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Uncle John's Band
March 18, 1992
The Spectrum

Easy breezy with the glinty afterglare of yore. Drifty transition to boot. Nice twilight septet memory making.
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Deal
March 18, 1992
The Spectrum

Hard hat 92, bluegrass plinky. Alchemical goop-laden improv. bluesy panache.
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Picasso Moon
March 18, 1992
The Spectrum

touching simplicity of row bridges the bullet-train nowness of this ripping bizarre banger. Post-capitalist freako jazz hair metal..
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The Music Never Stopped
June 22, 1995
Knickerbocker Arena

Kickin, super badass with twinkly articulate searing Jer bear. Blue flame yokey shredmeister TMNS.
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When I Paint My Masterpiece
June 22, 1995
Knickerbocker Arena

Elegant strumming, powerful message, unforgettable band beyond description.
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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
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