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Category: 1970

  • GD: December 18-20, 1970, Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, reschedule for February 1971

    I guess these are famously canceled Dead shows, so nothing really new here. The (IMO terribly overrated) February 1971 GD run at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY was actually rescheduled from December 18-20, 1970. According to Deadlists, “There is tape in circulation of a radio ad announcing and apologizing for the cancellation (“The…

  • GD: November 18, 1970, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada (CANCELED)

    Political unrest in Quebec in the fall of 1970 caused cancellation of a GD show scheduled for November 18, 1970 at the Montreal Forum. Promoter Ken Walker of Toronto (who had dealt with a little show-related unrest as one of the “Festival Express” principals earlier in the year) seemed to be assigned responsibility, rather than…

  • GD: October 17, 1970, Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH

    I can’t seem to post to Deadlists anymore and no-one over there answers my emails asking to be added to the list or whatever. Anyway, here’s a bit of setlist info about the GD 10/17/70 show in Cleveland. Casey Jones (early in the show, maybe an opener? reviewer missed it by arriving late) Good Lovin’…

  • GD: 1970 “Caravan of Love” tour

    Found this fascinating little tidbit (1) that evokes a number of things worth mentioning: The Grateful Dead are traveling eastward across the country on their Caravan of Love, en route to an Aug. 25th appearance at the Isle of Wight Music Festival. The Dead would like to liven up the Washington area with a free…

  • GD: Sikeston, MO, September 4-6, 1970 (CANCELED)

    Grateful Dead Sikeston, MO September 4-6, 1970 TENTATIVE/PLANNED/CANCELED Small-town America was not happy with the thought of hosting hordes of obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent and *young* rock festival-goers in 1970. One such festival  planned for near Sikeston, MO for the (Labor Day) weekend of September 4-6, 1970. Bands listed on an advertising circular…

  • GD: May xx (between 23rd and 30th), 1970, Northwestern University (TENTATIVE)

    Grateful Dead Northwestern University Evanston, IL May xx (between 23rd and 30th), 1970 PLANNED Not sure it can be called a canceled gig, since this report characterizes plans as tentative. Furthermore, it might well have happened and we just don’t know about it. Further Productions, a Northwestern University student group, was hoping to book the…

  • GD: May 9, 1970, Ocala, FL (CANCELED)

    Grateful Dead Southeastern Livestock Pavilion Ocala, FL May 9, 1970 CANCELED Hard to know if this was ever finalized or not, but things sound certain enough as I read them. Apparently two fellows known as Ed Sanford and Lee Smith, both of Ocala, had countercultural leanings (my supposition) and planned a “New Renaissance Faire” for…

  • GD/NRPS: November 23, 1970, Anderson Theatre (Hells Angels Benefit)

    –> Crossland, Chip. 1970. Hells Angels Presents The Grateful Dead. East Village Other v1, n1, pp. 10-11. Publication info from my copy uncertain. I believe I got this from Joey Newlander. There was no publication information, but the reference, which comes from Deadlists, is probably correct. Pretty hilarious write-up. My only real purpose is to…

  • NRPS: ca. 11/1/1970?

    update: ! seealso: https://jgmf.blogspot.com/2019/11/ca-november-1-2-1970-fragments.html The San Francisco section of the “From the Music Capitals of the World” Feature in the November 21, 1970 issue of Billboard (p. 25, available via Google Books), written by Mary Turner, indicates that the New Riders of the Purple Sage performed at an event called “Marathon 70,” put on by Both/And…