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Dire Wolf
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse
A little triumph here. Acoustic intimacy from a brilliant great of a show.
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Mama Tried
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse
Like all your best friends sitting around the campfire, strumming and pickin' by starlight. Have a sip or a toke and enjoy....
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Friend of the Devil
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse
Really lovely here, part of one of the warmest, most intimate acoustic sets of 1970.
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Not Fade Away
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom
Jerry and Bob bite down hard and tear into this one with muscle. Their interplay lightens up and whoops! We find ourselves in Stephen.
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Candyman
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom
Anthemic beauty. Great ensemble singing and powerful pacing to it. Then Janis steps on stage for Love Light, so there's that.
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Promised Land
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum
Rip-snortin' kick off. High energy right out of the gate.
Sitting on Top of the World
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum
Final version ever, according to setlists.net, and the absolutely nailed it. I always wondered why this up-and-jumper got culled from the repertoire. It's up there with the most emblematic sounds from their early period, but there it is... out with a bang at the end of Europe '72.
Comes A Time
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum
Yeah... that organ is beautiful. I suppose that's Pigpen, not Keith. Something about the chordplay has his fingerprints on it. Does anyone know more about this?
Dark Star
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum
I don't want to be pedantic or anything, but the comments above spread a confusion: This is definitely a "Feelin' Groovy" jam, and not a MLB. There's a good essay about this, with some pretty comprehensive lists of all the early name-brand jams over at deadessays.blogspot . Either way, this one always slays me. What a piece of music!
Truckin'
July 16, 1972
Dillon Stadium
The set starts a bit shaky, but this jam goes on to deliver the goods. Nice one, even if they start off a bit loose. Plus it's a master class for any bass players out there on how to comp it and stomp it: Phil is a monster all over this, and high in the mix.
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