Notes:
final/last "Mona": 03-25-72 [1309]
Set List:
Sugar MagnoliaSugaree
Walkin' Blues
Althea
Masterpiece
Candyman
Cassidy
Touch of Grey
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Samson and Delilah
Ship of Fools
Iko Iko
Hey Bo Diddley
Mona
drums
space
The Wheel
I Need a Miracle
Wharf Rat
Good Lovin'
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Comments
Bye Bill
Sugar Mag, Bill's favorite. They rocked it out like I have never seen before. All their emotions went into it.
Sad show. Everybody was wearing black armbands as I recall.
I made him a margarita once at the Warfield (bartended there) and we rapped a bit.
He also cussed me out at Laguna Seca...long story
My first backstage pass!
The boys did a sound check with about 12 of us standing in front of the stage. It was The Weight and Attics. I thought that would happen with every pass that followed, but no. That was unique.
Down in flames and up in smoke
The Oakland hills had been burned up and "Killer" piloted Bills chopper right into the extra high power tower out on hiway 37. The wreckage hung up there for a few days as it was lights out for hundreds of thousands of bay area residents. Melissa, Steve and "Uncle Bobo" were gone. He hated being called Uncle Bobo. There was no shortage of tears in the house but especially backstage. David Graham took the stage prior to the show starting and everyone with a lighter or match who could stand lit their flames as he told us how much Bill loved us all. No other promoter in the world cared as much about the patrons as Bill Graham. Thank you uncle Wolfgang! (His birth name)
Guests!
Santana and Gary Duncan came out on Mona as a tribute to Bill.
Also...
...they omitted the Sunsine Daydream part of Sugar Mag (reportedly Bill Graham's favorite Dead tune). It was completed the following week at the Bill Graham Memorial Concert in Golden Gate Park, which I, unfortunatley, could not attend.
hornsby
after the iko-mona jam on stage were four monster guitarist of the 60's san francisco seen Santana,Duncan,Weir,Garcia as they fade to the next song any one of them could take the lead but no, young Hornsby takes a lead. Not on his beautiful grand piano but on the casio keyboard on top of his steinway. Hard to listen to after the monster jam preceeding.