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Black Throated Wind
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Get past murk with good headphones and you find a gem: Bobby's vox perfect, the arc powerful, Jer and Keith possessed.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Uptempo, and with a hard swagger, with a beaut of a Rio section. 2nd ever, sounds like they're still settling on the vibe.
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Black Throated Wind
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Solid, emotional version. Bobby was on.
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Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

From blisteringly hot, into a sweet-and-light outro > OMSN, turning on a dime. Great fun.
4
Chinatown Shuffle
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Rip-roarin' version. The 2nd set perks up quite a bit after a sleepy 1st. Pig was still on.
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Comments

The Other One
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

The Brubeck comment is great. Funny thing is, it's a straight 6/8 jam that sounds like 7/4, starting around 07:20. Magic in any case. The Cryptical is hardly even present though, so hard to really consider it complete. It was the last time they played it until the '85 experiments. If anything, the odd-angled jazz jam in this TOO emphasizes how far they'd come from the psychedelicore Crypticals of '69 and '70.
Bird Song
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

Bobby master class here. The mix has him nicely audible and it's a fun switch from the era in which he's usually hard to find, but unfortunately the whole sound is over-compressed with a lot of tape wobble. I'd nominate this one to Grandmaster Miller for a re-mastering and clean-up if anyone has his phone number, pretty puhleeze.
Mexicali Blues
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

...and Billy drives the band like a man possessed. More a triple-time march than your usual polka. Good to see this oft-overlooked number here.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jan. 18, 1978
Stockton Civic Auditorium

Papa bear voice, coupla' years ahead of time. The band is beautiful behind them, and Donna makes a nice Ri-o contribution in a raging outro.
Ramble On Rose
May 5, 1991
Cal Expo

I dig, Crackstraw, I dig.
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