The Warlocks
The Warlocks were formed in Palo Alto at the end of 1964 when Jerry Garcia, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and Bob Weir, who were members of Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, decided that they wanted to play "electric" music. They added a rhythm section, Dana Morgan Jr. on bass and local drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The first Warlock performance was in Magoo's pizza parlour in Menlo Park in May 1965. After a handful of performances Phil Lesh replaced Dana Morgan on bass. The Warlocks played at, mostly, local venues through the summer and early fall of the year. The Warlocks, using the name the Emergency Crew, recorded one demo session for Autumn Records in early November 1965. The music from this session was not released at the time but has appeared on subsequent collections. At around the same time they discovered that there was at least one other group in the country using the Warlocks name. The Warlocks played their last show in November 1965 and thereafter adopted the name the Grateful Dead. For the occasional show in later years the Grateful Dead were billed as the Grateful Dead (formerly The Warlocks).
| Songs performed by the Warlocks |
| The Warlocks were primarily a covers band with probably only a handful of songs written by the band included in the repertoire. The November 3, 1965 recording session are the only existing recordings of the Warlocks and therefore the only primary source of evidence of songs performed by the group. Anecdotal evidence provides information about other songs performed by the group. A list of songs possibly performed by the Warlocks is given below. There are, without doubt, songs that were played by the Warlocks that are not listed. It is possible that a few of the songs listed were not actually performed by the group and should not be included. |
 Alley-Oop
Can't Come Down
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
Cleo's Back
Do You Believe In Magic?
Don't Ease Me In
Early Morning Rain
Get Off Of My Cloud
Gloria
Hully Gully
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
I Know You Rider
I'm A King Bee
In The Midnight Hour
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Johnny B. Goode
The Last Time
Like A Rolling Stone
Little Red Rooster
Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)
Money (That's What I Want)
My Babe
Mystic Eyes
New Orleans
The Only Time Is Now
Overseas Stomp (Lindbergh Hop)
The Promised Land
 Roly Poly
Searchin'
She Belongs To Me
Smokestack Lightnin'
Stealin'
Viola Lee Blues
Walking The Dog
Wooly Bully
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| Venues used by the Warlocks |
| The November 3, 1965 recording session was at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco. A few ticket stubs and anecdotal evidence supply the names of a few of the venues where the Warlocks performed during 1965. The majority of these are on the San Francisco Peninsula. The list of venues below is doubtless incomplete. |
Big Al's Gas House, Redwood City
Cinnamon A-Go-Go, Redwood
Cinnamon Tree, San Carlos
Fireside Club / Fireside Lounge, San Mateo
Frenchy's, Hayward
Golden State Recorders, San Francisco
In Room, Belmont
Magoo's Pizza, Menlo Park
Menlo College, Menlo Park
Pierre's, San Francisco
Top Of The Tangent, Palo Alto
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| Six songs exist from the Warlocks recording session on November 3, 1965 at Golden Gate Recorders in San Francisco; Early Morning Rain, I Know You Rider, Mindbender (Confusion's Prince), The Only Time Is Now, Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) and Can't Come Down. Some or all of these have been released on later collections. |
Last updated December 2019
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