Category: NY

  • 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: October 12, 1969, The Meadow, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY (CANCELED)

    Via Google News, found this in the Village Voice: Now, I show “Jerry Garcia and Friends” at the Matrix on this date, based on the list of Matrix gigs shared by former venue manager Gary Jackson. I presume that to represent the New Riders, though I just don’t know. I have no particular reason to…

  • 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 9/15/71 in NYC?

    A mention in the “From the Music Capitals of the World” feature in Billboard, September 11, 1971, p. 22 says that “Columbia’s New Riders of the Purple Sage play the Manhattan Center Ballroom, Wednesday (15) at 34th St. & 8th Ave.” Hard to know what to make of this. That particular week was a blank…