Set 1:
China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Jack Straw , Wave That Flag , Looks Like Rain , Ramble On Rose , Box Of Rain , Beat It On Down The Line , They Love Each Other , El Paso , Row Jimmy , Mexicali Blues , Bird Song , Playing In The Band
Set 2:
Promised Land > Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told , Loser , Big River , Don't Ease Me In , Me And My Uncle , Dark Star > Truckin' > Morning Dew , Sugar Magnolia
Also Appearing
New Riders of the Purple Sage
comments on opener from lostlivedead "The Grateful Dead had been booked for March 15, 16 and 19 at the Nassau Coliseum. Their scheduled opening act was their Marin County compatriots The Sons Of Champlin, who had recently released an album on Columbia as well (the great Welcome To The Dance). However, after the first night, the Sons found out that the entire family of bassist David Schallock had been murdered, in a terrible tragedy. The Sons all rushed home. Who filled in as the Dead's opening act? Well, apparently the New Riders played with the Dead the other two nights (there's even a tape of March 19)."
The first two shows sold out by word of mouth in two-and-a-half hours, and at one point Ticketron moved 6,000 tickets in 31 minutes (Grissim 1973). This led to addition of the third show on the 19th.
- Weather
- High: 62.9 °F
- Low: 46.1 °F
- Feels Like High: 62.9 °F
- Feels Like Low: 42.6 °F
- Wind Speed: 13.9 mph
- Humidity: 82.4 %
- Moonphase: 0.42
- Precipitation: 0.17 in. (rain)
- Cloudy skies throughout the day with late afternoon rain.
- Show Certainty Confirmed
- Setlist Certainty Confirmed
- Sellout Yes
- In Attendance 6000