1975-10-17 [Fri]

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Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Nicky Hopkins - piano, vocals
Ron Tutt - drums, vocals
Complete Set:
Money Honey , Catfish John , That's What Love Will Make You Do , I'll Take A Melody , Refugee Blues [1] , Mississippi Moon , Tough Mama , Lady Sleeps > No Time , Mystery Train , Mission In The Rain

[1] Only known performance
Also Appearing
Kingfish and Keith & Donna Godchaux
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  • Sue: $5,000 guarantee to JGB, plus 25% gross receipts over $32,000. They say total gross potential over $50k (8,000 tickets at between $5.50-6.50). Kingfish and KDB appear to have gotten $4k total.
  • ads: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, October 5, 1975, p. 19 | Oakland Tribune, October 5, 1975, p. 5-E
  • captions: "Friday at the Pavilion," Contra Costa Times, October 12, 1975, p. 25 | "At Pavilion tonight," Contra Costa Times, October 17, 1975, p. 9. Picture of Concord native Keith Godchaux
  • previews: Berkeley Daily Gazette, October 15, 1975, p. 21 | "Rock bands at Pavilion Friday," Contra Costa Times, October 15, 1975, p. 43
  • listing: San Francisco Examiner, October 16, 1975, p. 41
  • caption: "At Pavilion tonight," Contra Costa Times, October 17, 1975, p. 9. Picture of Concord native Keith Godchaux
  • expost: "Police nab man on Pavilion drug sale," Concord Transcript, October 20, 1975, p. 1. "A NY transient apparently trying to recoup his losses". Anthony Iraconi had bought some fake acid and was trying to get himself whole by ripping others off. Pavilion manager John Toffoli said this was the first Pavilion drug bust (it had just opened) and that JG crowd of 5,700 was generally well-behaved.
  • review: [negative] Tolces 19751122
  • review: [negative] Dym and Alson 1976: "This group becomes more lifeless with each performance. … Nicky Hopkins is [a] liability. While he is an excellent musician, every time he opens his mouth to sing, he starts digging the group into a hole. The Concord show was the worst effort I've ever seen by any group Garcia has ever been a part of. 'Mystery Train', 'Money Honey', 'Tough Mama', 'Let It Rock' … all are just lifeless shadows of their former selves."
  • review: [lukewarm] Olson 1975
  • hooterollin: Nicky Hopkins and His Giant Mirror
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    Weather
    High: 75.8 °F
    Low: 51.2 °F
    Feels Like High: 75.8 °F
    Feels Like Low: 51.2 °F
    Wind Speed: 17.2 mph
    Humidity: 73.8 %
    Moonphase: 0.42
    Becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
    Time
    7:30 PM
    Ticket Price
    $5.50 / $6.50