1991-07-20 [Sat] canceled

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Jerry Garcia
David Grisman
Jim Kerwin
Joe Craven
Title
Mid-Summer Music Festival
Cancel Reason
Presumed summer 1991 Garcia rehab
Also Appearing
Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, and Allman Brothers
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Notes
  • At JGMF, Anon recalled that Telluride was set up as two days in the JGB-JGDG arrangement. We have only found hard evidence for 7/19 electric, but Anon's recollections of a pair of scheduled shows at Red Rocks panned out, so we consider their testimony to be credible.
  • Kreutzmann (2015, p. 308) says the Dead held an intervention for Garcia in Denver. McNally says Garcia "responded positively. He spent August driving himself to a methadone clinic every morning, standing in line with everyone else to receive his allocation, seemingly committed to getting healthy" (2002, 588). JGMF has inferred that the cancellation of this tour was related to all of that. What's more, Brown (1991, p. 2H) notes that "the cancellation had sparked rumors that Garcia "no longer has his substance abuse days on hold". It seems like he put the question to Jerry, who replied "Nah, the timing's not working out right, that's all. The Garcia Band is an 'opportunistic theater' - we have to work into the cracks." We might as well take Jerry at his word, one supposes.