Jerry Garcia & Emmons 50 years ago

Gary Schwartz · Post by **Gary Schwartz** » 14 Oct 2021 4:14 pm

Jerry Garcia on October 19, 1971 - 50 years ago! The Grateful Dead and The New Riders of the Purple Sage played at Northrup Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus that day. My brother got in early and took photos of the Dead crew setting up and the bands during sound check. At one point, early on that afternoon, Garcia was the only one on stage tuning up his Emmons steel. Photo by Denny Schwartz.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 16 Oct 2021 11:07 am

apparently Buddy Cage talked him into getting an Emmons. this photo is from Copenhagen 1972.

(these posts could probably be merged with the current Jerry Garcia thread we've got going. or not

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Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 16 Oct 2021 12:22 pm

The first time I saw him play the Emmons was at The Fillmore West in San Francisco. He played it with the Rowan Brothers, then with the New Riders, and the Dead was the headliner. A whole night of Jerry. It don't get much better than that.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 16 Oct 2021 1:46 pm

Was listening to Working Man's Dead today on Dwight's Bakersfield Beat on Sirius, such great steel from Jerry!