Since the topic is Jerry Show as opposed to Dead Show, I'll offer two (though I guess neither is technically a Jerry Show either)- one with Jerry, one without:
1. March 1974 I drove up from L.A. to the Bay Area for the Sound Check at the Cow Palace (official unveiling of the Wall of Sound). A night or two before, my friends and I went to the Keystone Berkeley to catch the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Buddy Cage had long since replaced Jerry on Pedal Steel. As the second set was getting under way, Jerry jumped up on stage (I believe with Alligator, IIRC) and played guitar the rest of the night. When the show was over, as the crowd was milling about, I looked up from my seat (we had arrived early and had a table), and standing right there in front of me was Jerry. I shook his hand and thanked him for all the wonderful music I'd heard him play over the years. My buddy asked if he was going to get stoned. Jerry smiled, said you know it! and was off.
2. On a highlight day of my life, Melvin Seals and JGB played my wedding in 2001. (A buddy was their guitar player that year). I got to jam with them.
James: The New Years show 1979-1980 was at the Oakland Auditorium Arena (later named Kaiser Auditorium). New Years 1978-1979 was at Winterland. Both great shows.
Bill, tgo
(Message edited by lbpesq on January 05, 2008)
