Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals

John Kahn - electric bass

Merl Saunders - keyboards, synthesizers, vocals

Ron Stallings - saxophone, vocals

Gaylord Birch - drums, vocals

Ed Neumeister - trombone

Guest Musicians unidentified-(partial show) - vocals

Set 1:

Another Star [1] , Do I Move You [1][2] , Long Train Running [3] , Linda Chicana [3] , I Just Wanna Stop [3] > Welcome To The Basement [3]

Set 2:

Nessa [3] , Lovely Night For Dancing [3] , It Ain't No Use [4] , Soul Roach [5] , Let's Go Get Stoned [3]

[1] First known performance last known performance on 1978-10-03 by Merl Saunders Band as guest

[2] With unidentified-19790130-01 on vocals

[3] First known performance

[4] First known performance (by Reconstruction) last known performance on 1978-10-28 by JGB

[5] First known performance (by Reconstruction) last known performance on 1975-07-06 by LOM

John Kahn formed Reconstruction in early 1979 around Jerry Garcia and a quartet of jazz players. It’s possible that the initial intention was not to include Garcia as a permanent member. However, by the time they started to perform in January 1979, Jerry was in. This limited performances to when the Grateful Dead were off the road. On a couple of occasions, they attempted to sub Jerry Miller on guitar, but the crowds expected to see Garcia each time. Reconstruction played just over fifty shows during 1979—all on the west coast.