1978-10-27 [Fri]

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Performing Arts Pavilion, Washington State College, Cheney, WA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Buzz Buchanan - drums
Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Maria Muldaur - vocals
Set 1:
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) , Catfish John , That's What Love Will Make You Do , Russian Lullaby , I Second That Emotion , Mystery Train

Set 2:
Love In The Afternoon , Tore Up Over You , Reuben And Cherise , Gomorrah , I'll Be With Thee , Midnight Moonlight

Also Appearing
Bob Weir Band
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Notes
  • Homecoming for EWU. Institution now Eastern Washington University. Formal venue name may have been Special Events Pavilion but preview calls it Performing Arts Pavilion.
  • Sue: Monarch Entertainment was running this tour for JGB, here co-promoting with the school for a $3,500 production fee (sound, lights, etc.). The wage had been typed in as $8,250 guaranteed, but that was lowered to $6,500, plus percentages above certain gross and on cost savings. Gross potential of $42,250-$48,750.
  • exante: "Letter to the editor: Music blues," Easterner, October 12, 1978, p. 4; asserts that Weir got $7k and JGB got $9,500, lamenting that the show would have to sell 4,600 tickets (70% of the student body) to break even, and further lamenting that they could have gotten Chicago for less than $10k.
  • preview: "Weir, Garcia, Muldaur Here," Spokesman-Review, October 26, 1978, p. 17;
  • recollex: Upham ND; Upham also sent a handbill, which explicitly uses the Grateful Dead name and some imagery to advertise - this was generally verboten, and one doubts they had permission to do this.
  • expost: Sowa 1978; refers to it as the "Grateful Dead concert", notes the event lost $15k for the school and blames the student activities group for late, scanty promotion.
  • JGMF: JGB 10/27/78 pix update: and saga update2: and listening notes
    • Torrents for Date
    Weather
    High: 52.1 °F
    Low: 35.9 °F
    Feels Like High: 52.1 °F
    Feels Like Low: 31.9 °F
    Wind Speed: 8.1 mph
    Humidity: 54.2 %
    Moonphase: 0.87
    Cloudy skies throughout the day.
    Time
    8:00 PM
    Ticket Price
    $6.50 / $8.00