1975-08-20 [Wed]

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Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

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Keith and Donna Band
Keith Godchaux - keyboards
Ray Scott - electric guitar
Michael Larscheid - electric bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Hadi al-Saadoon - trumpet
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Steve Schuster - saxophone
Guest Musicians
Jerry Garcia

Set 1:
Knock On Wood , Mr. Clean , A Strange Man , I Can't Turn You Loose , It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry , Little Bit Of Righteousness , Sweet Baby , David's Tune (Gm)

Set 2:
Tough Mama , My Love For You , Straight Life , Come See About Me , How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) , Showboat

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Great American Music Hall, August 1975
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  • Twitterato @bryontreece notes a “Streets of Cairo” tease @ 16:39 of "David's Tune (Em)". NB that "Streets of Cairo" is also known as "Arabian Riff", and it's a clever thematic tie-in to Blues for Allah and the GD gig played in this same room one week prior.
  • ad: [contra] San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, August 10, 1975, p. 29
  • listing: Fremont Argus, August 15, 1975, p. 30
  • listing: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, August 17, 1975, p. 5
  • ad: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, August 17, 1975, p. 9
  • listing: "Keith and Donna, Tubes and Others," San Francisco Chronicle, August 20, 1975, p. 53
  • JGMF: untitled 19750820b
  • JGMF: The still-unidentified funky instrumental from 8/20 and 8/30/75
  • Sue: Band take 80% of the door.
  • Conventionally listed as JGB, probably due to ad in the pink section on 8/10 and 8/17 billing "Jerry Garcia Band", first known appearance of that identifier in print. But Alson and Dym provide immediate expost identification of KDB. Note that Nicky was in New York City 8/18-20 (New York Magazine vol.8 no. 32 , August 11, 1975, p. 18). Note further that Tutt was with Elvis on 8/20/75 in Las Vegas. Brown calendar does identify this as "Garcia GAMH" (Steve Brown Papers: Calendar, 1974-1976, Grateful Dead Archive, Special Collections, UC Santa Cruz, MS.338, box 1, folder 4). So maybe it was originally conceived as a Garcia thing, but ended up as K&D, maybe even because Garcia's prospective bandmates were unavailable. Update 8/6/16: Finally on day-of the Chron billed "Keith and Donna Godchaux, will Bill Kreutzmann and Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead."
  • Attendee Mabuff provides recollection on lostlivedead.
  • review: [positive] Alson and Dym 1975;
  • lostlivedead: Keith and Donna Band, Tour History 1975
  • lostlivedead: August 20, 1975 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco: Keith And Donna with Jerry Garcia ('Straight Life')
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    Weather
    High: 71.9 °F
    Low: 56.9 °F
    Feels Like High: 71.9 °F
    Feels Like Low: 56.9 °F
    Wind Speed: 15.0 mph
    Humidity: 78.7 %
    Moonphase: 0.46
    Clear conditions throughout the day.
    Time
    9:00 PM