1981-08-07 [Fri]

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Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Daoud Shaw - drums
Melvin Seals - keyboards
Jimmy Warren - keyboards
Essra Mohawk - vocals
Liz Stires - vocals
Set 1:
The Way You Do The Things You Do , They Love Each Other , Simple Twist Of Fate , I Second That Emotion > Deal

Set 2:
Knockin' On Heaven's Door , (I'm A) Road Runner , The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down , Dear Prudence > Midnight Moonlight

Tour
1981 California Tour
Also Appearing
Rosie Flores
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Notes
  • JGMF: 'Nice Hat, John': JGB at Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, August 7, 1981
  • Sue: no guarantee, but 80% of gross receipts over estimated expenses of $6,816, plus 80% of difference between estimated and actual expenses.
  • May have originally been scheduled for 7/31, per mention in Selvin 19810705.
  • ads have opening act as Sharp Shooter (ex Allmans Johhny Johnson, LaMar Williams & Special Guests), but Clites review says it was "an LA-based singer named Rosie Flores, whose Elvis-like acoustic rockabilly has opened Garcia's shows for the last month and a half." She did six songs.
  • ad: BAM, July 31, 1981, p. 4
  • ad: California Aggie, August 5, 1981, p. 9
  • ad: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, July 12, 1981, p. 9
  • review: [negative] Hurst 1981, who hated the "dilatory, break-padded" show, with its "brownout-level" intensity.
  • review: [positive] Clites 1981, mistakenly putting Nicky Hopkins on the piano.
  • recollex: Upham ND;
  • JGMF: JGB '1st Northern California Tour': August 6-8, 1981
    • Torrents for Date
    Weather
    High: 105.2 °F
    Low: 65.0 °F
    Feels Like High: 106.7 °F
    Feels Like Low: 65.0 °F
    Wind Speed: 14.8 mph
    Humidity: 45.8 %
    Moonphase: 0.25
    Clear conditions throughout the day.
    Time
    8:00 PM
    Ticket Price
    $7.50 / $8.50