Jerry Garcia
- electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn
- electric bass
Ron Tutt
- drums, vocals
Keith Godchaux
- keyboards, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux
- vocals
Guest Musicians redacted
(complete show)
- electric guitar
Maria Muldaur
(complete show)
- vocals
Sue: "Benefit ($1,000 promotional expense -- money loaned by Garcia Band to be repaid.) Promoter to pay all travel expenses incurred by J.G. Band and Crew for this engagement." That last bit is funny. I still don't think they're careful enough -- you don't want to commit to pay the expenses of the J.G. Band and Crew under any circumstances. I am sure they could wipe you out in a heartbeat. NB that the travel group was three couples: Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux, John Kahn and Maria Muldaur, and Jerry Garcia and Deborah Koons (!). Tutt and redacted traveled separately from LA. Contract signed by "Bob Saenz/Band Aid".
Proceeds to go to Red Wind Foundation. Grandfather Semu Huate was founder of benficiary, still directing at this time: "Red Wind Foundation and inter-tribal and inter-racial community on 160 acres near San Luis Obispo California, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the cultural and religious heritage of the Chumash and other American Indians." The ad makes no mention of a benefit, it's your standard campus event ad. The Mayem exante says the show was only approved on 1/19, and does mention the Indian angle. The picture caption from the day of the show identifies "Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead" - I had seen this on an earlier SB show and thought it odd, and I still think it odd here.
exante: Mayem 1977
previews: Kamhi 1977; "Garcia," Daily Nexus (U.C. Santa Barbara), February 3, 1977, p. 10
ad: Daily Nexus, February 4, 1977, p. 6
caption: "Garcia to Perform," Santa Barbara News-Press, February 5, 1977, p. C15