1983-05-31 [Tue]

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Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals
John Kahn - electric bass
Melvin Seals - keyboards
Greg Errico - drums
Jacklyn LaBranch - vocals
DeeDee Dickerson - vocals
Set 1:
Rhapsody In Red , They Love Each Other , That's What Love Will Make You Do , Valerie , How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) , Run For The Roses

Set 2:
Harder They Come , Mission In The Rain , Mississippi Moon , Tangled Up In Blue , Gomorrah > Deal

Encore:
Midnight Moonlight
Average Song Gap
1.85
Set 1
 Gap Analysis
Name Notes Lead Vocals Last Next
Rhapsody In Red Jerry Garcia 1 1
They Love Each Other Jerry Garcia 1 1
That's What Love Will Make You Do Jerry Garcia 2 4
Valerie Jerry Garcia 9 2
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Jerry Garcia 1 1
Run For The Roses Jerry Garcia 1 1
Set 2
 Gap Analysis
Name Notes Lead Vocals Last Next
Harder They Come Jerry Garcia 1 1
Mission In The Rain Jerry Garcia 1 5
Mississippi Moon Jerry Garcia 2 4
Tangled Up In Blue Jerry Garcia 1 3
Gomorrah > Jerry Garcia 1 1
Deal Jerry Garcia 2 1
Encore
 Gap Analysis
Name Notes Lead Vocals Last Next
Midnight Moonlight Jerry Garcia 1 2
Run
JGB - Roseland Ballroom May 1983
Tour
JGB Spring 1983
Audio
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Notes
  • review [positive] Rubin 1983
  • ref: Weiner 2014, 77-86
  • JGMF: 'I sing the blues, where has it led?'
  • Sue: capacity 3,500 x2, tix $13.50 adv and $14 door, GP minimum $94,500 for the two shows. Wage: $30k JGB guarantee plus $8k production plus 85% of total gross receipts exceeding $75,214 plus 100% of the difference between estimated and actual expenses.
  • ref: Grateful Dead Archive, MS332, Ser. 2: Business, Second Accrual (preliminary), Box 1008, folder 23: [Grateful Dead-JGB Itineraries/Old and New]. Special Collections, UC Santa Cruz;
  • review: [mixed] Wrzesniewski 1983. He discusses both shows and puts good context on JGB on the Great White Way. He seemed to like 5/31 more muscially than 6/1, though he does note the Rhapsody and Don't Let Go the second night. It sound slike the second night was oversold with "angry mob of drunken assholes", very hot, not even empty wine pouches allowed so as to maximize concession sales. He also notes that there were lots of tapers the first night, some of them way too close. (A Minkin photo, presumably from 5/31, indeed shows a taper with a mic on a boom over the plane of the stage!) A taping ban was implemented for the second night. "None of the security guards could explain the taping ban, although one person said 'maybe Jerry didn't like getting microphones shoved in his face last night.' And it's true that many amateur tapers had their mics way up close. Nevertheless, about twenty hardcore (Hi Barry) tapers smuggled impressive gear into great locations" (p. 25). All told, he starts off pretty blissed about the ballroom and ends up pretty burned by the whole scene.
  • ref: Billboard, July 2, 1983, p. 39
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    Weather
    High: 70.0 °F
    Low: 59.0 °F
    Moonphase: 0.66
    Cloudy skies throughout the day.
    Time
    8:00 PM
    Ticket Price
    $13.50 / $14.00
    Sellout
    Yes
    In Attendance
    3500
    Gross
    $46,879.50