The rarest of all possible Phils: playing a Fender in the Jerry Band. This was 6/26/81 at the Warfield, and this (and the previous night) were the only gigs that Phil did with Jerry Band; John Kahn was absent, and Corey from Lost Live Dead may know why. (Don’t worry: the band did have a drug dealer amongst its members even without Kahn’s presence.)
It sounded like this:
I seem to recall you are not a Jerry Band fan, or that you don’t usually spend your listening time there when there’s so much Grateful Dead to hear. So, thank you for indulging the rest of us with this link.
This looks like Fairfax Pavilion Aug 22 1981. Phil played the Warfield (and two other dates) in June because Kahn was in Europe with his son, but why Kahn couldn’t play Fairfax is obscure.
http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2016/08/june-26-1981-fox-warfield-theatre-san.html
This isn’t the warfield look at the backdrop. This is the fabled Fairfax pavilion show that effectively occurred in a charming ymca basketball court by Peri park. This is where the craft fair, town council meetings and the brew fest occur in Fairfax ca. But it’s really a municipal basketball court from the 50s/60s and this must have been a legendary night in the old hometown. I think they did one other night w/Phil at the warfield.