Labor Day
Garcia's first known performance with Julie Stafford
Garcia's first known performance with Julie Stafford
Musicians
Jerry Garcia
- electric guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Jimmy Warren - keyboards
John Kahn - electric bass
Julie Stafford - vocals
Liz Stires - vocals
Melvin Seals - keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Jimmy Warren - keyboards
John Kahn - electric bass
Julie Stafford - vocals
Liz Stires - vocals
Melvin Seals - keyboards
Also Appearing
The Edge and Queen Ida And Her Bon Ton Zydeco Band
Notes
- Benefit for B.A.M.A. (Bay Area Music Archives, then being "curated" by Paul Grushkin). The $1 ticket price was underwritten by KMEL - see lostlivedead post in references for more information. The band got $1,000 from BAM magazine for the gig (Concord Pavilion, "Show Files: Other: Jerry Garcia Band – revised fall schedule, 1981" Grateful Dead Archive, Special Collections, UC Santa Cruz, MS.332.ser. 3, box 167, folder 12).
- Julie Stafford's public debut with the JGB.
- expost: "Concord Runs In The Black," Billboard, February 6, 1982, p. 26
- Great Tim Mosenfelder/ImageDirect photo from gettyimages.com
- GratefulSeconds: Great Tale of Jerry Garcia for $1 at Concord September 7, 1981
- lostlivedead: September 7, 1981 Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA: Jerry Garcia Band/The Edge/Queen Ida (Jerry For A Dollar)
Recordings
YouTube Audio