By all accounts, he was a shy, nice person and no Dead members were much interested in publicly discussing in detail their musical frustrations with him, not wanting to speak ill of the dead. Keith's tragic death in an automobile accident on Jput a pall over his departure. It was clear that they would have been pushed out if they hadn't left of their own accord, but they seem to have left under relatively graceful circumstances. At some point in the late fall-I have never been able to determine exactly when-Keith and Donna announced at a band meeting that they were quitting the band. Although the exact date of the conversation between Garcia and Weir is unknown, it apparently occurred during this weekend, so the Octoshow in Portland takes on an unexpected significance.Īlthough the exact details are hard to uncover from this distance, the Dead were unhappy with Keith Godchaux's playing in 1978, and Keith and Donna Godchaux themselves were unhappy with what the Dead's endless touring was doing to their personal and family life. However, for various reasons, the Bob Weir Band had never played with Jerry Garcia before then, so the Portland show would have been Garcia's first real chance to hear Brent perform. At the time, Mydland was a member of The Bob Weir Band, who were opening all three dates. Although the circulating tapes of the shows are apparently quite good, these largely ignored shows are significant in that this is where Jerry Garcia first heard Brent Mydland, and suggested to Bob Weir that Mydland might work as the Dead's keyboardist. In late October of 1978, the Jerry Garcia Band did a brief Northwestern tour, playing three dates in Portland, Eastern Washington State and Seattle.
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