2 more sloppy heads shows this week, both at mama tried in #brooklyn: today, the annual BNS benefit, with james mcnew in a duo with mike mcginnis, & arturo o'farrill & band! and thursday, at the record release party for our good buddy ben copperhead's new zolephants album!
![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:5yehd7ecrpqkh3yhtubc7ii6/bafkreiadowu4rfydnqbybzwiemk3fiqdmculuip7w3auj6evwnohbf4d7a)
