The well-known show posters are the primary source of information, but these are not infallible – they only say who was expected (or contracted) to play, but the actual lineups were often different. Newspaper reviews often correct the information on the posters – an opening band might not show up, or would be replaced by another band, but we only know this when someone wrote about the concert.
Some opening bands weren’t listed on the posters – I generally haven’t specified when the lineup differs from the billing. Substitutions were frequent enough in the ‘60s that many shows had different bands than advertised, so the information here isn’t always certain. (I didn’t always note when the Dead themselves substituted for another band.)
In many cases, when opening bands weren’t billed on posters or ads, their appearances are only known from later recollections. It can safely be assumed that many more bands played with the Dead in the ‘60s than we know about.
Sixties posters often have a confusing layout (many are notoriously hard to read or interpret) - light shows were often billed on the posters along with the bands, which can be misleading. But in a few cases I’ve found bands listed who were previously overlooked.
Sometimes posters were made for Friday-Saturday shows, and Sunday shows were later added – I’ve assumed that the opening acts remained the same on Sundays, though that may not always be the case.
Non-musical performers also shared the stage with the Dead – poets, speakers, theatrical groups, even mimes. These are listed when known.
Guests in the Dead’s sets are not included, unless they played a separate set.
Acid Tests are not included, although the Pranksters might be considered a musical group.
Shows where the Dead played alone are not listed. (But in a couple cases, shows where the Dead played with a feature film are listed.)
For multi-day festivals like Monterey or Woodstock, with dozens of bands playing, I listed only the bands that played on the same day as the Dead. This often causes problems since at many festivals, there’s no telling who played which day (when we know who played at all), but it at least narrows down the lists.
In the early years, the Dead often opened for more popular bands. The headlining band is noted when it wasn’t the Dead, but there are many shows where the band order can only be guessed from the posters.
For more info on opening bands, see the Lost Live Dead performance-list posts:
For posters, see:
Over 450 bands are listed here. Every effort has been made to make this as accurate as possible, every date double-checked, but in a list like this, mistakes and omissions are inevitable. Please comment with any corrections or additions!
Thanks to runonguinness for his help.
1965
6/18/65 – Frenchy’s, Hayward
Lords of London (Warlocks may have opened, uncertain)
8/65 – Cinnamon Tree, San Carlos
William Penn and His Pals (battle of the bands)
The Knight Riders (battle of the bands)
The Mystics (battle of the bands)
8/65 – Big Al’s Gas House, San Mateo
The Impressions (Warlocks opened)
9/65 – In Room, Belmont
The Coasters w/ Cornell Gunter (backed by the Warlocks)
12/10/65 – Mime Troupe benefit, Fillmore Auditorium
Jefferson Airplane
Sam Thomas & the Gentleman’s Band
The Mystery Trend
The Great Society
The Vipers [misidentified by Gleason as the VIPs]
[The John Handy Quintet were billed, but did not show.]
1966
1/14/66 – Mime Troupe benefit, Fillmore Auditorium
The Great Society
The Mystery Trend
Sam Thomas & the Gentleman’s Band
1/22/66 – Trips Festival, Longshoreman’s Hall
Big Brother & the Holding Company
The New Brothers
1/23/66 – Trips Festival, Longshoreman’s Hall (the Dead may not have played due to Garcia’s broken guitar)
Big Brother & the Holding Company
The Loading Zone
1/28/66 – Matrix
The Loading Zone
[Contrary to Deadbase, Big Brother were playing at California Hall this date.]
[Contrary to Deadbase, Big Brother were playing at California Hall this date.]
3/3/66 – AIAA Hall, Los Angeles
“The Psychedelic Experience” (film)
3/25/66 – Trouper’s Hall, Los Angeles
Tiny Tim
[Del Close provided the light show.]
4/22-24/66 – Trips Festival, Longshoreman’s Hall
The Loading Zone
The Answer
Seance of Sound [the poster also lists “celebrity drop-ins and Trips regulars”]
5/7/66 – Harmon Gym, U of C Berkeley
The Charlatans
Billy Moses Blues Bag
The Great Society
(MC:“Russ the Moose” Syracuse)
5/14/66 – Veteran’s Memorial Hall, Berkeley
The Final Solution
5/19/66 – Avalon Ballroom
The Wildflower
The Outfit
Michael McClure (poetry reading)
Black Arts West / Ed Bullins (theatrical scene)
5/28/66 – Avalon Ballroom [on the poster the Dead are listed as “Sat. only”]
The Leaves (headliner)
The Grass Roots
5/29/66 – California Hall
The Charlatans
6/3-4/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Quicksilver Messenger Service (headliner)
The Mothers
6/10-11/66 – Avalon Ballroom
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The New Tweedy Brothers
6/17-18/66 – Veteran’s Memorial Hall, San Jose
The Jaywalkers
7/3/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Love (headliner)
Group B
7/8-9/66 – Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(One poster apparently has Sopwith Camel instead of the Dead, but I couldn’t find any poster online.)
7/14/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Hindustani Jazz Sextet (headliner)
Big Brother & the Holding Company
7/15-17/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
7/29-31/66 – Trips Festival, PNE Garden Auditorium, Vancouver BC
The PH Factor Jug Band
The Daily Flash
The Painted Ship
The Painted Ship
Big Brother & the Holding Company (30th-31st only)
Gerry Walker electronic tape music (29th-30th only?)
Al Neil & His Royal Canadians, aka Al Neil Jazz Trio/Royal Rascals (30th-31st only)
Michael McClure (poetry reading, 31st)
Bill Bissett (poetry reading, 31st)
8/5/66 – Pender Auditorium, Vancouver BC
The United Empire Loyalists
[The Dead had played an earlier free park show in Vancouver as well, but it’s doubtful whether the UEL also played with them there, since the police quickly shut it down.]
8/12-13/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
8/19-20/66 – Avalon Ballroom
Sopwith Camel
8/26-27/66 – IDES Hall, Pescadero (the Dead did not play on the 28th)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Colossal Pomegranate (aka the Induction Center)
9/2/66 – La Dolphine, Hillsborough
Al Trobbe Orchestra (played in a separate room from the Dead)
9/4/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Country Joe & the Fish
9/11/66 – jazz club benefit, Fillmore Auditorium
Jim Young Trio (not billed)
Jon Hendricks Trio
Elvin Jones-Joe Henderson Quartet (Henderson did not appear)
Denny Zeitlin Trio (Zeitlin played with Elvin Jones & Bob Moore from the JHQ)
Big Mama Thornton? (uncertain - on the poster, but not mentioned in reviews)
The Wildflower
The Great Society (last performance)
Jefferson Airplane
(MC: Garry Goodrow)
[The Dead were not billed, but closed the show on other bands’ equipment.]
9/16-17/66 – Avalon Ballroom
The Oxford Circle
9/23-24/66 – Pioneer Ballroom, Suisun City
The 13 Experience
9/30/66 – Trips Festival, SF State College (International Room)
The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities with Mimi Farina
The Light Castle
10/1/66 – Trips Festival, SF State College (Women’s Gym)
San Andreas Fault Finders
Dino Valenti
Universal Parking Lot
Congress of Wonders (readings)
Ken Kesey (accompanied by harmonica & violin)
10/2/66 – Trips Festival, SF State College (Commons lawn)
The Only Alternative and His Other Possibilities with Mimi Farina
The Committee (theatrical sketch)
Congress of Wonders
10/6/66 – Love Pageant Rally, Panhandle
Big Brother & the Holding Company
The Wildflower
The Orkustra (aka Electric Chamber Orchestra)
Mocker Manor Blues Band
10/7-9/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Butterfield Blues Band (headliner)
Jefferson Airplane
10/8/66 – benefit, Mt Tamalpais Theater
Bola Sete
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(Also speakers Ed Keating & Don Duncan – Joan Baez & Mimi Farina were originally scheduled, didn’t appear.)
10/14/66 – TMU Deck, Stanford U, Palo Alto
The Wildflower
10/15/66 – Heliport, Sausalito
TJ Transatlantic Railroad
10/16/66 – free fair, Panhandle
Country Joe & the Fish
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(Other bands also played either on the 15th or this date – Wildflower, Mocker Manor Blues Band, & Mrs. Joseph P. Lacey III’s Jug Band.)
10/21-22/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Lightning Hopkins
The Loading Zone
Chocolate Watch Band (uncertain – may have played one night)
10/28/66 - Freeborn Hall, UC Davis
Yellow Brick Road
10/31/66 – California Hall
Yellow Brick Road
10/31/66 – California Hall
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(Mimi Farina was billed, but did not appear.)
11/4-5/66 – Avalon Ballroom
The Oxford Circle
11/12/66 – Old Cheese Factory
Andrew Staples (formerly Group B)
11/13/66 – Zenefit, Avalon Ballroom
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Quicksilver Messenger Service
11/18-20/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
James Cotton Blues Band
Lothar & the Hand People
11/20/66 – SNCC benefit, Fillmore Auditorium
James Cotton Blues Band
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Johnny Talbot & De Thangs
Stokely Carmichael (speaker)
(MCs: Jon Hendricks & John Hardy)
11/23/66 – Thanksgiving party, Fillmore Auditorium
The Wildflower
Quicksilver Messenger Service
11/28-12/1/66 – Matrix
Jerry Pond
12/2/66 – Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley
Country Joe & the Fish
12/9-11/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Big Mama Thornton
Tim Rose
12/17/66 – Ladera School, Ladera
Rhythm Method Blues Band
12/20/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Otis Redding & His Orchestra (headliner)
12/21/66 – Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara
The Other Side
The Light House (this could be the light show)
12/23-24/66 – Avalon Ballroom
Moby Grape
Steve Miller Blues Band
12/28/66 – Governor’s Hall, Sacramento
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(“A local Sacramento area band” was also listed in one advertisement.)
12/29/66 – Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael
Moby Grape
Morning Glory
12/30-31/66 – Fillmore Auditorium
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1967
1/1/67 – Panhandle
Big Brother & the Holding Company
The Orkustra
John Handy Quintet
(Wildflower was also announced but is unconfirmed.)
(Speakers: Buddha, Paul Krassner.)
1/6/67 – Freeborn Hall, Davis
Big Mama Thornton
1/13/67 – Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley
The Mamas & the Papas (headliner)
Canadian Fuzz (substituting for Hard Times)
(The Dead replaced Jose Feliciano as an opener in the early show.)
1/13-15/67 – Fillmore Auditorium
Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
The Doors (did not play on the 13th)
Immediate Family (may not have played on the 15th)
1/14/67 – Human Be-In, Golden Gate Park
Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The New Age (w/ guest Country Joe & some Fish)
Sir Douglas Quintet
The Loading Zone
The Charlatans (uncertain)
Big Brother & the Holding Company (uncertain)
Speakers/Poets: Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, Jerry Rubin, Dick Gregory, Gary Snyder, Jack Weinberg, Lenore Kandel, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Baker, Buddha
1/20/67 – Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Timothy Leary (speaker)
1/27-28/67 – Avalon Ballroom
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/29/67 – benefit, Avalon Ballroom
Moby Grape
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Swami Bhaktivedanta (speaker)
Allen Ginsberg (speaker)
2/5/67 – benefit, Fillmore Auditorium (unconfirmed, the Dead may not have played)
Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Dino Valenti
The New Delhi River Band
The Loading Zone
Country Joe & the Fish
2/10/67 – Santa Venetia Armory, San Rafael
Blue House Basement
Baltimore Steam Packet
(The Dead substituted for headliner Sopwith Camel.)
2/12/67 – benefit, Fillmore Auditorium
Moby Grape
Sly & the Family Stone
New Salvation Army Banned
Notes from the Underground
2/24-26/67 – Fillmore Auditorium
Otis Rush & His Chicago Blues Band
The Canned Heat Blues Band
3/3/67 – Winterland Arena
Love (headliner)
Moby Grape
Loading Zone
Blue Crumb Truck Factory
3/5/67 – benefit, Avalon Ballroom (the Dead were not listed on the poster)
Moby Grape
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Country Joe & the Fish
The Sparrow
Michael McClure (poetry)
3/17-18/67 – Winterland Arena
3/19/67 – Fillmore Auditorium
Chuck Berry (headliner)
Johnny Talbot & De Thangs
3/24-25/67 – Avalon Ballroom
Johnny Hammond & His Screaming Nighthawks
Robert Baker
3/26/67 – Avalon Ballroom
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Eric Burdon & the Animals (unbilled guest set)
3/28-4/2/67 – Rock Garden
Charles Lloyd Quartet (did not play on the 30th)
The Mystery Trend
The Virginians (uncertain)
4/8/67 – KPIX-TV Studio
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Wildflower
4/9/67 – benefit, Longshoreman’s Hall
Sopwith Camel (headliner)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Country Joe & the Fish
4/11/67 – State Prison, San Quentin
Country Joe & the Fish
The Mobius Band
(This event was probably members of the various bands jamming, rather than separate sets.)
4/12/67 – benefit, Fillmore Auditorium
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Moby Grape
Andrew Staples
Loading Zone
4/14-16/67 – Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Canned Heat
4/29/67 – Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara
The Doors
UFO
Captain Speed
4/30/67 – The Cheetah, Santa Monica
Yellow Balloon
New Generation
5/67 – Rendezvous Inn, San Francisco (dates unknown)
The Wildflower
5/5-7/67 – Fillmore Auditorium
The Paupers
Collage
5/12/67 – Marigold Ballroom, Fresno
The Roadrunners
5/18/67 – Awalt High School, Mountain View
Gross Exaggeration
5/20/67 – Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara
The Real Thing
Autumn People
5/29/67 – Napa Fairgrounds, Napa
Project Hope
5/30/67 – benefit, Winterland Arena
Jefferson Airplane
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(The Charlatans were billed but did not play. One of the other bands may also have cancelled.)
6/1/67 – Tompkins Square Park, NYC
Group Image (uncertain)
(Richie Havens – per McNally, but unconfirmed and very doubtful. A couple witnesses recall the Fugs, but another says they didn’t play. Group Image members recall opening, but it’s also possible there was no opener; one newspaper has the Group Image playing the previous day, another puts them later that evening, after the Dead. When the Group Image played, they were chased off the stage by an angry mob.)
6/1-11/67 Cafe au Go Go, NYC
Luke & the Apostles (on at least the 8th-11th, and probably earlier dates as well)
(Deadbase also listed Eric Andersen, who had played there the last week of May, but I’ve seen no evidence for him playing with the Dead.)
6/8/67 Central Park, NYC
Group Image
6/12/67 – The Cheetah, NYC
Group Image
6/15/67 – Straight Theater
The Wildflower
The J.S. Quintet
Straight Theater Company (theatrical scenes)
Straight Theater Dancers
6/16/67 – The Hullabaloo, Hollywood
The Yellow Payges
The Power
6/18/67 – Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey Fairgrounds, Monterey
Ravi Shankar
The Blues Project
Big Brother & the Holding Company
The Group With No Name
Buffalo Springfield
The Who
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Mamas & the Papas (w/ Scott McKenzie)
(Members of the Dead also participated in the Free Stage jams, but not the whole band.)
6/21/67 – Golden Gate Park
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Anonymous Artists of America (per film clip of uncertain date)
Mad River
Big Brother & the Holding Company
The Phoenix
Black Swan (per the Barb)
Jefferson Airplane (very uncertain)
Black Swan (per the Barb)
Jefferson Airplane (very uncertain)
(The bands played on different stages in the park, some at the same time.)
6/28/67 – Oakland Auditorium, Oakland
The Young Rascals (headliner)
Country Joe & the Fish
The Sons of Champlin
The Grass Roots
(The Dead substituted for Sparrow as one of the openers.)
7/2/67 – El Camino Park, Palo Alto
Anonymous Artists of America
The New Delhi River Band
The Solid State
The Good Word
7/6/67 - Spreckels Bandshell, Golden Gate Park
Mount Rushmore
7/6/67 - Spreckels Bandshell, Golden Gate Park
Mount Rushmore
7/13/67 – PNE Agradome, Vancouver BC
The Daily Flash
The Collectors
Painted Ship
The Collectors
Painted Ship
(The Love-In was the event title, not a band.)
7/14-15/67 – Dante’s Inferno, Vancouver BC
The Collectors
Painted Ship (uncertain - listed on poster but not newspaper ad)
7/16/67 – Golden Gardens Beach, Seattle WA
The International Brick
The Karma
The Daily Flash
The Time Machine
Papa Bear’s Medicine Show
7/16/67 – Eagles Auditorium, Seattle WA
The Daily Flash
Magic Fern
7/18/67 – Masonic Temple, Portland OR
Poverty’s People
US Cadenza
Nigells
7/21-22/67 – Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara
The Sons of Champlin
The Phoenix
The Congress of Wonders (comedy skits)
7/23/67 Straight Theater
The Phoenix
The Wildflower
Big Brother & the Holding Company
7/31-8/5/67 – O’Keefe Centre, Toronto ON
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Luke and the Apostles
8/6/67 – Place Ville Marie, Montreal PQ
8/6/67 – Expo ’67, Montreal PQ
Jefferson Airplane
8/11-12/67 – Grande Ballroom, Detroit MI
The Rationals
The Gang (per newspaper ad)
South Bound Freeway (per poster & alternate ad)
The Bishops (uncertain - on the 11th, per poster?)
The Ashmollyan Quintet (uncertain - on the 12th, per poster?)
(The poster is very hard to interpret and is contradicted by two different ads – one ad lists the Rationals and the Gang, the other ad only lists the Southbound Freeway. The Rationals are confirmed on the 12th by a newspaper report.)
8/25-26/67 – Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe
The Creators
8/28/67 – Golden Gate Park
Big Brother & the Holding Company
9/8-9/67 – Eagles Auditorium, Seattle WA
Magic Fern
Fat Jack (on the 8th)
United Flight Service (on the 9th)
9/15/67 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
(Big Brother & the Holding Company was billed but did not appear.)
9/16/67 – Elysian Park, Los Angeles
Jefferson Airplane
9/22-23/67 – Family Dog, Denver CO
Mother Earth
9/24/67 - Denver City Park, Denver CO
Captain Beefheart
Mother Earth (with Tracy Nelson)
Lothar and the Hand People
Crystal Palace Guard
Timothy Leary (speaker)
9/24/67 - Denver City Park, Denver CO
Captain Beefheart
Mother Earth (with Tracy Nelson)
Lothar and the Hand People
Crystal Palace Guard
Timothy Leary (speaker)
9/29-30/67 – Straight Theater
The Sons of Champlin
Unknown poet (seen in film clip) – “and other groovies”
10/1/67 – Greek Theatre, Berkeley
Charles Lloyd
Bola Sete
10/14/67 – Continental Ballroom, Santa Clara
The Powers of Evil
Om
10/22/67 – benefit, Winterland Arena
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Quicksilver Messenger Service
10/31/67 – Winterland Arena
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Big Brother & the Holding Company
11/10-11/67 – Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
Buffalo Springfield (headliner)
Blue Cheer
12/8-9/67 – Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston MA
Catharsis
(There is no evidence the Dead returned here on Dec. 29-30.)
12/22-24/67 – Palm Gardens, NYC
The Gray Company
The Aluminum Dream
The Group Image
Mimes with Michael
12/26-27/67 – Village Theater, NYC
Take Five
Peggy Emerson
1968
1/17/68 – Carousel Ballroom
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/20/68 – Municipal Auditorium, Eureka
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/26-27/68 – Eagles Auditorium, Seattle WA
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/29/68 – PSC Center Ballroom, Portland OR
Quicksilver Messenger Service
PH Phactor Jug Band
1/30/68 – EMU Ballroom, U of O, Eugene OR
Quicksilver Messenger Service
PH Phactor Jug Band
Palace Meat Market
2/2-3/68 – Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR
Quicksilver Messenger Service
PH Phactor Jug Band
2/4/68 – Southern Oregon College Gym, Ashland OR
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/14/68 – Carousel Ballroom
Country Joe & the Fish
2/16/68 – Turlock Fairgrounds, Turlock
The Crystal Syphon
2/17/68 – Selland Arena, Fresno
Country Joe & the Fish (headliner)
Valley Fever
2/22-24/68 – Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe
Morning Glory
3/1-2/68 – Clifford’s Catering, Walnut Creek
The Looking Glass
3/8-9/68 – Melodyland Theater, Anaheim
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
3/11/68 – Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento
Cream (headliner)
3/15-17/68 – Carousel Ballroom
Jefferson Airplane
Blue Cheer (reportedly replaced the Airplane on the 17th, but uncertain)
3/20/68 – benefit, Avalon Ballroom
Charlie Musselwhite
Kaleidoscope
Blue Cheer
Frumious Bandersnatch
Frumious Bandersnatch
Jeremy & the Satyrs (uncertain)
Santana Blues Band (uncertain)
Clover (uncertain)
(A Rolling Stone report stated that the Dead, Musselwhite, Kaleidoscope, “and three other bands” played, Blue Cheer are confirmed by a witness, and the Examiner reported that Frumious Bandersnatch played - so it's uncertain which of the other bands appeared. A poster for the benefit listed a completely different lineup – All Men Joy, Blue Cheer, Ace of Cups, Black Swan, and Creedence Clearwater Revival – which could be an early tentative list, or bogus.)
3/22/68 – State Fair Coliseum, Detroit MI
Eric Burdon & the Animals (headliner)
Eire Apparent
The Apostles
Jagged Edge
3/29-31/68 – Carousel Ballroom
Chuck Berry
Curly Cooke’s Hurdy-Gurdy Band
4/3/68 – benefit, Winterland Arena
Moby Grape
The Electric Flag
The Youngbloods
Mother Earth
It’s A Beautiful Day
Malachi (per Chronicle - uncertain)
4/12-14/68 – Thee Image, Miami FL
The Blues Image
The Kollektions
The Bangles
4/14/68 – Greynolds Park, Miami FL
The Blues Image
4/19-21/68 – Thee Image, Miami FL
The Blues Image
The Kollektions
The Bangles
4/26-28/68 – Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA
Edison Electric Band
Necrophilanthropy (per newspaper listing)
The Amboy Dukes (per poster)
The Amazing Beymont (per poster)
(It’s uncertain which listing is more accurate.)
5/4/68 – Pritchard Gym, SUNY, Stony Brook NY
Incredible String Band
5/5/68 – Central Park, NYC
Jefferson Airplane
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
(witnesses also remember Larry Hankin, comedian, & Charlie Alvarado, classical guitar)
(witnesses also remember Larry Hankin, comedian, & Charlie Alvarado, classical guitar)
5/12/68 – Civic Center, Virginia Beach VA
The Wild Kingdom
5/17-18/68 – Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
Steve Miller Band
Taj Mahal
Jefferson Airplane (reportedly played a guest set on the 18th)
5/18/68 – Northern California Folk Rock Festival, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
Mourning Reign
Indian Head Band
Transatlantic Railroad
Crome Syrcus
Sons of Champlin
The People
The Youngbloods
Steve Miller Band
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Jefferson Airplane
5/24-25/68 – National Guard Armory, St Louis MO
Public Service Blues Band
5/31-6/2/68 – Carousel Ballroom (poster misreads 5/30-6/1)
Charlie Musselwhite
Petrus (billed as Petris)
6/2/68 – Panhandle
Petrus
Charlie Musselwhite
6/7-9/68 – Carousel Ballroom
Jefferson Airplane
(Fleetwood Mac was billed but did not appear.)
6/14-15/68 – Fillmore East, NYC
Jeff Beck Group
Seventh Sons
6/19/68 – Carousel Ballroom
Little Andre
Richie Havens
6/22/68 – Travelodge Theater, Phoenix AZ
Ten Years After
Thackeray Rocke
7/11/68 – Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
Blue Cheer
7/12-23/68 – Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe
The Working Class
(All that is known about this concert is the poster, so no bands are confirmed.)
It appears the Dead canceled.
It appears the Dead canceled.
8/2-3/68 – The Hippodrome, San Diego
Curley Cooke’s Hurdy-Gurdy Band
Maya
8/4/68 – Newport Pop Festival, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa
Illinois Speed Press
Things To Come
Blue Cheer
Charles Lloyd Quartet (per LA Times review)
Country Joe & the Fish (held over from the 3rd)
The Byrds
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Iron Butterfly
Eric Burdon & the Animals
Jefferson Airplane
8/20-22/68 – Fillmore West
Kaleidoscope
Albert Collins
8/23-24/68 – Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
Taj Mahal
8/30-9/1/68 – Fillmore West
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Sons of Champlin
9/2/68 – Sky River Rock Festival, Sultan WA
James Cotton Blues Band
Big Mama Thornton
It’s A Beautiful Day
(Around 40 bands played over three days, and it’s impossible to determine who else played on the 2nd.)
“Who played and in what order? Who knows?”
9/20/68 – Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley
Steve Miller Band
Ace of Cups
9/22/68 – Autumn Equinox Festival, Del Mar Fairgrounds, San Diego
Curly Cooke’s Hurdy-Gurdy Band
Ace of Cups
Phoenix
Mother Earth
Sons of Champlin
Youngbloods
Taj Mahal
Buddy Miles Express (uncertain)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
(Not all the bands on the poster may have played. The Steve Miller Band, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and the Sir Douglas Quintet might have appeared.)
10/5/68 – Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento
The Turtles
The Youngbloods
Initial Shock
Sanpaku
Family Tree
10/11-13/68 – Avalon Ballroom
Lee Michaels
Linn County
Mance Lipscomb
10/18/68 – The Bank, Torrance
Cleveland Wrecking Company
Mick Lampe
10/20/68 – Greek Theater, Berkeley
Canned Heat (headliner)
Mad River
Stonehenge
Linn County
11/1/68 – Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico
Friends and Gunge
11/4/68 - Longshoreman's Hall
(Political speakers: Mark Lane & Terence Hallinan.)
11/4/68 - Longshoreman's Hall
(Political speakers: Mark Lane & Terence Hallinan.)
11/7-10/68 – Fillmore West
Quicksilver Messenger Service (headliner)
Linn County
11/15/68 – OSU Coliseum, Corvallis OR
Mint Tattoo
Big City Blue
11/17/68 – Eagles Auditorium, Seattle WA
Byron Pope Ensemble
Easy Chair
Light
Muff (uncertain - listed in ad, not in article)
Papa Bear's Medicine Show (per article)
(Speakers: Al Bridges & Suzette Bridges)
11/25/68 - Memorial Auditorium, Ohio U, Athens OH
Tin Foil ("and several other rock bands," per article)
11/27-28/68 – Kinetic Playground, Chicago IL
Procol Harum
Terry Reid
11/30/68 – Hyde Park Teen Center, Cincinnati OH
Sacred Mushroom (uncertain)
12/1/68 – Grande Ballroom, Detroit MI
Popcorn Blizzard
(Also present: Hog Farm)
(Also present: Hog Farm)
12/6/68 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
American Dream (replaced Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Iron Butterfly
Sly & the Family Stone
Steppenwolf
(MC: Al Kooper)
12/7/68 – Knights Hall, Bellarmine College, Louisville KY
The Oxfords
The Waters
Stonehenge
12/13-14/68 – The Bank, Torrance
Magic Sam
Turnquist Remedy
12/20-21/68 – Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles
Country Joe & the Fish (headliner)
Spirit
Pulse
Mint Tattoo
Comfortable Chair
(Sir Douglas Quintet was billed but did not appear.)
(Sir Douglas Quintet was billed but did not appear.)
12/28/68 – The Catacombs, Houston TX
Honeysuckle
12/29/68 – Miami Pop Festival, Gulfstream Park, Hallandale TX
The Boxtops
Richie Havens
Pacific Gas & Electric
James Cotton Blues Band
Procol Harum
Joni Mitchell
Butterfield Blues Band
Flatt & Scruggs
Hugh Masekela
Marvin Gaye
Steppenwolf
(This lineup is mostly from the poster; the actual lineup on the 29th was probably different and is unknown. Bands played on two separate stages.)
12/31/68 – Winterland Arena
Quicksilver Messenger Service
It’s A Beautiful Day
Santana
1969
1/2-5/69 – Fillmore West
Blood Sweat & Tears
Spirit
1/17/69 – Robertson Gym, U of C, Santa Barbara
Santana Blues Band (headliner)
Travel Agency
1/24-26/69 – Avalon Ballroom
Sons of Champlin
Initial Shock
1/31-2/1/69 – Kinetic Playground, Chicago IL
The Grassroots
2/2/69 – Labor Temple, Minneapolis MN
The Blackwood Apology
2/4/69 – The Music Box, Omaha NE
The Unknown
2/5/69 – Memorial Hall, Kansas City KS
Iron Butterfly (headliner)
2/6/69 – Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis MO
Iron Butterfly (headliner)
2/7/69 – Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
The Fugs
The Velvet Underground
(MC: Paul Krassner)
(MC: Paul Krassner)
2/9/69 – Lyric Theater, Baltimore MD
Chambers Brothers (headliner)
2/11-12/69 – Fillmore East, NYC
Janis Joplin & Her Band (headliner)
2/14-15/69 – Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA
Paul Pena (replacing The Gun)
2/19/69 – Fillmore West
Golden Toad
Don Hamrick (speaker)
2/21-22/69 – Dream Bowl, Vallejo
Dancing Food & Entertainment
Amber Whine
2/27-3/2/69 – Fillmore West
Pentangle
Sir Douglas Quintet (did not play the 1st)
Shades of Joy (did not play the 1st)
Frumious Bandersnatch (on the 1st)
Jim Rinehart (juggler, on the 27th)
3/12/69 – benefit, Fillmore West
It’s A Beautiful Day
A.B. Skhy Blues Band
Cleveland Wrecking Company
(It’s unknown whether the Dead played.)
3/15/69 – Hilton Hotel
Country Weather (per poster)
3/17/69 – benefit, Winterland Arena
Jefferson Airplane
Sons of Champlin
Garden of Delights
Red Mountain
(Bands “expected to show up;” actual lineup unknown.)
3/21-22/69 – Rose Palace, Pasadena
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (headliner)
Jethro Tull
3/22/69 – Thee Experience, Hollywood (guest set)
Chicago (headliner)
Blues Image
Little John Farmer
The Mothers of Invention (guest set)
3/29/69 – Ice Palace, Las Vegas
Santana
The Free Circus
4/4-6/69 – Avalon Ballroom
Flying Burrito Brothers
AUM
Sanpaku (on the 4th-5th)
4/12/69 – Union Ballroom, U of Utah, Salt Lake City UT
Spirit of Creation
4/15/69 – The Music Box, Omaha NE
The Liberation Blues Band
4/17/69 – Quadrangle, Washington U, St. Louis MO
Alvin Pivil
4/18/69 – Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue U, Lafayette IN
George Stavis
4/20/69 – Atwood Hall, Clark U, Worcester MA
Roland Kirk
4/25-26/69 – Kinetic Playground, Chicago IL
The Velvet Underground
SRC
4/27/69 – Labor Temple, Minneapolis MN
The Bobby Lyle Quintet
5/2-3/69 – Winterland Arena
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Mongo Santamaria
5/3/69 – Sierra College, Rocklin
The Youngbloods
“three other groups”
(Other groups scheduled at the two-day festival include Flying Bear Medicine Show, the Sir Douglas Quintet, the McCoys, and the Shades of Joy.)
5/7/69 – Golden Gate Park
Jefferson Airplane
5/10/69 – Rose Palace, Pasadena
Cream Farewell Concert (film)
Kaleidoscope
South Wind
5/11/69 – Aztec Bowl, San Diego State U
Canned Heat (headliner)
Santana
Lee Michaels
Tarantula
5/16/69 – Campolindo High School, Moraga
Frumious Bandersnatch
The Velvet Hammer
5/23/69 – Big Rock Pow Wow, Seminole Indian Village, West Hollywood FL
Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters
Joe South
Nervous System
Jane & the Electric Jive Wire
(Possibly Timothy Leary, speaker.)
5/24/69 - Big Rock Pow Wow, Seminole Indian Village, West Hollywood FL
Sweetwater
Youngbloods
Joe South
AUM
Sun Country
(Lineup may have differed from advertisement.)
5/28/69 – benefit, Winterland Arena
The Ace of Cups (not billed)
AUM
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bangor Flying Circus
Elvin Bishop Group
Jefferson Airplane
Santana
5/29/69 – Robertson Gym, U of C, Santa Barbara
Lee Michaels
The Youngbloods
5/30/69 – Springer’s Hall, Portland OR
Palace Meat Market
5/31/69 – McArthur Court, Eugene OR
Palace Meat Market
6/5-8/69 – Fillmore West
Junior Walker & the All-Stars
The Glass Family
6/13/69 – Convention Center Arena, Fresno
AUM
Sanpaku
6/14/69 – Monterey Peninsula College Gymnasium, Monterey
AUM
The Bitter Seeds
6/20-21/69 – Fillmore East, NYC
Savoy Brown
Buddy Miles Express
6/27-28/69 – Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Santa Rosa
Hot Tuna (not yet named)
Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band
(The poster advertises the same lineup June 29 at the Barn in Rio Nido, but that show is unconfirmed. The announcer on 6/28 says there will be “a jam session” in the Santa Rosa auditorium the next day.)
7/3/69 – Reed’s Ranch, Colorado Springs CO
Alice Cooper
Zephyr
Holden Caulfield Blues Band
Devin Mikles [aka Devon Michaels]
7/4-5/69 – Kinetic Playground, Chicago IL
Buddy Miles Express
Sir Douglas Quintet
7/6/69 - Grande Ballroom, Detroit MI (show not confirmed)
Pentangle
7/6/69 - Grande Ballroom, Detroit MI (show not confirmed)
Pentangle
7/7/69 – Piedmont Park, Atlanta GA
The Hampton Grease Band
The Allman Brothers Band
Spirit
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
Chicago Transit Authority
7/11-12/69 – New York State Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens NY
Joe Cocker & the Grease Band
Tribe
7/16/69 – Longshoreman’s Hall
Cleveland Wrecking Company
Ice
New Riders of the Purple Sage (not yet named)
8/1-3/69 – Family Dog
Ballet Afro-Haiti
Albert Collins
8/16/69 – Woodstock Music Fair, Bethel NY
Quill
Country Joe McDonald (solo)
Santana
John Sebastian
Keef Hartley Band
The Incredible String Band
Canned Heat
Mountain
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Janis Joplin & the Kozmic Blues Band
Sly & the Family Stone
The Who
Jefferson Airplane
(Also present: Hog Farm)
(Also present: Hog Farm)
8/20/69 – El Roach, Ballard WA
8/21/69 – Aqua Theater, Seattle WA
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Sanpaku
8/23/69 – Bullfrog 3 Festival, Pelletier Farm, St. Helens OR
(Of the advertised bands, it’s unknown which played on the 23rd, or at all – nothing is known.
On the poster: Taj Mahal, Portland Zoo, Sabatic Goat, River, Sand, Notary Sojac, Searchin Soul, The Weeds, New Colony, Mixed Blood, Chapter Five, Trilogy, Bill Feldman, Don Ross, Ron Bruce.)
8/29-30/69 – Family Dog
Phoenix (replaced Rubber Duck Co., per witness)
Commander Cody
New Riders of the Purple Sage
9/1/69 – New Orleans Pop Festival, Baton Rouge International Speedway, Prairieville LA
Potliquor
Axis
Oliver
Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
Santana
Chicago Transit Authority
It’s A Beautiful Day
Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Youngbloods
Lee Michaels
Jefferson Airplane
Dr. John Voodoo Show
Whizbang
(Other bands may have played on the 1st as well.)
9/6/69 – Family Dog
Jefferson Airplane
9/26-27/69 – Fillmore East, NYC
Country Joe & the Fish (headliner)
Sha-Na-Na
9/29-10/1/69 – Cafe au Go Go, NYC
Eric Mercury
Lonnie Mack
The Holy Modal Rounders
(A different act opened each night.)
10/2-4/69 – Boston Tea Party, Boston MA
Bonzo Dog Band
Joe McCord (aka “Rubber Duck” - mime with Dead backing)
Doc Watson & Son (opened at least one show in the run)
10/5/69 – Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston TX
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Poco
Poco
The Byrds
Ken Kesey (w/ MC Johndavid Bartlett)
10/24-26/69 – Winterland Arena
Jefferson Airplane (headliner)
Sons of Champlin
Hot Tuna (unbilled)
Doug Kershaw (on the 24th - unbilled, backed by Commander Cody)
Stephen Stills & Graham Nash (acoustic set on the 25th)
10/31/69 - Union Ballroom, San Jose State College
South Bay Experimental Flash
(Per Good Times listing, but not on poster.)
11/1-2/69 – Family Dog
Danny Cox
Golden Toad
11/7-8/69 – Fillmore Auditorium
South Bay Experimental Flash
Alligator
Alligator
11/15/69 – Lanai Theater, Crockett
The Black Diamond Blues Band
11/21/69 – Cal Expo Building A, Sacramento
A.B. Skhy
Country Weather
Commander Cody
Wildwood
12/4-5,7/69 – Fillmore West
The Flock
Humble Pie
12/13/69 – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino
Country Joe & the Fish
The Flying Burrito Brothers
12/19-21/69 – Fillmore Auditorium
12/19-21/69 – Fillmore Auditorium
Osceola
Rhythm Dukes
Jeff Jaisun (formerly in Phoenix)
(Lightyear is on the poster, but is most likely the light show.)
12/22/69 – Napa Valley Sports Camp, Napa
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rejoice
The People
The Loading Zone
12/26/69 – McFarlin Auditorium, SMU, Dallas TX
Zephyr
12/28/69 – Miami Rock Festival, Miami-Hollywood Speedway Park, Hollywood FL
Biff Rose
Mother Lode
Sweetwater
Canned Heat
Johnny Winter
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Vanilla Fudge
Amboy Dukes
These bands were named in a news report. Other bands were scheduled for the 28th but are unconfirmed, including:
The Fever Zone
Celebration
Crow
Noah’s Ark
Jon Bartel’s Thing
(Other local bands may have played as well.)
(Speaker: Billy Graham)
12/31/69 – Boston Tea Party, Boston MA
The Proposition (improvisational musical-theater revue - per ad)
1970
1/2-3/70 – Fillmore East, NYC
Lighthouse
Cold Blood
1/10/70 – Convention Hall Community Concourse, San Diego
Sons of Champlin (replacing Savoy Brown)
AUM
1/16/70 – Springer’s Hall, Portland OR
River
1/23/-24/70 – Civic Auditorium, Honolulu HI
The Sun and the Moon
September Morn
Pilfredge Sump
Michael Brody Jr. (on the 23rd)
1/30-2/1/70 – The Warehouse, New Orleans LA
Fleetwood Mac
The Flock (on Jan 30-31)
2/2/70 – Fox Theater, St Louis MO
The Aorta
2/4/70 – Family Dog (TV taping)
Jefferson Airplane
Santana
Kimberly
2/5-8/70 – Fillmore West
Taj Mahal
Bigfoot
2/11,13-14/70 – Fillmore East, NYC
Love
Allman Brothers Band
2/20/70 – Panther Hall, Fort Worth TX
Quicksilver Messenger Service (headliner)
2/21/70 – Convention Center Arena, San Antonio TX
2/22/70 – Coliseum, Houston TX
Quicksilver Messenger Service (headliner)
John Mayall w/ Duster Bennett
It’s A Beautiful Day
2/23/70 – Municipal Auditorium, Austin TX
Country Joe & the Fish
2/27-3/1/70 – Family Dog
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Rubber Duck (per Barb listing)
Rubber Duck (per Barb listing)
3/7/70 – Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
Cold Blood
3/8/70 – Travelodge Theater, Phoenix AZ
Roxi (per ad)
3/17/70 – Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo NY
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
The Road
3/20-21/70 – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY
Catfish
3/22-23/70 – Pirates World, Dania FL
New Society Band
4/3/70 – U of Cincinnati Fieldhouse, Cincinnati OH
The Lemon Pipers
Devil’s Kitchen
Ken Kesey & the Pranksters (billed, but it’s uncertain what they did onstage)
(Speakers: Hog Farm)
4/9-12/70 – Fillmore West
Miles Davis Quintet
Stone the Crows
Clouds (per Deadbase; not on poster)
4/15/70 – Winterland Arena
Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/17-19/70 – Family Dog (acoustic shows, billed as Heartbeats/Bobby Ace)
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Charlie Musselwhite
4/24-25/70 – Mammoth Gardens, Denver CO
John Hammond
4/26/70 – Sound Storm Festival, York Farm, Poynette WI
(Some three dozen bands were scheduled for this three-day event. It wasn’t possible to determine which played on the 26th – since the Dead played all afternoon, probably not that many.)
5/1/70 – Alfred State College, Alfred NY
5/2/70 – Harpur College, Binghamton NY
New Riders of the Purple Sage
5/3/70 – Wesleyan University, Middletown CT
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Swamp Gas
(Other local bands also played, which may have included Randy Burns & the Morning After, Bone, Joy, the Nighthawks, Trod Tiger & the Tunafish, and possibly Charisma.)
(Also present: Hog Farm)
(Also present: Hog Farm)
5/7/70 – MIT, Cambridge MA
5/8/70 – SUNY, Delhi NY
5/9/70 – Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA
New Riders of the Purple Sage
(It’s unconfirmed whether NRPS also played the free MIT show on the 6th.)
5/10/70 – Sports Arena, Atlanta GA
The Hampton Grease Band
(Members of the Allman Brothers jammed with the Dead but didn’t play a separate set.)
5/14/70 – Meramec Community College, Kirkwood MO
5/15/70 – Fillmore East, NYC
New Riders of the Purple Sage
5/16/70 – Temple Stadium, Philadelphia PA
Jimi Hendrix (headliner)
Steve Miller Band
Cactus (replaced the MC5)
Jam Factory
5/24/70 – Hollywood Music Festival, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
The Flaming Groovies
Black Sabbath
Wildmouth
Quintessence
Colosseum
Free
Mungo Jerry
Jose Feliciano
Traffic
6/4-7/70 – Fillmore West
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Southern Comfort
6/12-13/70 – Civic Auditorium, Honolulu HI
Quicksilver Messenger Service
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Steve Miller Band (on the 13th – unbilled)
(Contrary to deadlists, there is no evidence the shows were moved to the Red Vest nightclub, which is preposterous. Honolulu papers continued listing the shows at the Civic Aud through the 13th, and witnesses recall the shows at the Civic.)
6/19/70 – Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis TN
Country Joe & the Fish
The Illusion
6/21/70 – benefit, Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley
New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Osceola
Sandy Bull
Indian Puddin’ and Pipe
Phananganang
The East Bay Sharks (a street-theater group)
The East Bay Sharks (a street-theater group)
(MC: Wavy Gravy – the Hog Farm was present, and Pit River tribe activists made speeches.)
6/24/70 – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester
New Riders of the Purple Sage
6/27/70 – CNE Stadium, Toronto ON
Eric Andersen
Robert Charlebois
Ian & Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird
James & the Good Brothers
New Riders of the Purple Sage
The Band
(A dozen other bands were scheduled over two days; more bands probably played this day, and others played the stadium the next day.)
6/27/70 – Coronation Park, Toronto ON
Ian & Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird
James & the Good Brothers
The People’s Revolutionary Concert Band
January
Si Potma
P.M. Howard
(The last three local acts said they’d play, but are unconfirmed – others likely played as well.)
6/28/70 – Coronation Park, Toronto ON
(It’s unknown which bands played the second day of free shows, but one list includes the New Riders, Ian & Sylvia & the Great Speckled Bird, James & the Good Brothers, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Eric Anderson, and the People’s Revolutionary Concert Band.)
7/1/70 – Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg MB
Walrus
Justin Tyme
Mashmakhan
Cat
Tom Rush
Eric Andersen
James & the Good Brothers
Robert Charlebois
Buddy Guy
Ian & Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird
Mountain
Randy Bachman
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
The Band
Janis Joplin
(NRPS did not play.)
7/4/70 – McMahon Stadium, Calgary AB
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Janis Joplin
Great Speckled Bird w/ guests (probably following Ian & Sylvia’s set)
(Unlike Winnipeg, there’s no account of which bands played each day at Calgary, so it’s unknown which among over a dozen other bands played on the 4th.)
7/9-12/70 – Fillmore East, NYC
New Riders of the Purple Sage
7/14,16/70 – Euphoria Ballroom, San Rafael
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Rubber Duck Company (with Tom Constanten)
(It’s unknown whether David Crosby also opened on the 14th as Deadbase lists, but there’s no evidence for it.)
“7/30/70” – location unknown (Matrix or possibly Lion’s Share)
“8/5/70” – location unknown (not San Diego)
New Riders of the Purple Sage
(Here the Dead switched and played opening acoustic sets for the New Riders. Both of these tapes are of uncertain date.)
7/30-8/1/70 – The Lion’s Share, San Anselmo (acoustic shows)
New Riders of the Purple Sage (headliner)
8/17-19/70 – Fillmore West
New Riders of the Purple Sage
8/28-29/70 – Thee Club, Los Angeles (acoustic shows)
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Roxy
9/17-20/70 – Fillmore East, NYC
9/25/70 – Civic Auditorium, Pasadena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
(The 9/26/70 Salt Lake City show was billed as “An Evening with the Grateful Dead,” but it’s unknown whether the New Riders played – no attendees recall them, and Deadbase doesn’t list them.)
10/4-5/70 – Winterland Arena
Jefferson Airplane
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Hot Tuna
New Riders of the Purple Sage
10/23/70 – McDonough Arena, Georgetown U, Washington DC
10/24/70 – Kiel Opera House, St. Louis MO
New Riders of the Purple Sage
(The New Riders did not appear on the earlier shows of this tour from Oct 10-18.)
10/26/70 – The Lion’s Share, San Anselmo (Janis wake)
Unknown - “The Grateful Dead and other rock music groups entertained.”
10/30-31/70 – Gym, SUNY, Stony Brook NY
11/5-8/70 – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY
11/9-10/70 – Action House, Island Park NY
11/11-14/70 – 46th Street Rock Palace, Brooklyn NY
11/16/70 – Fillmore East, NYC
11/20/70 – Palestra, U of Rochester, Rochester NY
11/21/70 – Sargent Gym, Boston U, Boston MA
11/22/70 – Gym, Middlesex County College, Edison NJ
11/23/70 – Anderson Theater, NYC
11/27/70 – The Syndrome, Chicago IL
11/29/70 – Club Agora, Columbus OH
12/12/70 – Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Also: Hot Tuna on 11/16/70.
Also: a chimpanzee act on 11/21/70.
Also: a chimpanzee act on 11/21/70.
Also a mime (possibly Joe McCord) on 11/23/70, backed by “Purple Sage on guitar.”
12/21/70 – Pepperland, San Rafael
Jerry Hahn Brotherhood
Unknown blues band with John Kahn (possibly replacing Howard Wales & Friends)
New Riders of the Purple Sage
David & the Dorks
(It’s unconfirmed whether the Dead actually played.)
12/22/70 – Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento
New Riders of the Purple Sage
12/23/70 – benefit, Winterland Arena
Hot Tuna
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Lizard
12/26-28/70 – Legion Stadium, El Monte
New Riders of the Purple Sage
12/31/70 – Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Hot Tuna
Stoneground
1971
1/21/71 – Freeborn Hall, Davis
James & the Good Brothers
New Riders of the Purple Sage
1/22/71 – Lane Community College, Eugene OR
Notary Sojac
New Riders of the Purple Sage
1/24/71 – Seattle Center Arena, Seattle WA
Ian & Sylvia
New Riders of the Purple Sage
2/18-24/71 – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY
New Riders of the Purple Sage
3/3/71 – benefit, Fillmore West
Hot Tuna
Hot Tuna
Shades of Joy (unconfirmed)
Straight Funk
Straight Funk
Gestalt Fool Theatre Family
New Generation Singers
American Indian Dancers
3/5/71 – benefit, Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland
The Lumpen (backed by the Freedom Messengers)
The Vanguard
Speakers: Huey Newton, Kathleen Cleaver
3/13/71 – Jenison Field House, Michigan State U, East Lansing MI
3/14/71 – Camp Randall Field House, U of Wisconsin, Madison WI
3/17-18/71 – Fox Theatre, St. Louis MO
3/20/71 – Field House, U of Iowa, Iowa Cita IA
3/21/71 – Expo Convention Center, Milwaukee WI
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Also: Ox on 3/21/71.
3/24/71 – benefit, Winterland Arena
Kailas Shugendo (Buddhist rituals)
Yogi Bhajan (speaker)
Sufi Choir
Sufi whirling dervish dancers
4/4-6/71 – Manhattan Center, NYC
4/7-8/71 – Boston Music Hall, Boston MA
4/10/71 – Mayser Center, F&M College, Lancaster PA
4/12/71 – Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA
4/13/71 – Catholic Youth Center, Scranton PA
4/14/71 – Christy Mathewson Stadium, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA
4/15/71 – David Mead Field House, Allegheny College, Meadville PA
4/17/71 – Dillon Gym, Princeton U, Princeton NJ
4/18/71 – Lusk Field House, SUNY, Cortland NY
4/21/71 – Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence RI
4/22/71 – Bangor Auditorium, Bangor ME
New Riders of the Purple Sage
4/24/71 – Wallace Wade Stadium, Duke U, Durham NC
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Butterfield Blues Band
The Beach Boys
Mountain
(MC: Uncle Dirty)
4/25-29/71 – Fillmore East, NYC
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Also the Beach Boys on 4/27 (a guest set).
5/29-30/71 – Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
R.J. Fox
(James & the Good Brothers did not show.)
6/21/71 – Chateau d’Herouville, Herouville, France
Light Sound Dimension
7/2/71 – Fillmore West
Rowan Brothers
New Riders of the Purple Sage
8/5-6/71 – Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood
Rowan Brothers
New Riders of the Purple Sage
8/7/71 – Community Concourse, San Diego
8/14-15/71 – Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley
New Riders of the Purple Sage
10/19/71 – Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis MN
10/21-22/71 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL
10/23-24/71 – Easttown Theatre, Detroit MI
10/26/71 – Palestra, U of Rochester, Rochester NY
10/27/71 – Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse NY
10/29/71 – Allan Theatre, Cleveland OH
10/30/71 – Taft Auditorium, Cincinnati OH
10/31/71 – Ohio Theatre, Columbus OH
New Riders of the Purple Sage
11/11/71 – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta GA
11/12/71 – San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio TX
11/14/71 – Daniel Meyer Coliseum, TCU, Fort Worth TX
11/15/71 – Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin TX
11/17/71 – Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque NM
11/20/71 – Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles
12/1-2/71 – Boston Music Hall, Boston MA
12/4-7/71 – Felt Forum, NYC
12/9-10/71 – Fox Theatre, St. Louis MO
12/14-15/71 – Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor MI
New Riders of the Purple Sage (first shows with Buddy Cage)
12/31/71 – Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Yogi Phlegm (formerly the Sons of Champlin)
1972
1/2/72 – Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Yogi Phlegm
3/5/72 – benefit, Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Yogi Phlegm
(MC: Wavy Gravy)
3/25/72 – Academy of Music, NYC
Bo Diddley (backed by the Dead)
5/7/72 – Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England
Haydock Brass Band
Neophonic Symphony Orchestra
Brinsley Schwarz
Country Joe McDonald
New Riders of the Purple Sage
5/23-26/72 – Lyceum, London, England
New Riders of the Purple Sage
6/17/72 – Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood
New Riders of the Purple Sage
8/25/72 – Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley
8/27/72 - Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, OR
New Riders of the Purple Sage
9/9/72 - Hollywood Palladium
High Country
(Per newspaper review. They likely also opened on the 10th as well.)
9/9/72 - Hollywood Palladium
High Country
(Per newspaper review. They likely also opened on the 10th as well.)
10/9/72 – Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
10/28/72 – Cleveland Public Hall, Cleveland OH
Rowan Brothers
(It’s unknown how many shows the Rowans opened in fall ’72. Per Richard Loren, they were on tour with the Dead, which is confirmed by a Cleveland Scene announcement: "At the invitation of the Dead...the Rowan Brothers are on tour with them and will certainly make a strong supporting act." But in November ’72, a Houston paper stated, "The Rowan Brothers will NOT be appearing Saturday and Sunday in Hofheinz Pavilion with the Grateful Dead, as previously announced by the Houston Post.")
12/10/72 – Winterland Arena
High Country
12/11/72 – Winterland Arena
The Sons (of Champlin)
12/12/72 – Winterland Arena
Rowan Brothers
12/31/72 – Winterland Arena
New Riders of the Purple Sage
The Sons (of Champlin)
1973
2/19/73 - International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
2/21-22/73 - Assembly Hall, U of IL, Champaign-Urbana, IL
2/28/73 - Salt Palace, Salt Lake City UT
New Riders of the Purple Sage
3/15/73 - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY
The Sons of Champlin
3/16, 19/73 – Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY
New Riders of the Purple Sage (replacing the Sons)
3/30/73 - Community War Memorial, Rochester NY
3/31/73 - War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY
4/2/73 - Boston Garden, Boston MA
New Riders of the Purple Sage
5/20/73 - Campus Stadium, UCSB, Santa Barbara
New Riders of the Purple Sage
5/26/73 - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Waylon Jennings
6/9/73 – RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Allman Brothers Band
Doug Sahm
6/10/73 – RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Allman Brothers Band
Wet Willie
7/27-28/73 – Grand Prix Racecourse, Watkins Glen NY
Allmans Brothers Band
The Band
7/31-8/1/73 – Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City NJ
The Band
9/11-12/73 – William & Mary Hall, W&M College, Williamsburg VA
9/15/73 - Providence Civic Center, Providence RI
9/17/73 - Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse NY
9/20-21/73 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
9/24/73 – Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA
9/26/73 - War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY
Doug Sahm & His Friends
1974
5/17/74 – PNE Coliseum, Vancouver BC
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
5/25/74 – UCSB Stadium, Santa Barbara
Maria Muldaur
Great American String Band (listed as “New Riders” on ticket)
(Contrary to Deadbase, Elvin Bishop did not appear.)
6/8/74 – Oakland Stadium, Oakland
The Beach Boys
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
6/20/74 - The Omni, Atlanta GA
Maria Muldaur
7/21/74 - Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood
Maria Muldaur
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
1975
3/23/75 – benefit, Kezar Stadium
Eddie Palmieri & His Orchestra
Graham Central Station
Tower of Power
Santana
Doobie Brothers
Jefferson Starship
Joan Baez
Neil Young (w/ Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Bob Dylan)
(Mimi Farina & the Miracles were billed but did not appear.)
Speakers: Rev. Cevil Williams, Cedric Hardman, Bob St. Clair, Frankie Albert, Willie Mays, Gene Washington, Marlon Brando, Bob Hope
(John Brodie, Rosie Casals, Werner Erhard, and Jesse Owens were also billed speakers, but may not have appeared.)
6/17/75 – Winterland Arena
Kingfish
Keith & Donna
The Mirrors
9/28/75 – Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park
Jefferson Starship
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ALPHABETICAL LIST
Pardon the idiosyncratic alphabetization!
13 Experience - 9/23-24/66
A.B. Skhy Blues Band - 3/12/69, 11/21/69
Ace of Cups - 9/20/68, 9/22/68, 5/28/69
Al Neil Jazz Trio (Royal Canadians/Royal Rascals) - 7/30-31/66
Al Trobbe Orchestra - 9/2/66
Albert Collins - 8/20-22/68, 8/1-3/69
Alice Cooper - 7/3/69
Alligator - 11/7-8/69
Allman Brothers Band - 7/7/69, 2-11,13-14/70, 6/9-10/73, 7/27-28/73
Aluminum Dream - 12/22-24/67
Alvin Pivil - 4/17/69
Amazing Beymont - 4/26-28/68? (uncertain)
Amber Whine - 2/21-22/69
Amboy Dukes - 4/26-28/68? (uncertain), 12/28/69
American Dream (w/ Al Kooper) - 12/6/68
Andrew Staples - 11/12/66, 4/12/67
Anonymous Artists of America - 6/21/67?, 7/2/67
Answer - 4/22-24/66
Aorta - 2/2/70
Apostles - 3/22/68
Ashmollyan Quintet - 8/12/67? (uncertain)
AUM - 4/4-6/69, 5/24/69, 5/28/69, 6/13/69, 6/14/69, 1/10/70
Autumn People - 5/20/67
Axis - 9/1/69
Ballet Afro-Haiti - 8/1-3/69
Baltimore Steam Packet - 2/10/67
Band - 6/27/70a, 7/1/70, 7/27-28/73, 7/31-8/1/73
Bangles - 4/12-14/68, 4/19-21/68
Bangor Flying Circus - 5/28/69
Beach Boys - 4/24/71, 4/27/71, 6/8/74
Biff Rose - 12/28/69
Big Brother & the Holding Company - 1/22/66, 1/23/66? (uncertain), 7/14/66, 7/30-31/66, 10/6/66, 11/13/66, 1/1/67, 1/14/67? (uncertain), 1/29/67, 3/5/67, 4/9/67, 5/30/67, 6/18/67, 6/21/67, 7/23/67, 8/28/67, 10/22/67, 10/31/67, 5/18/68, 9/22/68? (uncertain)
Big City Blue - 11/15/68
Big Mama Thornton - 9/11/66? (uncertain), 12/9-11/66, 1/6/67, 9/2/68
Bigfoot - 2/5-8/70
Billy Moses Blues Bag - 5/7/66
Bishops - 8/11/67? (uncertain)
Bitter Seeds - 6/14/69
Black Diamond Blues Band - 11/15/69
Black Sabbath - 5/24/70
Black Swan - 6/21/67
Black Swan - 6/21/67
Blackwood Apology - 2/2/69
Blood Sweat & Tears - 1/2-5/69
Blue Cheer - 11/10-11/67, 3/17/68? (uncertain), 3/20/68, 7/11/68, 8/4/68
Blue Crumb Truck Factory - 3/3/67
Blue House Basement - 2/10/67
Blues Project - 6/18/67
Blues Image - 4/12-14/68, 4/14/68a, 4/19-21/68, 3/22/69
Bo Diddley - 3/25/72
Bobby Lyle Quintet - 4/27/69
Bola Sete - 10/8/66, 10/1/67
Bone – 5/3/70? (uncertain)
Bonzo Dog Band - 10/2-4/69
Boxtops - 12/29/68
Brinsley Schwarz - 5/7/72
Buddy Guy - 7/1/70
Buddy Miles Express - 9/22/68? (uncertain), 6/20-21/69, 7/4-5/69
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - 3/17/70
Buffalo Springfield - 6/18/67, 11/10-11/67
Byrds - 8/4/68, 10/5/69
Byron Pope Ensemble - 11/17/68
Cactus - 5/16/70
Canadian Fuzz - 1/13/67a
Canned Heat - 2/24-26/67, 4/14-16/67, 10/20/68, 5/11/69, 8/16/69, 12/28/69
Captain Beefheart - 9/24/67
Captain Beefheart - 9/24/67
Captain Speed - 4/29/67
Cat - 7/1/70
Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys - 9/1/69
Catfish - 3/20-21/70
Catharsis - 12/8-9/67
Celebration - 12/28/69
Chambers Brothers - 2/9/69
Charisma – 5/3/70? (unconfirmed)
Charlatans - 5/7/66, 5/29/66, 1/14/67? (uncertain)
Charles Lloyd Quartet - 3/28-4/2/67, 10/1/67, 8/4/68
Charlie Alvarado - 5/5/68? (uncertain)
Charlie Alvarado - 5/5/68? (uncertain)
Charlie Musselwhite - 3/20/68, 5/31-6/2/68, 6/2/68a, 4/17-19/70
Chicago (Transit Authority) - 3/22/69, 7/7/69, 9/1/69
Chocolate Watch Band - 10/21-22/66? (uncertain)
Chuck Berry - 3/17-19/67, 3/29-31/68
Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band - 6/27-28/69
Cleveland Wrecking Company - 10/18/68, 3/12/69, 7/16/69
Clouds - 4/9-12/70
Clover - 3/20/68? (uncertain)
Coasters w/ Cornell Gunter - 9/65
Cold Blood - 1/2-3/70, 3/7/70
Collage - 5/5-7/67
Collectors - 7/13/67, 7/14-15/67
Colossal Pomegranate - 8/26-27/66
Colosseum - 5/24/70
Comfortable Chair - 12/20-21/68
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - 8/29-30/69, 11/21/69, 2/27-3/1/69, 5/17/74, 6/8/74, 7/21/74
Country Joe & the Fish - 9/4/66, 10/16/66, 12/2/66, 2/5/67? (uncertain), 3/5/67, 4/9/67, 4/11/67? (uncertain), 6/28/67, 2/14/68, 2/17/68, 8/4/68, 12/20-21/68, 9/26-27/69, 12/13/69, 2/23/70, 6/19/70
Country Joe McDonald (w/o Fish) - 8/16/69, 5/7/72
Country Weather - 3/15/69, 11/21/69
Cream - 3/11/68
Creators - 8/25-26/67
Creedence Clearwater Revival - 5/28/69, 8/16/69
Crome Syrcus - 5/18/68
Crow - 12/28/69
Crystal Palace Guard - 9/24/67
Crystal Palace Guard - 9/24/67
Crystal Syphon - 2/16/68
Curly Cooke's Hurdy-Gurdy Band - 3/29-31/68, 8/2-3/68, 9/22/68
Daily Flash - 7/29-31-66, 7/13/67, 7/16/67a+b
Dancing Food & Entertainment - 2/21-22/69
Danny Cox - 11/1-2/69
David (Crosby) & the Dorks - 12/21/70
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - 7/7/69, 7/1/70
Denny Zeitlin Trio - 9/11/66
Devil's Kitchen - 4/3/70
Devin Mikles - 7/3/69
Dino Valenti - 10/1/66, 2/5/67? (uncertain)
Doc Watson & Son - 10/2-4/69 (at least one night)
Doobie Brothers - 3/23/75
Doors - 1/14-15/67, 4/29/67
Doug Kershaw (w/ Commander Cody) - 10/24/69
Doug Sahm - 6/9/73, 9/11-12/73, 9/15/73, 9/17/73, 9/20-21/73, 9/24/73, 9/26/73
Dr. John Voodoo Show - 9/1/69
Easy Chair - 11/17/68
Eddie Palmieri - 3/23/75
Edison Electric Band - 4/26-28/68
Eire Apparent - 3/22/68
Electric Flag - 4/3/68
Elvin Bishop Group - 5/28/69
Elvin Jones & Joe Henderson Quartet - 9/11/66
Eric Andersen - 6/27/70a, 7/1/70
Eric Burdon & the Animals - 3/26/67, 3/22/68, 8/4/68
Eric Mercury - 9/29-10/1/69 (one night)
Family Tree - 10/5/68
Fat Jack - 9/8/67
Fever Zone - 12/28/69
Final Solution - 5/14/66
Flaming Groovies - 5/24/70
Flatt & Scruggs - 12/29/68
Fleetwood Mac - 1/30-2/1/70
Flock - 12/4-5,7/69, 1/30-31/70
Flying Burrito Brothers - 4/4-6/69, 12/13/69
Free - 5/24/70
Free Circus - 3/29/69
Friends and Gunge - 11/1/68
Frumious Bandersnatch - 3/20/68, 3/1/69, 5/16/69
Fugs - 2/7/69
Gang - 8/11-12/67
Garden of Delights - 3/17/69
Gentleman's Band w/ Sam Thomas - 12/10/65, 1/14/66
George Stavis - 4/18/69
Gerry Walker electronic tape music - 7/29-30/66
Glass Family - 6/5-8/69
Golden Toad - 2/19/69, 11/1-2/69
Good Word - 7/2/67
Graham Central Station - 3/23/75
Graham Nash - 10/25/69
Graham Nash - 10/25/69
Grass Roots - 5/28/66, 6/28/67
Grassroots - 1/31-2/1/69 (the same band?)
Gray Company - 12/22-24/67
Great American String Band - 5/25/74
Great Society - 12/10/65, 1/14/66, 5/7/66, 9/11/66
Gross Exaggeration - 5/18/67
Group B - 7/3/66
Group Image - 6/1/67? (uncertain), 6/8/67, 6/12/67, 12/22-24/67
Group With No Name - 6/18/67
Hampton Grease Band - 7/7/69, 5/10/70
Haydock Brass Band - 5/7/72
High Country - 9/9/72, 12/10/72
Hindustani Jazz Sextet - 7/14/66
Holden Caulfield Blues Band - 7/3/69
Holy Modal Rounders - 9/29-10/1/69 (one night)
Honeysuckle - 12/28/68
Hot Tuna - 6/27-28/69, 10/24-26/69, 10/4-5/70, 11/16/70, 12/23/70, 12/31/70, 3/3/71
Hugh Masekela - 12/29/68
Humble Pie - 12/4-5,7/69
Ian & Sylvia & the Great Speckled Bird - 6/27/70a+b, 7/1/70, 7/4/70
Ian & Sylvia - 1/24/71
Ice - 7/16/69
Illinois Speed Press - 8/4/68
Illusion - 6/19/70
Immediate Family - 1/13-14/67
Impressions - 8/65
Incredible String Band - 5/4/68, 8/16/69
Indian Head Band - 5/18/68
Indian Puddin' and Pipe - 6/21/70
Initial Shock - 10/5/68, 1/24-26/69
International Brick - 7/16/67a
Iron Butterfly - 8/4/68, 12/6/68, 2/5/69, 2/6/69
It's A Beautiful Day - 4/3/68, 9/2/68, 12/31/68, 3/12/69, 9/1/69, 2/21/70, 2/22/70
Jagged Edge - 3/22/68
Jam Factory - 5/16/70
James & the Good Brothers - 6/27/70a+b, 7/1/70, 1/21/71, 5/29-30/71
James Cotton Blues Band - 11/18-20/66, 9/2/68, 12/29/68
Jane & the Electric Jive Wire - 5/23/69
Janis Joplin - 2/11-12/69, 8/16/69, 7/1/70, 7/4/70
January - 6/27/70b
Jaywalkers - 6/17-18/66
Jeff Beck Group - 6/14-15/68
Jeff Jaisun - 12/19-21/69
Jefferson Airplane - 12/10/65, 7/15-17/66, 8/12-13/66, 9/11/66, 10/7-9/66, 12/30-31/66, 1/14/67, 2/5/67? (uncertain), 4/12/67, 4/14-16/67, 5/30/67, 6/21/67? (uncertain), 7/31-8/5/67, 8/6/67a+b, 9/15/67, 9/16/67, 3/8-9/68, 3/15-17/68, 5/5/68, 5/18/68a, 5/18/68b, 6/7-9/68, 8/4/68, 3/17/69, 5/2-3/69, 5/7/69, 5/28/69, 8/16/69, 9/1/69, 9/6/69, 10/5/69, 10/24-26/69, 2/4/70, 4/15/70, 10/4-5/70
Jefferson Starship - 3/23/75, 9/28/75
Jeremy & the Satyrs - 3/20/68? (uncertain)
Jerry Pond - 11/28-12/1/66
Jerry Hahn Brotherhood - 12/21/70
Jethro Tull - 3/21-22/69
Jim Young Trio - 9/11/66
Jimi Hendrix - 6/18/67, 5/16/70
Joan Baez - 3/23/75
Joe Cocker & the Grease Band - 7/11-12/69
Joe South - 5/23-24/69
John Hammond - 4/24-25/70
John Handy Quintet - 1/1/67, 7/14/68
John Kahn w/ unknown blues band - 12/21/70
John Mayall (w/ Duster Bennett) - 2/21/70, 2/22/70
John Sebastian - 8/16/69
Johnny Hammond & His Screaming Nighthawks - 3/24-25/67
Johnny Talbot & De Thangs - 11/20/66, 3/17-19/67
Johnny Winter - 5/23/69, 12/28/69
Jon Bartel's Thing - 12/28/69
Jon Hendricks Trio - 9/11/66
Joni Mitchell - 12/29/68
Jose Feliciano - 5/24/70
Joy – 5/3/70? (uncertain)
J.S. Quintet - 6/15/67
Junior Walker & the All-Stars - 6/5-8/69
Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - 1/13-15/67
Justin Tyme - 7/1/70
Kaleidoscope - 3/20/68, 8/20-22/68, 5/10/69
Karma - 7/16/67a
Keef Hartley Band - 8/16/69
Keith & Donna - 6/17/75
Kimberly - 2/4/70
Kingfish - 6/17/75
Knight Riders - 8/65
Kollektions - 4/12-14/68, 4/19-21/68
Leaves - 5/28/66
Lee Michaels - 10/11-13/68, 5/11/69, 5/29/69, 9/1/69
Lemon Pipers - 4/3/70
Liberation Blues Band - 4/15/69
Light - 11/17/68
Light Castle - 9/30/66
Light House - 12/21/66 (the light show?)
Light Sound Dimension - 6/21/71
Lighthouse - 1/2-3/70
Lightning Hopkins - 10/21-22/66
Linn County - 10/11-13/68, 10/20/68, 11/7-10/68
Little Andre - 6/19/68
Little John Farmer - 3/22/69
Lizard - 12/23/70
Loading Zone - 1/23/66? (uncertain), 1/28/66, 4/22-24/66, 10/21-22/66, 1/14/67, 2/5/67? (uncertain), 3/3/67, 4/12/67, 12/22/69
Lonnie Mack - 9/29-10/1/69 (one night)
Looking Glass - 3/1-2/68
Lords of London - 6/18/65? (uncertain)
Lothar & the Hand People - 11/18-20/66, 9/24/67
Love - 7/3/66, 3/3/67, 2-11,13-14/70
Love-In - 7/13/67 [might not be a band]
Luke & the Apostles - 6/8-11/67 (possibly from 6/1), 7/31-8/5/67
Lumpen (backed by the Freedom Messengers) - 3/3/71
Mad River - 6/21/67, 10/20/68
Magic Fern - 7/16/67b, 9/8-9/67
Magic Sam - 12/13-14/68
Malachi - 4/3/68? (uncertain)
Mamas & the Papas - 1/13/67a, 6/18/67 (w/ Scott McKenzie)
Mance Lipscomb - 10/11-13/68
Maria Muldaur - 5/25/74, 6/20/74, 7/21/74
Marvin Gaye - 12/29/68
Mashmakhan - 7/1/70
Maya - 8/2-3/68
Michael Brody Jr. - 1/23/70
Mick Lampe - 10/18/68
Miles Davis Quintet - 4/9-12/70
Mint Tattoo - 11/15/68, 12/20-21/68
Mirrors - 6/17/75
Mobius Band - 4/11/67? (uncertain)
Moby Grape - 12/23-24/66, 12/29/66, 1/29/67, 2/12/67, 3/3/67, 3/5/67, 4/12/67, 4/3/68
Mocker Manor Blues Band - 10/6/66, 10/16/66? (uncertain)
Mongo Santamaria - 5/2-3/69
Morning Glory - 12/29/66, 2/22-24/68
Mother Earth - 9/22-23/67, 9/24/67, 4/3/68, 9/22/68
Mother Lode - 12/28/69
Mothers (of Invention) - 6/3-4/66, 3/22/69
Mount Rushmore - 7/6/67
Mount Rushmore - 7/6/67
Mountain - 8/16/69, 7/1/70, 4/24/71
Mourning Reign - 5/18/68
Mrs. Joseph P. Lacey III Jug Band – 10/16/66? (uncertain)
Muddy Waters - 5/23/69
Muff - 11/17/68? (uncertain)
Mungo Jerry - 5/24/70
Mystery Trend - 12/10/65, 1/14/66, 3/28-4/2/67
Mystics - 8/65
Necrophilanthropy - 4/26-28/68? (uncertain)
Neil Young (w/ Bob Dylan & members of the Band) - 3/23/75
Neophonic Symphony Orchestra - 5/7/72
Nervous System - 5/23/69
New Age (w/ Country Joe) - 1/14/67
New Brothers - 1/22/66
New Delhi River Band - 2/5/67? (uncertain), 7/2/67
New Generation - 4/30/67
New Generation Singers - 3/3/71
New Salvation Army Banned - 2/12/67
New Society Band - 3/22-23/70
New Tweedy Brothers - 6/10-11/66
Nigells - 7/18/67
Nighthawks – 5/3/70? (uncertain)
Noah's Ark - 12/28/69
Notary Sojac - 1/22/71
Notes from the Underground - 2/12/67
NRPS (New Riders of the Purple Sage) - 7/16/69, 8/20/69, 8/21/69, 8/29-30/69, 4/17-19/70, 5/1/70, 5/2/70, 5/3/70, 5/7/70, 5/8/70, 5/9/70, 5/14/70, 5/15/70, 6/4-7/70, 6/12-13/70, 6/21/70, 6/24/70, 6/27/70a, 7/4/70, 7/9-12/70, 7/14,16/70, 7/30-8/1/70, "8/5/70," 8/17-19/70, 8/28-29/70, 9/17-20/70, 9/25/70, 10/4-5/70, 10/23/70, 10/24/70, 10/30-31/70, 11/5-8/70, 11/9-10/70, 11/11-14/70, 11/16/70, 11/20/70, 11/21/70, 11/22/70, 11/23/70, 11/27/70, 11/29/70, 12/12/70, 12/21/70, 12/22/70, 12/23/70, 12/26-28/70, 12/31/70, 1/21/71, 1/22/71, 1/24/71, 2/18-24/71, 3/13/71, 3/14/71, 3/17-18/71, 3/20/71, 3/21/71, 4/4-6/71, 4/7-8/71, 4/10/71, 4/12/71, 4/13/71, 4/14/71, 4/15/71, 4/17/71, 4/18/71, 4/21/71, 4/22/71, 4/24/71, 4/25-29/71, 5/29-30/71, 7/2/71, 8/5-6/71, 8/7/71, 8/14-15/71, 10/19/71, 10/21-22/71, 10/23-24/71, 10/26/71, 10/27/71, 10/29/71, 10/30/71, 10/31/71, 11/11/71, 11/12/71, 11/14/71, 11/15/71, 11/17/71, 11/20/71, 12/1-2/71, 12/4-7/71, 12/9-10/71, 12/14-15/71, 12/31/71, 1/2/72, 3/5/72, 5/7/72, 5/23-26/72, 6/17/72, 8/25/72, 8/27/72, 10/9/72, 12/31/72, 2/19/73, 2/21-22/73, 2/28/73, 3/16/73, 3/19/73, 3/30/73, 3/31/73, 4/2/73, 5/20/73, 5/26/73, 6/8/74
Oliver - 9/1/69
Om - 10/14/67
Only Alternative & His Other Possibilities w/ Mimi Farina - 9/30/66, 10/2/66
Orkustra (aka Electric Chamber Orchestra) - 10/6/66, 1/1/67
Osceola - 12/19-21/69, 6/21/70
Other Side - 12/21/66
Otis Redding - 12/20/66
Otis Rush & His Chicago Blues Band - 2/24-26/67
Outfit - 5/19/66
Ox - 3/21/71
Oxford Circle - 9/11/66, 11/4-5/66
Oxfords - 12/7/68
Pacific Gas & Electric - 12/29/68
Painted Ship - 7/29-31/66, 7/13/67, 7/14-15/67?
Papa Bear's Medicine Show - 7/16/67a, 11/17/68
Palace Meat Market - 1/30/68, 5/30/69, 5/31/69
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - 10/7-9/66, 5/5/68, 12/29/68, 3/21-22/69, 12/28/69, 4/24/71
Paul Pena - 2/14-15/69
Paupers - 5/5-7/67
Peggy Emerson - 12/26-27/67
Pentangle - 2/27-3/2/69, 7/6/69
People - 5/18/68, 12/22/69
People's Revolutionary Concert Band - 6/27/70b
Petrus - 5/31-6/2/68, 6/2/68a
PH Factor Jug Band - 7/29-31/66, 1/29/68, 1/29/68, 1/30/68, 2/2-3/68
Phananganang - 6/21/70
Phoenix - 6/21/67, 7/21-22/67, 7/23/67, 9/22/68, 8/29-30/69
Pilfredge Sump - 1/23-24/70
P.M. Howard - 6/27/70b
Poco - 10/5/69
Popcorn Blizzard - 12/1/68
Potliquor - 9/1/69
Poverty's Temple - 7/18/67
Power - 6/16/67
Powers of Evil - 10/14/67
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - 8/30-9/1/68
Procol Harum - 11/27-28/68, 12/29/68
Project Hope - 5/29/67
Public Service Blues Band - 5/24-25/68
Pulse - 12/20-21/68
Quicksilver Messenger Service - 6/3-4/66, 6/10-11/66, 7/8-9/66, 8/26-27/66, 9/4/66, 10/8/66, 10/16/66, 10/31/66, 11/13/66, 11/20/66, 11/23/66, 12/28/66, 12/30-31/66, 1/14/67, 1/27-28/66, 2/5/67? (uncertain), 3/26/67, 4/8/67, 4/9/67, 4/12/67, 5/30/67, 6/21/67, 10/22/67, 10/31/67, 1/17/68, 1/26-27/68, 1/29/68, 1/30/68, 2/2-3/68, 2/4/68, 8/4/68, 9/22/68, 11/7-10/68, 12/31/68, 12/22/69, 2/20/70, 2/21/70, 2/22/70, 4/15/70, 6/12-13/70, 10/4-5/70
Quill - 8/16/69
Quintessence - 5/24/70
Randy Bachman - 7/1/70
Randy Burns & the Morning After – 5/3/70? (uncertain)
Rationals - 8/11-12/67
Ravi Shankar - 6/18/67
Red Mountain - 3/17/69
Real Thing - 5/20/67
Rejoice - 12/22/69
Rhythm Dukes - 12/19-21/69
Richie Havens - 6/1/67? (doubtful), 6/19/68, 12/29/68
River - 1/16/70
RJ Fox - 5/29-30/71
Road - 3/17/70
Roadrunners - 5/12/67
Robert Baker - 3/24-25/67
Robert Charlebois - 6/27/70a, 7/1/70
Roland Kirk - 4/20/69
Rowan Brothers - 7/2/71, 8/5-6/71, 10/28/72 (and other 10/72 shows?), 12/12/72
Roxy - 3/8/70, 8/28-29/70
Rubber Duck Company (with Tom Constanten) - 7/14,16/70
Rhythm Method Blues Band - 12/17/66
Sacred Mushroom - 11/30/68? (uncertain)
San Andreas Fault Finders - 10/1/66
Sandy Bull - 6/21/70
Sanpaku - 10/5/68, 4/4-5/69, 6/13/69, 8/20/69, 8/21/69
Santana - 3/20/68? (uncertain), 12/31/68, 1/17/69, 3/29/69, 5/11/69, 5/28/69, 8/16/69, 9/1/69, 2/4/70, 3/23/75
Savoy Brown - 6/20-21/69
Seance of Sound - 4/22-24/66
September Morn - 1/23-24/70
Seventh Sons - 6/14-15/68
Sha-Na-Na - 9/26-27/69
Shades of Joy - 2/27-28/69, 3/2/69, 3/3/71?
Si Potma - 6/27/70b
Sir Douglas Quintet - 1/14/67, 9/22/68? (uncertain), 2/27-28/69, 3/2/69, 7/4-5/69
Sly & the Family Stone - 2/12/67, 12/6/68, 8/16/69
Solid State - 7/2/67
Sons of Champlin - 6/28/67, 7/21-22/67, 9/29-30/67, 5/18/68, 8/30-9/1/68, 9/22/68, 1/24-26/69, 3/17/69, 10/24-26/69, 1/10/70
Sons of Champlin (reformed) - 12/11/72, 12/31/72, 3/15/73 (see also Yogi Phlegm)
Sopwith Camel - 8/19-20/66, 4/9/67
South Bay Experimental Flash - 10/31/69, 11/7-8/69
South Bound Freeway - 8/11-12/67
South Wind - 5/10/69
Southern Comfort - 6/4-7/70
Sparrow - 3/5/67
Spirit - 12/20-21/68, 1/2-5/69, 7/7/69
Spirit of Creation - 4/12/69
SRC - 4/25-26/69
Stephen Stills - 10/25/69
Stephen Stills - 10/25/69
Steppenwolf - 12/6/68, 12/29/68
Steve Miller Band - 12/23-24/66, 5/17-18/68, 5/18/68a, 9/20/68, 9/22/68? (uncertain), 5/16/70, 6/12-13/70
Stone the Crows - 4/9-12/70
Stoneground - 12/31/70
Stonehenge - 10/20/68, 12/7/68
Straight Funk - 3/3/71
Straight Funk - 3/3/71
Sufi Choir - 3/24/71
Sun and the Moon - 1/23-24/70
Sun Country - 5/24/69
Swamp Gas - 5/3/70
Sweetwater - 5/24/69, 12/28/69
Taj Mahal - 5/17-18/68, 8/23-24/68, 9/22/68, 2/5-8/70
Tarantula - 5/11/69
Take Five - 12/26-27/67
Ten Years After - 6/22/68
Terry Reid - 11/27-28/68
Thackeray Rocke - 6/22/68
Things To Come - 8/4/68
Tim Rose - 12/9-11/66
Time Machine - 7/16/67a
Tin Foil - 11/25/68
Tin Foil - 11/25/68
Tiny Tim - 3/25/66
Tom Rush - 7/1/70
Tower of Power - 3/23/75
Traffic - 5/24/70
TJ Transatlantic Railroad - 10/15/66
Transatlantic Railroad - 5/18/68 (the same band?)
Travel Agency - 1/17/69
Tribe - 7/11-12/69
Trod Tiger & the Tunafish – 5/3/70? (uncertain)
Turnquist Remedy - 12/13-14/68
Turtles - 10/5/68
Tyrannosaurus Rex - 9/1/69
UFO - 4/29/67
United Empire Loyalists - 8/5/66
United Flight Service - 9/9/67
Universal Parking Lot - 10/1/66
Unknown - 2/4/69
US Cadenza - 7/18/67
Valley Fever - 2/17/68
Vanguard - 3/3/71
Vanilla Fudge - 12/28/69
Velvet Hammer - 5/16/69
Velvet Underground - 2/7/69, 4/25-26/69
Vipers - 12/10/65
Virginians - 3/28-4/2/67? (uncertain)
Walrus - 7/1/70
Waters - 12/7/68
Waylon Jennings - 5/26/73
Wet Willie - 6/10/73
Whizbang - 9/1/69
Who - 6/18/67, 8/16/69
Wild Kingdom - 5/12/68
Wildflower - 5/19/66, 9/11/66, 10/6/66, 10/14/66, 10/16/66? (uncertain), 11/23/66, 1/1/67? (uncertain), 4/8/67, 5/?/67, 6/15/67, 7/23/67
Wildmouth - 5/24/70
Wildwood - 11/21/69
William Penn and His Pals - 8/65
Working Class - 7/12-13/68
Yellow Balloon - 4/30/67
Yellow Brick Road - 10/28/66
Yellow Brick Road - 10/28/66
Yellow Payges - 6/16/67
Yogi Phlegm - 12/31/71, 1/2/72, 3/5/72 (see also Sons of Champlin)
Young Rascals - 6/28/67
Youngbloods - 4/3/68, 5/18/68, 7/14/68, 9/22/68, 10/5/68, 5/3/69a, 5/24/69, 5/29/69, 9/1/69
Zephyr - 7/3/69, 12/26/69
SPOKEN WORD - POETRY - THEATER - ETC.
Al & Suzette Bridges - 11/17/68
Allen Ginsberg - 1/14/67, 1/29/67
American Indian Dancers - 3/3/71
Bill Bissett - 7/31/66
Billy Graham - 12/28/69
Black Arts West & Ed Bullins - 5/19/66
Buddha - 1/1/67, 1/14/67
Chimpanzee Act - 11/21/70
Chimpanzee Act - 11/21/70
Committee - 10/2/66
Congress of Wonders - 10/1-2/66, 7/21-22/67
Cream Farewell Concert (film) - 5/10/69
Don Duncan - 10/8/66
Don Hamrick - 2/19/69
East Bay Sharks - 6/21/70
East Bay Sharks - 6/21/70
Ed Keating - 10/8/66
Gestalt Fool Theatre Family - 3/3/71
Hog Farm (with Wavy Gravy) - 12/1/68, 8/16/69, 4/3/70, 5/3/70, 6/21/70
Huey Newton - 3/3/71
Jim Rinehart - 2/27/69
Joe McCord ("Rubber Duck") - 10/2-4/69, 2/27-3/1/70, 11/23/70 (possibly)
Kailas Shugendo - 3/24/71
Kathleen Cleaver - 3/3/71
Ken Kesey - 10/1/66, 10/5/69, 4/3/70
Larry Hankin - 5/5/68
Mark Lane - 11/4/68
Larry Hankin - 5/5/68
Mark Lane - 11/4/68
Michael McClure - 5/19/66, 7/31/66, 1/14/67, 3/5/67
Mimes with Michael - 12/22-24/67
Paul Krassner - 1/1/67
Pit River tribe members - 6/21/70
Proposition - 12/31/69
Psychedelic Experience (film) - 3/3/66
Stokely Carmichael - 11/20/66
Straight Theater Company/Straight Theater Dancers - 6/15/67
Sufi dervish dancers - 3/24/71
Swami Bhaktivedanta - 1/29/67
Terence Hallinan - 11/4/68
Terence Hallinan - 11/4/68
Timothy Leary - 1/14/67, 1/20/67, 9/24/67, 5/23/69? (uncertain)
Unknown Poet - 9/29/67
Yogi Bhajan - 3/24/71
(Other speakers from 1/14/67 & 3/23/75 not included here.)
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APPENDIX
There are some shows I didn’t include here, for various reasons. A non-inclusive list:
2/15/68 – State Prison, San Quentin
Garcia, Weir & Hart jammed with Nick Gravenites, Jack Casady, and members of Country Joe & the Fish and Phoenix. Not on the list, though, since it appears none of the full bands played. Consider it an outdoor Carousel jam.
3/18/68 – Green Street, San Francisco
The Dead were to play after Creedence Clearwater Revival in an impromptu street performance for KMPX strikers, but the police quickly shut it down. It’s uncertain whether the Dead actually got to play, but the Chronicle stated they didn’t.
9/1/68 – Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
It’s unknown whether the Dead played this four-day festival, as listed in Deadbase. They were originally scheduled for the 2nd, but flew up to Washington instead. If they did play earlier, I don’t know which bands they played with.
10/8-10/68 - The Matrix
Elvin Bishop Group (with the Hartbeats)
10/29-31/68 - The Matrix
Crome Syrcus (with the Hartbeats)
10/8-10/68 - The Matrix
Elvin Bishop Group (with the Hartbeats)
10/29-31/68 - The Matrix
Crome Syrcus (with the Hartbeats)
2/24/69 – The Matrix
Frumious Bandersnatch (with the Hartbeats)
8/24/69 – Golden Gate Park
A free show with Shiva Fellowship & speaker Steven Gaskin was announced in the Express-Times, but it’s unlikely the Dead made it back to San Francisco in time.
8/28/69 – Family Dog
An unbilled Hartbeats show. Per a witness, the New Riders and Commander Cody may have opened as on the 29th-30th, but this is unconfirmed.
9/7/69 – Family Dog
A rock-oldies jam circulates with members of the Dead & Hot Tuna, but it’s not even known whether the full Dead played, let alone what other bands.
11/23/69 – Boston Music Hall
With Country Joe & the Fish, Pacific Gas & Electric – the show occurred, but one witness says the Youngbloods replaced the Dead.
11/15/70 – Washington Avenue Armory, Albany NY
With Pacific Gas & Electric and the Buddy Miles Express. The Dead were present, but left after a bomb threat and payment dispute with the promoter, so the other bands played without them.
9/3-4/71 – Harding Theater, San Francisco
Planned benefits with Shades of Joy and Howard Wales. Almost certainly not played, since there’s no trace of these shows.
