Musicians Jerry Garcia - electric guitar, vocals Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals John Kahn - electric bass Bill Kreutzmann - drums Martin Fierro - saxophone, flute Guests Snooky Flowers (partial show) - baritone saxiphone
Complete Show: I Second That Emotion , Expressway (To Your Heart) , Sitting In Limbo [1] , Neighbor Neighbor [1] , La-La , Mystery Train [1] , How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [1] With Snooky Flowers on baritone saxiphone Title Benefit for the People's Ballroom

- Attendance estimates range from 7,000-7,500. We follow Nick in placing guest Snooky Flowers on Limbo, Neighbor, and Mystery Train, but wonder if he was also on La-La?
- listing: [silent] "Music Around the Bay (Kool, Grits and Raw Soul)," San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 1974, p. 50: says "Grits, Raw Soul & Steamin' Freeman tomorrow afternoon [i.e., Sat 8/31], Elvis Duck, Heritage, Me & Clover at the same time Sunday [i.e., Sunday 9/1]; Marx Meadows, Golden Gate Park (free, but 75 cents donation requested)". So Garcia wasn't announced in the Sunday Chronicle.