When Wavy Gravy asked Jerry Garcia if he would do a concert to raise funds to help the Hog Farm with mortgage payments at Black Oak Ranch, Jerry responded “If you can get Bill Graham to produce the show with you I’ll do it.” So Wavy asked Bill and “Electric on the Eel” held on the banks of the Eel River in Piercy, California was born. Jerry went on to perform three “Electric’s on the Eel”, once every two years, in 1987, 1989, and 1991.
The co-production of Bill Graham presents and the Hog Farm Family made for a laid back, electric time in the woods of Northern California, providing Deadheads a place where they could swim in the nearby Eel River, and shake and shimmy in the sun to the amazing performances of the Jerry Garcia Band.
‘”The Harder They Come”
Editor/Script: Scott Wiseman
Camera: Bob White
Narration: Jarid Johnson
Photos: Jay Blakesberg, Steve Ringman, Mark Sarfati, Alison Egle Dudley
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