1981-09-07 [Mon]

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Labor Day
Garcia's first known performance with Julie Stafford

Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA

benefit
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Jerry Garcia Band
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Melvin Seals - keyboards
Jimmy Warren - keyboards
Julie Stafford - vocals
Liz Stires - vocals
Set 1:
The Way You Do The Things You Do , Knockin' On Heaven's Door , (I'm A) Road Runner , Sugaree

Set 2:
Harder They Come , Mississippi Moon , I Second That Emotion , The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down , Dear Prudence > Tangled Up In Blue

Encore:
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Also Appearing
The Edge and Queen Ida And Her Bon Ton Zydeco Band
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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)
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    Weather
    High: 83.0 °F
    Low: 56.0 °F
    Feels Like High: 82.2 °F
    Feels Like Low: 56.0 °F
    Wind Speed: 20.6 mph
    Humidity: 65.1 %
    Moonphase: 0.3
    Clear conditions throughout the day.
    Time
    2:00 PM
    Ticket Price
    $1.00
    Sellout
    Yes
    In Attendance
    9000