| Identifier | 175662 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | Shn |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Source Info | Soundboard source - no further pedigree available |
| J-Card Comment | Grateful Dead Monday, December 16th, 1968 The Matrix, San Francisco, CA Soundboard source - no further pedigree available Disc 1: 1. Jam One Disc 2: 1. Jam Two 2. Jam Three This show billed as "Mickey and the Heartbeats". Bobby and Pigpen weren't present Jam One is with Jack Casady and Spencer Dryden. Jam Two is with Jack Casady and David Getz. This contains a lengthy "The Creator Has a Master Plan" theme and has references to Dark Star, Clementine, and China Cat Sunflower. Jam Three is with Harvey Mandel and George Chambers. |
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Performance
| Garcia 1968-12-16 The Matrix, San Francisco, CA | |
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| Set 1 | Jam (1) [41:54] |
| Set 2 | Jam (2) [39:23 |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Thejerrysite.com: "It's worth noting that at the prior incarnation of this lineup, in October 1968, the "group" was billed as "Jerry Garcia and Friends" and the name "Mickey Hart And The Hartbeats" comes from some onstage banter by Garcia, and no one had thought twice about how the name should be spelled." Deadlists.com: The tapes circulating with this date are from a "Heartbeats" show, without Bobby and Pigpen. (1) with Jack Casady and Spencer Dryden. (2) with Jack Casady and David Getz. This contains a lengthy "The Creator Has a Master Plan" theme and has references to Dark Star, Clementine, and China Cat Sunflower. An extensive search through the old San Francisco Chronicle newspapers failed to turn up any evidence of this event - no advertisements, no announcements in the "on the town" column etc. Bill Gadsden said he copied from Peter Abram "two reels with 45 minutes apiece of Garcia, Spencer Dryden, Cassady, Getz, etc from 12/16/68". A third jam has previously circulated as "Set 3" of this date, but Bill says that it's "with Harvey Mandel from 12/24/68". |