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3
The Wheel
Sept. 13, 1983
Manor Downs

Groovy yoga from soft space to barroom swashbuckler of a brent wheel. Crack harmonies and psyched out blissy vibe. Pummeling!! no jam
2
Spanish Jam
Sept. 13, 1983
Manor Downs

Beautiful one, chamber phil, plenty of instigatingly intimate technique from all
1
Mama Tried
Aug. 29, 1982
Seattle Center Coliseum

Euphoric jerry leads. Tres tight!! nimble and exciting, some architecture to this early brent version
1
West L.A. Fadeaway
Aug. 29, 1982
Seattle Center Coliseum

Embryonic, unhinged and primal! Tiger lead is positively lacerating, everyone in attendance was split into dust
1
Blow Away
Oct. 12, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

powerful one from a 5-show hockey rink run. Zeus bolt tone and magnitude, exciting stuff.

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He's Gone
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

20 minutes plus and claws into your brain for every damn second of it, phantoms floating all over this perfect hes gone.
Bird Song
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

Glimmering, watercolor uplifting cappuccino jam
Little Red Rooster
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

chicago loveeeee The music is playing them, very activated and "loose but tight". This one hooked me... weir's vocal puts you up against the wall at knife point, dude knew how to balance that goofy fun persona with jusssstttt a pinch of old school leather clad menace.
Althea
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

Wow!! Heartfelt dispatch from some goopy post-nuke abyss, appropriately sparkled with inspiring phil (head straight for Chappell matrix) Explosive and expansive
Althea
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

.... all 80's love is created equal bro but if you need another Althea check out 9/6/80 Lewiston Maine, more hard-edged and agressive variety