![ALLAN ARKUSH: They were playing at
the Shrine Auditorium [in Los Angeles],
during the baseball playoffs in [October]
1976. Jerry said: “Oh, you gotta go say
hello to the band. They're right down
there, on the right.” I walk there and I see
these old guys playing poker. I said, “I
thought you said that’s the band.”
Garcia says, “Yes, that’s the band.” Then
he told me this thing about the Shrine
Auditorium. If you were a rock band com-
ing into their place, the union rules said](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fqx46md74csov2hoaspit3o3/bafkreifpfqj2szyerm64zijphtt4255jiv3pljcryrgyrxsful3nxwq4pu)
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