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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

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Dark Star
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

A moving experience, so close to being lost forever yet saved from the abyss by Ken and judy, this magical version is so jazzy lush and transcendent, fuck yes. Glowing with a primordial state of infinite transition, constellation undulating across millenia of time and light, revealed to us in but an image, a film of existence
Not Fade Away
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

Mega portion of tube-frying raw power--cleansing sermonic type 2 opener
Uncle John's Band
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

closes acoustic and electric sets, each is a visceral epigram summarizing in such a simple sweep the mindset born that generations would continue to inherit.
Spoonful
March 25, 1991
Knickerbocker Arena

russian lullaby jam
Bertha
Nov. 2, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

freaky version, love it! Solo finds all the little spaces and commas that you didnt know existed within this deceptively simple gd classic.