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Brown Eyed Women
Oct. 2, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Perfection firing on all cylinders: Tight band, muscular beats, beautiful vocals (Donna's on!) and that applied greatness that is the '77 Dead.
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Doin' That Rag
March 2, 1969
Fillmore West

Blissful '69 chaos: Jer says, "Help! Help! Hey, we need some organized minds up here" and then they launch. Great fun and a wild ride.
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Comes A Time
Oct. 22, 1971
Auditorium Theatre

Pure. One of the first performances with beautiful, meaning-soaked delivery.
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Wharf Rat
Nov. 1, 1973
McGaw Memorial Hall - Northwestern University

Suffers a cutout in the middle, but reaches transcendant beauty and interplay. They end on a harmonics/tuning just delightfully right out of the song.
7
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Nov. 1, 1973
McGaw Memorial Hall - Northwestern University

Sweet and subtle, part of a mega-massive 2nd set jam. A beauty.
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Comments

Bird Song
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

This one is stealthy: It starts pretty relaxed, but before you know it, you've set the time machine to "furthur" and you're floating above the clouds, or maybe you are the clouds. This is the goods.
Black Throated Wind
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

A bit like the Bird Song before it, this one starts pretty mellow. They're laying back on the beat pretty much, and you might not expect it to go into as intense an emotional build-up as it does. When it comes, though, it's a volcano. Great version.
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Some Playins cover a lot of ground, others go really deep into one or two main themes, but this one does both. It's a brilliant, coherent and deeply exploratory Playin' that never goes entirely insane. Should be on anyone's must-listen list, and I know I'll be coming back to it for a couple more close listens before moving on. Oh, and happy new year my stealthy heady family. Love, the Carrion Crow.
Jack Straw
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Cucamonga: It's damn fine indeed! Jerry's quicksilver runs accented by the powerhouse rhythm from everyone else is fantastic. This whole Academy run before Europe is just filled with interesting, transitional Dead. (Check out the Playin' from this date.) It's always hard for me to say "best of" tho. Jack Straw is always a perfect barometer of where they were, it's such a chameleon depending on the era, Skull & Roses era, exploratory jazz, mellow '76, all the greats throughout the 80s.... Love it. Thanks for bringing this one back to my attention.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

This much energy after this much music really demonstrates how badass they were in '72. Keith's key swooshes are just brilliant.
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