• Academy of Music - March 25, 1972
    Hell's Angels party/benefit - also: Bo Diddley - first set with Bo Diddley - "Unknown" is a blues number - Donna Godchaux's first official appearance as a member of the Grateful Dead - first "Hey Bo Diddley" - final "Mannish Boy" - only "Take It Off" - first "Mona" - only "Wo Wow Hey Hey" - only "Pollution" - only "Eighteen Children" - only "Are You Lonely For Me" - only "How Sweet It Is"

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  • Hey Bo Diddiey
    I'm A Man
    Jam
    Take it Off
    Mona

    How Sweet It Is
    Are You Lonely For Me
    Next Time You See Me
    Brown Eyed Women
    Smokestack Lightning
    Top Of The World
    Sugaree
    Looks Like Rain
    Bertha
    Mr. Charlie
    Playing in the Band
    Good Lovin'
    Turn On Your Lovelight


    03-26-72 Academy of Music, New York, NY

    Greatest Story Ever Told
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Chinatown Shuffle
    Black Throated Wind
    You Win Again
    Mr. Charlie
    Jack Straw
    Loser
    Looks Like Rain
    Big Railroad Blues
    Big Boss Man
    Playing in the Band

    Truckin'
    drums
    The Other One
    Me and My Uncle
    The Other One
    Wharf Rat
    Not Fade Away
    Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
    Not Fade Away

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    rocknreel
    13 years 2 months ago
    Garcia and friends
    Great great night. Angels were everywhere, but no prob. It was really Pigpen's night- the bikers loved him and he tore the place down. The balcony was shaking like it would collapse. Orange barrels didn't help at that particular moment. What a classic run of shows at the Academy. I saw 4 of them- that was when I really got on the bus. By this time next year ('73) the Dead were out of the theaters and into the stadiums on the East Coast, for the most part.
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    ratdoug
    14 years ago
    1st Show
    New York City...dozens of choppers...The Hell's Angels...this was the tune up run just prior to what we now know as Europe '72. Bo Diddley comes out with The Dead as his backup band. This was a crazy night. I seem to remember this may have been Donna Jean's initial appearance with the band. Pig Pen was on stage singing and playing organ...why? "...cause Mr. Charlie told me so."
  • Easywind54
    16 years 1 month ago
    Rember this show extremely
    Rember this show extremely well, and yep, was a Hells Angels Benefit. A close friend in the music business got me 6 tickets for 1st Row Dead Center. March 20th, just five days earlier was my 18th birthday, and this was his birthday gift to me. Jerry on Steel Pedel during Looks Like Rain was beautiful. During "Brown Eyed Woman" I was dancing and smiling ear to ear, being only a few feet from Jerry. He looked at me dancing, right in my eyes, smiled back with a huge grin, and went off on break. Was one of those very special moments in my 24 years of seeing the dead. Lord I miss him. Love -EW
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Hell's Angels party/benefit - also: Bo Diddley - first set with Bo Diddley - "Unknown" is a blues number - Donna Godchaux's first official appearance as a member of the Grateful Dead - first "Hey Bo Diddley" - final "Mannish Boy" - only "Take It Off" - first "Mona" - only "Wo Wow Hey Hey" - only "Pollution" - only "Eighteen Children" - only "Are You Lonely For Me" - only "How Sweet It Is"
setlist
Hey Bo Diddiey
I'm A Man
Jam
Take it Off
Mona

How Sweet It Is
Are You Lonely For Me
Next Time You See Me
Brown Eyed Women
Smokestack Lightning
Top Of The World
Sugaree
Looks Like Rain
Bertha
Mr. Charlie
Playing in the Band
Good Lovin'
Turn On Your Lovelight


03-26-72 Academy of Music, New York, NY

Greatest Story Ever Told
Cold Rain and Snow
Chinatown Shuffle
Black Throated Wind
You Win Again
Mr. Charlie
Jack Straw
Loser
Looks Like Rain
Big Railroad Blues
Big Boss Man
Playing in the Band

Truckin'
drums
The Other One
Me and My Uncle
The Other One
Wharf Rat
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
Not Fade Away
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tj crowley i see there's a poster for the gig (which i've never seen - and i collected poster's) but i recall the show was announced as 'hell's angels benefit w/ jarry garcia and friends' no mention of the dead or diddley
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this was an extra added show billed as Jerry Garcia and friends.It was supposed to be a legal benefit for A Hells Angels defense fund or something. The curtain went up and Bo Diddley was on first, backed up by the Dead.This was a Saturday night I think and I went down in the afternoon to try to get a ticket. I payed a scalper $10 for a $5.50 ticket.
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Rember this show extremely well, and yep, was a Hells Angels Benefit. A close friend in the music business got me 6 tickets for 1st Row Dead Center. March 20th, just five days earlier was my 18th birthday, and this was his birthday gift to me. Jerry on Steel Pedel during Looks Like Rain was beautiful. During "Brown Eyed Woman" I was dancing and smiling ear to ear, being only a few feet from Jerry. He looked at me dancing, right in my eyes, smiled back with a huge grin, and went off on break. Was one of those very special moments in my 24 years of seeing the dead. Lord I miss him. Love -EW
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New York City...dozens of choppers...The Hell's Angels...this was the tune up run just prior to what we now know as Europe '72. Bo Diddley comes out with The Dead as his backup band. This was a crazy night. I seem to remember this may have been Donna Jean's initial appearance with the band. Pig Pen was on stage singing and playing organ...why? "...cause Mr. Charlie told me so."
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Great great night. Angels were everywhere, but no prob. It was really Pigpen's night- the bikers loved him and he tore the place down. The balcony was shaking like it would collapse. Orange barrels didn't help at that particular moment. What a classic run of shows at the Academy. I saw 4 of them- that was when I really got on the bus. By this time next year ('73) the Dead were out of the theaters and into the stadiums on the East Coast, for the most part.