GD-NRPS Summer 1970 Festival Express

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Notes

LIA's The Festival Express Guide provides a detailed account this tour, and more general news coverage of the tour June/July 1970: The Festival Express and June/July 1970: Festival Express in the news.

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Date	Venue	Band	Songs	Category	Act Type	show_id
1970-06-24 [Wed]	Autostade, Expo Grounds, Montreal, Canada	Grateful Dead		Canceled	GD	19700624_309
1970-06-27 [Sat]	Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada	Grateful Dead		Public	GD	19700627_310
1970-06-27 [Sat]	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Canada	New Riders of the Purple Sage	Partial Set: Workin' Man Blues, I Don't Know You, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Portland Woman, Honky Tonk Women	Public	Side-Project	19700627_311
1970-06-27 [Sat]	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Canada	Grateful Dead	Partial Show: Casey Jones, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Me And My Uncle, Easy Wind, Cumberland Blues, Turn On Your Lovelight	Public	GD	19700627_311
1970-06-28 [Sun]	Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada	New Riders of the Purple Sage		Public	Side-Project	19700628_310
1970-06-28 [Sun]	Coronation Park, Toronto, Canada	Grateful Dead	Partial Show: Good Lovin', New Speedway Boogie	Public	GD	19700628_310
1970-06-30 [Tue]	Festival Express Train	Jerry Garcia (Miscellaneous)	Session: T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1), Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad, Honky Tonk Women, Jam, Sugar Magnolia, Pick A Bale Of Cotton, Me And Bobby McGee, Me And Bobby McGee, Jam, Jam, Jordan, I Can't Do It Baby, Ain't No More Cane, Amazing Grace, Goodnight Irene, Deep River Blues, I've Just Seen A Face, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Me And Bobby McGee, Long Black Veil, Wake Up Little Susie, Winin' Boy Blues, Walk Right In, Careless Love, To Lay Me Down, The Bottle Let Me Down	Private	Side-Project
1970-07-01 [Wed]	Winnipeg Fairgrounds, Winnipeg, Canada	Grateful Dead	Partial Show: Easy Wind, Candyman	Public	GD	19700701_313
1970-07-04 [Sat]	McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada	New Riders of the Purple Sage	Partial Set: Glendale Train	Public	Side-Project	19700704_315
1970-07-04 [Sat]	McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada	Grateful Dead	Acoustic Set: Don't Ease Me In, Candyman, Dire Wolf, Uncle John's Band New Riders set was between the two GD sets Electric Set: Me And My Uncle, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Hard To Handle, New Speedway Boogie, Turn On Your Lovelight	Public	GD	19700704_315
1970-07-04 [Sat]	McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Canada	Great Speckled Bird	Partial Set: C.C. Rider	Public	Side-Project	19700704_315

Song metrics on events that matched your query. Private events, and soundchecks not included.
Frequency is # of times played divided by # of shows with a setlist.

Song Name	Played	Frequency	Show Opener	Show Closer	Band
Workin' Man Blues	1	50.0%	1	0	New Riders of the Purple Sage
I Don't Know You	1	50.0%	0	0	New Riders of the Purple Sage
Brown Eyed Handsome Man	1	50.0%	0	0	New Riders of the Purple Sage
Portland Woman	1	50.0%	0	0	New Riders of the Purple Sage
Honky Tonk Women	1	50.0%	0	1	New Riders of the Purple Sage
Glendale Train	1	50.0%	1	1	New Riders of the Purple Sage
Casey Jones	1	25.0%	1	0	Grateful Dead
China Cat Sunflower	2	50.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
I Know You Rider	2	50.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
Me And My Uncle	2	50.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
Easy Wind	2	50.0%	1	0	Grateful Dead
Cumberland Blues	1	25.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
Turn On Your Lovelight	2	50.0%	0	2	Grateful Dead
Good Lovin'	1	25.0%	1	0	Grateful Dead
New Speedway Boogie	2	50.0%	0	1	Grateful Dead
Candyman	2	50.0%	0	1	Grateful Dead
Don't Ease Me In	1	25.0%	1	0	Grateful Dead
Dire Wolf	1	25.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
Uncle John's Band	1	25.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
Hard To Handle	1	25.0%	0	0	Grateful Dead
C.C. Rider	1	100.0%	1	1	Great Speckled Bird

These are the significant song events for this tour.

Date	Venue	Band	Significance

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