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St. Stephen
March 21, 1970
Capitol Theater

Totally overlooked. One of the prettiest mid-sections I know of, even if there isn't much of a jam section to it.
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Deep Elem Blues
March 21, 1970
Capitol Theater

Imagine how blown away the freaks were, expecting 'Alligator' and getting this stunning intro into the country Dead.
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Friend of the Devil
March 21, 1970
Capitol Theater

Really boys? Take the red pill and go back in time to this rowdy show. 2nd ever and Jer nails it after telling the crowd to "shut the fuck up".
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Casey Jones
March 21, 1970
Capitol Theater

Plugged in and slashingly ("thwok! thwok! thwok! thwok")! energetic opener for a rowdy crowd.
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Deep Elem Blues
March 20, 1970
Capitol Theater

Deep sounds from a pivotal moment in Dead History. A treat for AUD lovers.
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Playin' In The Band
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

One of the first ones to recognizably showcase the off-the-rails trippiness of a mature Playin' jam. The transition is now complete, with Europe up next to polish it up: From The Main Ten (just a few hints of it left right after the verse) to an outre-rhythmed country diddy (à la Spring '71) and now the recast of it into one of the greatest long-distance spaceships ever owned.
Cumberland Blues
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

The vitamins were strong with this one.
Brown Eyed Women
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

+1 for Jerry's growl. The whole show is end-to-end top shelf stuff.
Two Souls in Communion
March 26, 1972
Academy of Music

The most convincing version I've ever heard. It's funny, though, because it starts a bit shaky and grows and grows into a raging inferno.
Me and My Uncle
March 26, 1972
Academy of Music

There's something ultra tight and crisp about this one, especially as it comes out of a 23 minute TOO. I know MAMU doesn't get a lot of love, though as the song they played more than any other it confuses me why heads don't listen closer to it. For me, it's both a song on its own and a litmus for where they were in a certain time and place. In March '72 they were transitioning from the country sound of '70-'71 into an odyssean psychedelic orchestra, and the MAMU here grounds us in both phases of their spacetime.
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