Category: NRPS
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NRPS, January 1971
update: NRPS now confirmed for all three of these shows I have had some uncertainty about whether NRPS played with the GD during the handful of January 1971 shows. The New Riders’ official tour history from 1971 has listed these shows: 1/21/71, Freeborn Hall, UC Davis, Davis, CA 1/22/71, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR “1/25/71”,…
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1969 NRPS: new data
Just a tip of the hat to Lost Live Dead, which has been doing yeoman’s work unearthing early New Riders gigs based on various sources, but especially on careful digging through late 1969 San Francisco Chronicle (and notably Gleason’s column). Because of their hard work, TJS has recently added inter alia the following dates: Aug…
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Jerry Garcia at the Matrix, 1970-1971
As I noted a little bit ago, Ross Hannan sent some wonderful info on Matrix gigs. In this post I respond to some of his listings with questions, additional or different information, etc. I was just going to email this, but one never knows when someone else might see this and be able to weigh-in.…
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NRPS: Bear’s Lair, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, August 1, 1969
update: LIA has posted text from the various goings-on at the Family Dog On The Great Highway this night. Corry at Lost Live Dead has just posted a GD/JG performance list from July-August 1969. I don’t have much to add, but since he mentions the New Riders of the Purple Sage gig(s) from August 1,…
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GD/NRPS: May 28, 1971, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (CANCELED)
In an earlier post I discussed the infamous May 29, 1971 Grateful Dead show at Winterland at which a large number of people reacted adversely to being dosed. As Corry noted in comments, the Grateful Dead and New Riders of the Purple Sage show scheduled for the night before (May 28, 1971) was canceled due…
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GD: August 17, 1970, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
I am sure this has been gone over many, many times over the years. I imagine that in the days before ubiquitous tapes and information the Playboy article “Grateful Dead I Have Known” by Ed McClanahan (1) was probably scrutinized very closely, like some Rosetta Stone capable of unlocking the 1970-era GD. That it was…
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NRPS: June 12-13, 1971, Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
So, I discovered this ad for New Riders of the Purple Sage at Keystone Korner on June 12-13, 1971 when going through the Berkeley Barb last summer … the old fashioned way … microfilm. Makes my eyes dry up just thinking about it. All well and good. I assume Jerry was there.and have updated my…
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‘On the floor like dying fish’ – and NRPS w/o Jerry (5/29/71)
May 29, 1971 is infamous for the fact that lots of people had an adverse reaction to the liquid refreshments, which were apparently distributed from a 35-gallon trash container set onto the concert floor during an intermission. 35 people were sent to the hospital “with all of the symptoms of bad trips” (“Winterland on Probation”))…
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GD/NRPS: March 21, 1971, Expo Milwaukee Convention Center, Milwaukee, WI
March 1971 is an interesting one to me re the GD. It’s overlooked between the (overrated, IMO) Port Chester shows of February and the college and Fillmore East shows of April. Given my taste for the obscure, I’d naturally be drawn to it. Musically, and thus most importantly, it has one of the most unusual…
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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…