I don't remember anything about keyboards at Winterland 10/25/69 besides the remarkable stage set-up; with 2 keyboards flanking 2 drum-sets. Maybe the other keyboard belonged to the Sons of Champlin, who opened.
What I do remember of the show was the Dark Star sequence, which was completely convincing, and specifically the moment when they fall off into space after the vocals and I thought, 'wow, these guys are serious,' and Pigpen's vocals & presence during Lovelight. Stephen Stills sits in on the Lovelight; he's oddly forward in the mix on the tape, but I had no idea he was something extra. I had no expectations. At that point I'd heard the first album, period. I'm pretty sure I also recall a China Cat > Rider and a High Time, but the tape of the tunes before Dark Star still hasnt' come into circulation. --
