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    journeybear
    14 years 3 months ago
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    I don't remember how I heard about this show. I hitchhiked up from New Haven with a friend who was going to go to Wesleyan in the fall. Maybe he got word somehow. Anyway, I heard they had a day off and wanted to play somewhere. I mostly remember how casual the whole thing was - they just set up on the grass. Very cool to be that close to them. Pig Pen really rocked, a force of nature. Yeah, I'm sure any tape of this show would be rough, but I'd love to hear it. I think this was just the second time I saw them, the first being Montreal Expo 8/6/67 with Jefferson Airplane, a mind-blowing thrill. furthering mandolin consciousness
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    Cryptical70
    15 years 8 months ago
    This show was recorded from
    This show was recorded from the audience. A tape has surfaced, which was apparently some kind of sociology class project. While the recording might seem unlistenable to some ears, I actually find it quite fascinating, and extremely enjoyable.
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    James M Jerge
    17 years 1 month ago
    show- May 3, 1970
    Wrong city - this is actually the date of the outdoor show at the practice fields (Field House) at Wesleyan University (Barlow's alma mater?) in Middletown, Conneticut. I know because it was the first show I ever saw. NRPS (with Jerry on pedal steel), then acoustic set (great Black Peter), then electric set. Not more than 2 or 3 thousand in attendance. It was great and I was hooked
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Submitted by Jonathan Lane on
also: NRPS
setlist
Workin' Man Blues
I Don't Know You
Last Lonely Eagle
Truck Drivin' Man
Fair Chance To Know

Me And My Uncle
New Speedway Boogie
Drums > Good Lovin' > Drums > Jam > Good Lovin'
Dire Wolf
Don't Ease Me In
Turn On Your Lovelight > The Main Ten Jam > Uncle John's Band > Turn On Your Lovelight
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Submitted by James M Jerge on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 13:15

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Wrong city - this is actually the date of the outdoor show at the practice fields (Field House) at Wesleyan University (Barlow's alma mater?) in Middletown, Conneticut. I know because it was the first show I ever saw. NRPS (with Jerry on pedal steel), then acoustic set (great Black Peter), then electric set. Not more than 2 or 3 thousand in attendance. It was great and I was hooked
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Submitted by Cryptical70 on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 09:12

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This show was recorded from the audience. A tape has surfaced, which was apparently some kind of sociology class project. While the recording might seem unlistenable to some ears, I actually find it quite fascinating, and extremely enjoyable.
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Submitted by journeybear on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 07:35

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I don't remember how I heard about this show. I hitchhiked up from New Haven with a friend who was going to go to Wesleyan in the fall. Maybe he got word somehow. Anyway, I heard they had a day off and wanted to play somewhere. I mostly remember how casual the whole thing was - they just set up on the grass. Very cool to be that close to them. Pig Pen really rocked, a force of nature. Yeah, I'm sure any tape of this show would be rough, but I'd love to hear it. I think this was just the second time I saw them, the first being Montreal Expo 8/6/67 with Jefferson Airplane, a mind-blowing thrill. furthering mandolin consciousness
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Submitted by stillalive on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 08:00

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They showed up late and the Hog Farm was handing out balls of brown rice. Someone else was handing out little purple pills. I got on stage with the Intergalactic kazoo band before the dead arrived. Lots of fun until the stage dissolved! At some point towards the end of the show some guy climbed way up in a pine tree and lit a candle. I always wondered if that's where the lyric "some folks up in tree tops" came from. That was also the day of the Bobby seal protests in New Haven and a bunch of people who were tear gassed in New Haven got help cleaning their eyes out. I was still in high school
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Submitted by journeybear on Sat, 11/14/2020 - 18:38

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If you go to the blog I mention, you'll see a photo of a bunch of people up in a tree - not a pine tree - enjoying the show.

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Submitted by journeybear on Sat, 11/14/2020 - 18:36

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The above is how this show should be listed. It was outdoors, not in the field house, with the stage at the bottom of a hill and the audience sitting on the slope of the hill. Also note the date should be May 3, 1970, not May 2, 1970.

There is a lengthy article about this and related matters at this blog, which was published February 2, 2013. There are quotes there from various sources, including us here - even me: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2013/02/may-3-1970-wesleyan-university.h…

In the body of the article is a link to 61 photos from the show. Mostly of the crowd, but also several of the band. I don't know how to add photos here or I would - though not all 61: http://cespurgeon.com/photos/picture.php?/1253/category/12

There is also a link to an online archive featuring an audio tape of the acoustic set, four songs. There seems to be some disagreement about the provenance of this recording. The writer of the blog says it is inaccurately attributed to the show at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, May 9. 1970. However, none of these songs are included in the set list for this show as noted here and at setlist.com, which are in complete agreement. I hope someone can confirm which account is true. Here is the link:

https://archive.org/details/gd70-05-09.sbd.cotsman.9770.sbeok.shnf/gd70…

PS: It seems the date on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute show is incorrect as well. It should be May 9, 1970.

Thanks in advance to whomever makes the noted corrections. This way, it won't be a thankless task.