8. SUNSET PARK, PENNSYLVANIA

After leaving Alabama, Garcia and Rothman made their way northeast stopping in stopping near West Grove, PA to visit a country music venue known as Sunset Park. Rothman recalled, “We stopped at Sunset Park and caught a Monroe show. I introduced Garcia to Grisman there. I had met him the previous year in New York City.”

Above: David Grisman, David Deese, and Red Smiley performing the Roanoke Blue Grass Festival in Fincastle, Virginia in 1965. Photo by Ron Petronko, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum collection.