1981-08-22 [Sat]

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Fairfax Pavilion, Fairfax, CA

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
Daoud Shaw - drums
Melvin Seals - keyboards
Jimmy Warren - keyboards
Essra Mohawk - vocals
Liz Stires - vocals
Substitute Musicians
Phil Lesh - electric bass (subbed for John Kahn)

Set 1:
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) , Mission In The Rain , Sugaree , Tangled Up In Blue

Set 2:
I'll Take A Melody , Harder They Come , Knockin' On Heaven's Door , Midnight Moonlight

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  • Ticket bills as "Benefit Fairfax Schools - Birthday Celebration for Jerry Garcia".
  • Phil replaces Kahn on bass.
  • GratefulSeconds: Up To Marin: Jerry Garcia Band with Phil in Fairfax 1981-08-22
  • Nick: 8/22/81 JGB and Phil
  • Rob Bleetstein: "there was quite a scene out front of the venue as there's a big open area. But it didn't take long as the show got closer for the weirdness to set in as word was getting around that someone had phoned in a death threat to Garcia. In all f'in places, of all f'in times! This certainly cast a strange pall over the entire gathering and when he hit the stage, you could see Jerry almost would rather be anywhere else. If my cassette collection was still easily accessible I could probably reach for it and put it on and tell you about it musically, but that's not easily done currently, so all I remember was the weird vibe."
  • gratefulseconds: Up To Marin: Jerry Garcia Band with Phil in Fairfax 1981-08-22
  • Attendee Larry Stein: "I went to the Fairfax show. I don't recall much about it musically. What I do recall is the heavy cop presence in the venue. The cops were taking folks away for smoking pot. I saw that happen before we even had a chance to light up. Needless to say, we didn't throughout the entire show. We felt it was so weird to have this happen in west Marin."
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    Weather
    High: 66.8 °F
    Low: 56.9 °F
    Feels Like High: 66.8 °F
    Feels Like Low: 56.9 °F
    Wind Speed: 17.2 mph
    Humidity: 82.7 %
    Moonphase: 0.75
    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    Time
    7:30 PM
    Ticket Price
    $15.00