Full Show Friday | Robert Hunter & Comfort March 1978
By Andy Kahn Mar 13, 2015 • 1:10 pm PDT
In February and March 1978 Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and his band Comfort toured as the opening act for the Jerry Garcia Band. Composed of guitarist Kevin Morgenstern, violin/mandolin/banjo player Rodney Albin, drummer Pat Lorenzano, bassist Larry Klien, keyboardist Ozzie Ahlers and vocalists Marleen Molle and Kathleen Klein, the group would continue to tour through May 1978 before calling it quits.
[Photo by David Saddler (originally posted to Flickr as Promontory Rider) via Wikimedia Commons]
Watch a pro-shot black and white video of Robert Hunter & Comfort’s opening set before the Jerry Garcia Band’s performance at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey, filmed nearly 37 years ago to the day on March 17, 1978.
Video setlist and timings:
0:00:00 -“Rose Of Sharon”
0:05:41 -“Rum Runners”
0:08:52 -“Tiger Rose”
0:12:16 -“Battle Of New Orleans”
0:16:39 -“It Must Have Been The Roses”
Earlier this week Rolling Stone published a lengthy, two-part interview with Hunter, check out 10 things we learned from Bob’s chat with David Browne.
Watch a pro-shot black and white video of Robert Hunter & Comfort’s opening set before the Jerry Garcia Band’s performance at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey, filmed nearly 37 years ago to the day on March 17, 1978.
Video setlist and timings:
0:00:00 -“Rose Of Sharon”
0:05:41 -“Rum Runners”
0:08:52 -“Tiger Rose”
0:12:16 -“Battle Of New Orleans”
0:16:39 -“It Must Have Been The Roses”
Earlier this week Rolling Stone published a lengthy, two-part interview with Hunter, check out 10 things we learned from Bob’s chat with David Browne.
