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The Race Is On
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Lovely mid-tempo ensemble singing with Bobby, Donna, and Jerry audible (Keith too?). Great driving bass and piano.
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Big Railroad Blues
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Fun, fast and loose in the joints.
24
They Love Each Other
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Clear melodic jamming, fun and uptempo.
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New Potato Caboose
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

Starts with gongs and cymbals in the cosmic dust of an outrageous TOO>Cryptical, then gears up and goes supernova for over 20 minutes.
14
Me and Bobby McGee
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

My new favourite version, and I never choose "favourites". Passionate perfect Bobby, the band so tight, Jer's perfect harmony, Phil driving it all.
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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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