09-07-1969

Family Dog at the Great Highway

San Francisco, California

At the Family Dog, the Dead and Jefferson Airplane got together for a loose jam session in front of an audience. Details are sketchy on this one, as David Gans makes clear in the last track of this Grateful Dead Hour broadcast. But you don’t need the details to enjoy this fun as hell rarity. The highlight of it all is Safari’s Wipe Out. That tune gets started after Jerry asks the audience for a request. When the drummers hear someone call out “Wipe Out,” they charge off after it, followed closely behind by the rest of the boys, including Jerry wailing some Dick Dale style riffs. Enjoy the entire set – including the proto-punk Twist And Shout and Peggy Sue – and just smile at the idea that this little jam session went down.

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Identifier:
gd69-09-07.sbd.dfinney.5808.sbeok.shnf
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Soundboard
Notes:
Grateful Dead with members of Jefferson Airpane (definitely Jorma, Jack, and Joey Covington, who handles some vocals). Baby What You Want Me To Do is also known as Peepin & Hidin. The drummers start Wipe Out (apparently also sometimes referred to as “Pipeline”) in response to a request from the audience for “Wipe Out.”
Description:
Peggy Sue, That’ll Be The Day, Johnny B. Goode, Peepin & Hidin, Wipe Out Jam > Big RR Blues, Louie Louie > Twist & Shout > Blue Moon
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Deadhead Hour pre-FM
Transferrer:
David Finney
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Peggy Sue
03:32
2
That;ll Be the Day
03:55
3
Jounny B. Goode
03:50
4
Baby What You Want Me to Do
04:45
5
Wipe Out
04:14
6
Big Railroad Blues
01:20
7
Louie Louie
02:47
8
Twist and Shout
01:22
9
Blue Moon
01:55
10
David Gans Speaks
00:32
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4 responses to “09-07-1969”

  1. Joe Scavone Avatar
    Joe Scavone

    Jorma is singing Baby what you want me to do.

  2. Greg Bogard Avatar
    Greg Bogard

    WHO is Jorma?

  3. Blind1 Avatar
    Blind1

    Jorma Kaukonen of the Jefferson Airplane.

  4. Americal1970 Avatar
    Americal1970

    Three days before I was inducted.

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