They featured no less than five lead singers, Stoneground was put togetherįrom various defunct Bay Area outfits, and played a lively kind of That was backed by KSAN chief Tom Donahue. Stoneground was a San Francisco-based group Show seems to have been a much smaller production than previous years,Īnd indeed, quite different than any New Year's which followed. Were now big enough to headline Winterland on their own. Pregnant Grace Slick, but with two hit albums under their belt the Dead The Jefferson Airplane were off the road, due to a very The Grateful Dead had played Boston, while the Jefferson Airplane hadįor New Year's Eve 1970, the Dead returned home to headline Quicksilver, and supported by Its A Beautiful Day and Santana. Played New Year's again in 1968 at Winterland, sharing the bill with

The Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Grateful Dead had played The Fillmore in 1966, sharing the bill with Grateful Dead/New Riders of The Purple Sage and assorted friends/Stonegroundįrom 1966 through 1969, Bill Graham had had legendary New Year'sĮve events at the Fillmore, Fillmore West and Winterland, that were Rather, this post isĪbout considering the organization of the events themselves. Well-documented, so I won't comment on them here. Performances of the Dead on these dates are well-known and This post is an overview of theĬonfiguration of each Grateful Dead New Year's Eve concert from 1970 toġ979, with respect to the schedule and the opening acts. These all-night affairs were somewhat scaledĭown as the 70s started, and by the end of the decade, the Dead were When the Grateful Dead had played New Year's Eve concerts in Sanįrancisco in the 1960s, they had been part of legendary bills that supposedly The 2003 video of the 1978 New Year's Eve concert, Closing Of Winterland

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