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10
The Other One
May 29, 1971
Winterland Arena

Want to know what it felt like to be Phil's axe, I mean like every single goddamned fiber of it? Strap on headphones and now you'll know.
9
Cumberland Blues
April 27, 1971
Fillmore East

Hot version with super-fast pickin'. Much fun.
2
Not Fade Away
April 25, 1971
Fillmore East

Capping a brilliant show and hiding a nice Mountain Jam. This show doesn't get all the love it deserves.
8
Ain't It Crazy (The Rub)
April 25, 1971
Fillmore East

Supercharged and hard rocking. Boys had some strong stuff in them this night.
9
Hard to Handle
April 25, 1971
Fillmore East

Of course. Every April'71 is outta sight, and this one pumps diesel.

Comments

Greatest Story Ever Told
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Jerry digs in deep. Sixteenth note precision gives it a blazing, over-the-top finish.
Comes A Time
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Damn, but they knew how to put people back together after blowing them to pieces. This Truckin'>DS>Comes a Time does just that.
Dark Star
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Sixteen minutes of musical bliss kicks off this glorious trek in and out and around inter and inner-stellar space. It's creative and coherent, and exactly what you might need if your looking for a mellow Star. But you'd be wrong, as after the first verse it gets good and weird. Like fifteen thousand squirming lizard-rats shrieking you out of existence without warning-weird. Good old Grateful Dead, they don't leave you there, but instead pull all of your disassociated molecules out of the aether and reconstitute you back on earth with a lovely, loving Comes a Time.... How do they do it? Who knows, but they do, and it works this time.
Truckin'
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Truckin' is systematically overlooked. This one is pure diesel power, and it kicks off one of the best - and weirdly underappreciated on this site - Dark Stars of '72. I love how the Truckin' is steaming ahead full speed but then just smashes head-on into the trip-zone, and away we go....
Bird Song
March 16, 1990
Capital Centre

Not sure how I got here, as it's way out of my normal comfort zone ('66 - '78), but damn, that's some good Bird Song. This lifts off and soars. Folks got a treat this night, that's for sure.