Rehearsal Space, Novato, CA

"We moved to Novato where the Dead had their office and rehearsal space in what was affectionately known as "The Pink behind Pinky's". The building was the color of Pepto-Bismol and was located down a long driveway behind Pinky's Pizza Parlor. We shared a fence with Hamilton Air Force Base."(1) In 2012, Pinky's Pizza Parlour is located at 321 Petaluma Blvd So., Petaluma, CA.


Jerry rehearsed here on
1/13/69 Grateful Dead  Fleetwood Mac
Stuart "Dinky" Dawson's narrative makes it plain that the day of the jam between the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac is Monday, January 13, 1969. Dawson:

Later that same day [Monday], we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito [sic], where we had been invited to hang out at the Grateful Dead's rehearsal space. I finally met Owsley and bonded with the group's sound engineer, Dan Healy, and Ramrod, the stage manager. They had set up all the Dead's equipment and soon the informal session got into full swing.

It's clear to me that Fleetwood Mac went to Novato, where the Dead rehearsed, not Sausalito. Dawson was an Englishman on his first trip to America, so it's no surprise that he wasn't clear about Marin suburbs--I wouldn't know the difference between, say, Staines and Woking, were I south of London, particularly a few decades after the fact. Dawson's most interesting comment follows(3):

Watching Jerry Garcia and Peter [Green] get off on each other and trade bluesy licks amazed me. Ron McKernan, also known as Pigpen, the Dead's fearsome looking but lovable keyboard player, held things together with his fantastic rhythmic piano playing.(2)(3)

1.)^Wickersham, Susan, Alembic History, http://www.alembic.com/family/history.html
2.)^ Dawson, Stuart "Dinky", Life On The Road, pg. 74.
3.)^http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2012/02/january-13-1969-rehearsal-space-novato.html