (4/19/75, p. 2) says 8:30. A show review (Chandler 1975) says that the show lasted three and a half hours and ended after midnight. I have accordingly sort of split the difference and set the start time to 8:15. 5 p.m. certainly seems incorrect, the ticket stub notwithstanding. Perhaps there were early and late shows? A listing in the Capital Times on 3/26/75, p. 44, lists "Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders, 5 & 8:30 p.m." On 3/4/2012, attendee Andy Stone confirmed that there was a single show, started ca. 8 or 8:15. AFM contract says one show, "with a possible second show option".
  • listings: Capital Times, March 26, 1975, p. 44 | Wisconsin State Journal, April 18, 1975, section 6, p. 3 | Capital Times, April 19, 1975, p. 2
  • ad: Wisconsin State Journal, April 20, 1975, sec.4, p. 19
  • review: [positive] Chandler 1975: compares Fierro to Illinois Jacquet, Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp; he "colored everything blue. Saunders jumped on organ from the jazz of Jimmy Smith, to the funk of Charles Garland, to the electronic soul of Billy Preston ..."
  • JGMF: The April 1975 Legion of Mary Tour
    • Torrents for Date
    Weather
    High: 47.0 °F
    Low: 35.0 °F
    Feels Like High: 41.1 °F
    Feels Like Low: 29.0 °F
    Wind Speed: 17.2 mph
    Humidity: 66.3 %
    Moonphase: 0.32
    Cloudy skies throughout the day.
    Time
    8:00 PM
    Ticket Price
    $4.50 / $6.50
    In Attendance
    1345
    Gross
    $8,119.50