The Warlocks - 1965/11/03 Autumn Records Demo
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 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. Eventually, the band learned that another band was already called the Warlocks, a band led by Billy Gibbons, the future guitarist of ZZ Top. 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).
Six songs exist from the Warlocks recording session on November 3, 1965 at Golden Gate Recorders in San Francisco;
01 Early Morning Rain
02 I Know You Rider
03 Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)
04 The Only Time Is Now
05 Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)
06 Can't Come Down http://www.fileserve.com/file/wEYUcXW