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Deal
July 29, 1994
Buckeye Lake Music Center

yet another heavy duty Deal. This one is a still life watercolor. Patient, refined, excellent.
2
Althea
July 29, 1994
Buckeye Lake Music Center

I love speedy 90's altheas!!!! Lots of chaw and twinkly starfall.
1
Space
April 19, 1978
Veterans Memorial Auditorium

elastic, serpentine, walls of the cave smeared with battle stories hidden by shadows.
1
Bertha
Nov. 2, 1984
Berkeley Community Theatre

A post-space one. tender Berkeley love. A gust of "what just happened" curious joy.
3
Touch of Grey
May 8, 1984
Silva Hall at the Hult Center

triple shot of pure Jerry!! Great "a-ha" FOTM tease. Phil's boxing ring tone becomes the kick, brent's hot rhodes the drums, devils go artisanal baker

Comments

Brown Eyed Women
April 6, 1984
Aladdin Theater

That vaudevillian devil may care or fuck off abandon. Awesome immediacy engine ripping energy
Feel Like A Stranger
July 29, 1994
Buckeye Lake Music Center

felt a sudden urge to pivot hard to 94. Totoraitis/Miller source is nicely EQ'd, stranger is nicely jammed out, yas bitch
Samson and Delilah
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

... yep im guilty of coming back around for this one after the S>F>E>E, idk man just one of those tunes that they played a lot but like TJ or deal there are just a LOT of really good ones like this 78 rager. Phil lesh.
Space
July 1, 1978
Arrowhead Stadium

Kool add!!! jerry and the drummers, skittering and furious estimated-ish stuff!
Eyes Of The World
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

There are definitely cooler and more seamless melts from estimated but this combo is so classic and strong that chances of you giving a shit are 0%, great to hear the tune still not speedy and there's some imaginative choices on this one in terms of rhythmic grid emphasis and chord voicings, sometimes quite open and folksy then getting into some of those more block/cluster chords creating little pockets of tension in the scope of the thing, and then also lots of just rocking out in, again, that rock star party time 78 feeling/mindset