How bout some cookin' music, you know what I mean?
June 12, 2016 1:57 PM   Subscribe

On the evening of September 15th, 1976, Jerry Garcia Band played on the ferry S.S. Duchess in New York Harbor. The show was part of a fund raiser for Hell's Angels president Sonny Barger, who was incarcerated at the time. Bo Diddley and Elephants Memory also played. While memories of the evening are spotty amongst attendees, this incredible footage survives.
posted by stinkfoot (11 comments total) 18 users marked this as a favorite
 
A few more pictures and anecdotes here.
posted by stinkfoot at 2:02 PM on June 12, 2016


A lot of footage of this was in the movie Hell's Angels Forever, IIRC.
posted by jonmc at 2:10 PM on June 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Who is the female singer?
posted by ackptui at 2:46 PM on June 12, 2016


Argh... No one saw fit to film Bo Diddley's performance?
posted by quartzcity at 2:50 PM on June 12, 2016


That would be Donna Godchaux.
posted by talking leaf at 2:50 PM on June 12, 2016


She got bumped from the band but she did get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
posted by bukvich at 2:56 PM on June 12, 2016


Argh... No one saw fit to film Bo Diddley's performance?

It's in the aforementioned movie, dude. (footage here)
posted by jonmc at 3:10 PM on June 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Love seeing that Travis Bean guitar. My favourite post-strat Jerry tone.
posted by Lorin at 3:11 PM on June 12, 2016 [1 favorite]


Cool post, and nice footage.

The event was called The Pirates Ball.

Here are some first hand (and second hand) recollections of the event from people who were there or knew people who went:

http://www.rukind.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5726

Here are the flyer and the ticket for the show.
posted by mosk at 3:39 PM on June 12, 2016 [2 favorites]


Ooh, sweet sounds brightening a gloomy winter afternoon. Thanks for posting.
posted by valetta at 9:35 PM on June 12, 2016


Is the noose supposed to be a 1984 reference?
posted by ArticTusk at 6:18 PM on June 13, 2016


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