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Friend of the Devil
April 18, 1982
Hartford Civic Center

Rousing, rollicking, assured. Another on night in the constitution
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Might As Well
Nov. 8, 1985
Community War Memorial Auditorium

u heard the big man.. mighty swell
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Row Jimmy
April 6, 1994
Miami Arena

super tight, imbued with classic good ole energy!!
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El Paso
April 6, 1994
Miami Arena

Acoustic, euphoric jamming and bustling all around, desert train buffet!!!
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West L.A. Fadeaway
April 6, 1994
Miami Arena

rooftop at dawn miami version, electrifying, big man feels it indeed

Comments

Comes A Time
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

Luscious, poignant, repressed frantic bawlings, flirts with transcendence of later versions.
Tennessee Jed
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

Speedy, crowd goes nuts, band is showing them the ways encouragingly, but firmly, with muscle
Dark Star
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

slick as snot, full of Sagitarrian drop of a dime fun and spontaneity guided by flaming arrows. Keeping it cowboy every time but yeah octopus vision. Festering selves piling up in the mailbox. Glorious power in this blown out on-the-spot approach.
Not Fade Away
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

amazing chall!!! long drums melt (think steel pan and clangy ding dongies) No stone unturned, awesome stuff here encyclopedically rich. Stole my face. Cherries on top with west L.A. jam and a patient razor sharp gdtrfb
Let It Grow
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

reunited with this dreamy cold war thawer... holy shit... takes LIG, still so many good versions of this, to newer heights still. 3.0 meets "a love supreme"? but then my the scrumptious chilly cliffs that the drummers provide channeljng the great rhythm sections of soul and funk. and jerry's recurring flutterbird tremolo "Demeter visitation" wolf tone which sets this one into, again to use one of my fav tropes of hot dead, symphonic timings