1975-08-20 [Wed]

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Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

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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

Set 1
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Name Notes Lead Vocals Album Last Next
Knock On Wood Donna Jean Godchaux
Mr. Clean Instrumental
A Strange Man Donna Jean Godchaux
I Can't Turn You Loose Donna Jean Godchaux and Kei...
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Jerry Garcia
Little Bit Of Righteousness Instrumental
Sweet Baby Donna Jean Godchaux
David's Tune (Gm) Instrumental
Set 2
Name Notes Lead Vocals Album Last Next
Tough Mama Jerry Garcia
My Love For You Donna Jean Godchaux
Straight Life Instrumental
Come See About Me Keith Godchaux
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Jerry Garcia
Showboat Donna Jean Godchaux
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Notes
  • 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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