1980-02-15 [Fri] Late

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Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
John d'Fonseca - drums
Ozzie Ahlers - keyboards
Complete Show:
I'll Take A Melody , Tore Up Over You , They Love Each Other , Russian Lullaby , After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby Jam > After Midnight

Encore:
Harder They Come
Tour
JGB Winter 1980
Also Appearing
Rachel Sweet
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  • ohnedaruth (LL 12/12/2013, 09:24:08, login required): "The late show was my first JGB show. One odd thing was the opening act was new wave-ish rocker Rachel Sweet. Jerry's audience wasn't too thrilled with her, but everything was fine once Garcia came on. Another crazy thing about this show was that I had borrowed my girlfriend's car to travel to Boston for the show. My buddy with whom I was staying said it would be o.k. for us to park in the lot behind his dorm- but it wasn't. The car got towed and we had to borrow money to get it back. Then we had no dough for gas for the ride home. Made it back running on fumes! When my girl next went to start the car, no luck, out of gas! Oh man- to be young and irresponsible!"
  • review: Adler 1980. JG seemed to be wearing the same black t-shirt he wore in '67. "That he has been able to sustain a career without making any concessions to mass taste is one of the miracles of music biz history".
  • Sue re deal for the two shows: $23,098.20 guarantee plus 85% of gross over $50,772 plus 100% of difference between estimated and actual expenses plus $3,500 production fee. Gross potential $52,577. As was pretty typical for Boston, this was Scher co-pro with Don Law.
  • ad: Boston Phoenix, February 5, 1980, p. 11
  • Walter Keenan attended the show and confirms not only that Rachel Sweet was there, but also that she was booed off the stage ( DNC Garcia folder, 12/29/2011, 5:39 PM, #41377 ).
  • ref: Billboard, March 1, 1980, p. 24
  • expost: Morse 19800508: "When the Dead's Jerry Garcia was recently in Boston for a solo concert, his Dead Head fans gave a pretty rough response to opening act Rachel Sweet".
    • Torrents for Date
    Weather
    High: 38.0 °F
    Low: 26.0 °F
    Feels Like High: 29.7 °F
    Feels Like Low: 14.3 °F
    Wind Speed: 19.7 mph
    Humidity: 41.7 %
    Moonphase: 0.98
    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    Time
    10:30 PM
    Ticket Price
    $8.50 / $9.50
    Sellout
    Yes
    In Attendance
    2800
    Gross
    $25,438.50