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Cumberland Blues
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

With that fresh brilliance of its time. The show starts with country bluegrass, goes blue, then psychedelicore: A perfect '70 combi.
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Good Lovin'
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Hot burner, with Pig's voice just perfect. He drives everyone to higher and higher vocal heights.
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Hard to Handle
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

I love the hard chargers, but this one is different: Almost mellow with a slow simmering groove. Cool, not hot. Check it out.
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The Race Is On
Feb. 5, 1970
Fillmore West

Some of Jerry's best pedal steel soloing work ever. Shitkickinly good.
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The Eleven
Feb. 5, 1970
Fillmore West

Incomplete, but fantastic tight jam with lovely China Cat riffs. A fantastic jam with Mason's>11>Caution>NFA
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Bird Song
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Crunchy power-vibe to this one. Doesn't quite have the floating, mesmerizing effect of some others, but instead a more hard-rocking feel. Special.
Mexicali Blues
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Damn right!
Sing Me Back Home
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

This is perfect in every way. I don't know what bug crawled up someone's ass to turn this into a way to talk smack about Pigpen, but whatevs. Pig adds a beautiful mellow and understated whooshing touch behind the perfect harmonies. There's a reason they played it together, guy.
Morning Dew
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Hearing this in it's total sequence is so mind-bendingly glorious that I can't imagine why it took me so long to get back to this one. What a goddamned triumph to what was arguably the most consistently brilliant tour of their history.
The Other One
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Dude420 is 100% right. This is their farewell kiss-of-weird to Europe. The band was never the same again, and here's a love letter.
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