Dave, I have come around to the view that the Dead's set must have been on Sunday 6/16.
As you note, the NYT of 6/16/68 contains contradictory information about the date of this. An article says the rock session (including GD) will take place "tomorrow", i.e., on Monday, 6/17. But a display ad on p. 52 says it'll be Sunday 6/16 at 3 p.m. I would almost always go with the article against the ad (which, generally, would have been drawn much earlier). But I don't in this case. The idea of them staying over Monday and missing a billed gig at the Carousel --and what of that conflict?-- seems less plausible than that some copy was prepared saying "tomorrow" that didn't make it to the 6/15 evening edition, showed up in the 6/16 morning edition, but wasn't updated to say "today". OCYMMV. On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM, David Sorochty <[email protected]>wrote: > > The Dead's appearance was at Daytop Village, which is at 450 Dayview Ave. > on Staten Island - not the Village Gate. > > A jazz session which did not include the Dead, that was also part of the > benefit took place at the Village Gate. > > Please use this updated entry: > > Band Grateful Dead > Venue Daytop Village > Location Staten Island, NY > Date 6/17/68 - Monday > Comments > Afternoon concert to benefit Daytop Village, a drug rehab center. The > festival tool place over several days and was held at two locations (the > grounds of the center at 450 Dayview Avenue, Staten Island, NY. as well as > the Village Gate in Manhattan). An ad in an underground newspaper listed > the Dead playing on Sunday the 16th, but an article in the New York Times > (June 16, 1968, pg. 58, "4-DAY MUSIC FETE AIDS EX-ADDICTS") says they were > playing Monday the 17th. The festival on the 17th had a Latin session > (Lebron Brothers, Ray Barretto, and Johnny Pachero) followed by a rock > session (Grateful Dead, Kenny Rankin, Jeremy Satyra, Mother and the All > Night Newsboys, and The Children of God). Both the Latin and rock sessions > were at Daytop on Staten Island. Part of the festival on the 17th included > an evening jazz session at the Village Gate in Manhattan, which the Dead > did not perform at. > Download Sources > Recordings > Contributors David Sorochty , Joe Jupille , Ihor Slabicky > Caretaker David Sorochty email update > > >
