Musicians John Dawson - acoustic guitar, vocals Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar Mickey Hart - drums Bob Matthews - bass David Nelson - electric guitar
Guests Bob Weir (partial show) - guitar, vocals
Garcia also appeared with Mickey and the Hartbeats at this show
Complete Release
Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (missing The Weight)
Time
8:30 PM
Complete Set: Six Days On the Road , I Am Your Man , Last Lonely Eagle , Whatcha Gonna Do , Mama Tried [1] , Cathy's Clown [1][2] , Old Old House [1][3] , Me And My Uncle [1] , Seasons Of My Heart [1][4] , Slewfoot [1][5] , The Weight [1] [1] With Bob Weir on guitar and vocals [2] First known performance (by NRPS) last known performance on 1969-06-11 by Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck [3] Only known performance (by NRPS) last known performance on 1969-06-20 by GD [4] First known performance (by NRPS) last known performance on 1969-08-02 by GD [5] Only known performance (by NRPS) last known performance on 1969-08-02 by GD
- recollection from hard2Handle on dead.net entry for this show "Remember a pick-up band of GD/NRPS that invited Bobby to sit in. He did Mama Tried". The release reveals that Bobby Ace joined the Riders for Mama Tried, Cathy's Clown, Old Old House, MAMU, Seasons and Slewfoot.
- There had been speculation that it was afternoon, but the evidence is not really consistent with that. Instead, it was probably 8/28/69 in the evening. Terry Nails: "As far as the issue of bands jamming during the day at the Playland location goes, it did happen, but not that often and it was never announced to the public. Most of the ones I remember took place after we were done with the Common meetings. I also remember that some bands would occasionally rehearse there as well."