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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

A solid, sweet rocker. Seems like MHUT had matured in '72 by this point to the stand-alone anchor that it remained until the end.
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Candyman
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

The total package, with everything this song was meant to have: Sadness, menace, self-consciousness, braggadocio, regret. A beautiful performance.
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Truckin'
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Hot steam. Starting around 5:30 Jerry blisters the world with fire.
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Box of Rain
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Levels all a bit off, AUD a bit murky, but damned if this isn't the most glorious ensemble yowp this song can be. Joyous and loving: It's all there.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Brilliant, crisp ideas and tight ensemble playing on a warm Bear AUD. Just exactly perfect.
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Comments

The Eleven
Jan. 17, 1970
Oregon State University

Hola deadheadben, didja finish with '70? I'm going through '72, which has highs and lows, but leaves something behind with the funky informality of the early years. Listened to this again and loved loved loved it. Peace, brother.
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Feb. 25, 1990
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Easy there brothers, there are many versions and we can line 'em up like dominoes, look at each one like votive saints, or something in between, being here now and all that. Is this one killer? Sure. But while you're at it, check out my personal fave from the unknown acoustic Rambler Room show Nov. 17, 1978. This beaut is a forgotten link between the acoustic, (gasp!) 1970 dead and the Radio City Reckoning we know and love and never heard again. Am I wrong? Is there another acoustic gem out there mid-90s? Let me know if you find it, and I'll dig it too.
Crazy Fingers
Feb. 28, 1975
Bob Weir's Studio

More '75 than you might think on the Archive if you dig into the rehearsal tapes. Nice call on the Floyd reference. An "all-muscle" Crazy Fingers is a perfect description of this experimental version - can you imagine if they'd kept this aesthetic and turned it into another white-knuckle hard number like TOO? What kind of lyrics would Hunter have penned? As it turns out, the Crazy Fingers we know and love is one of the most delicate poetic dreamscapes in the entire oeuvre, both lyrically and musically. How funny that they'd be working it through a totally different system. I'm about to embark on a deep '75 vibe... I can feel it coming.
Drums
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Stronger than Dirt / King Solomon's Marbles ?!? Right at 2:00 Phil strums a little pattern that sounds familiar just for about four seconds. Maybe I'm crazy, (well of course I'm crazy), but it sounds like it to me.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1977
McNichols Arena

Nevermind! It seems like it's back and better than ever. THANKS HEADS.
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