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Space
June 28, 1974
Boston Garden

Sea Stones: Space noise electronica with Phil & Ned. Not for everyone, but sends me into well into the interstellar place.
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Sugaree
June 28, 1974
Boston Garden

May-June '74 might be my top time for Sugaree. This just builds up to so much intensity. Great stuff.
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Candyman
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse

Intimacy levels: Campfire. Acoustic mellow to the point where I feel like just went camping with my favorite band. A treasure.
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The Other One
Feb. 3, 1968
Crystal Ballroom

Clutch yer nuts and hold on for dear life. Heavy headiness where the squiggly hippies and the madman bikers get massively Dead nailed.
15
Truckin'
Sept. 28, 1975
Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park

Explosive jam like they had 11 months of unplayed Truckin's compressed into one.
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Dark Star
Feb. 8, 1970
Fillmore West

Simmers, yes, but also tweaks, gronks, facemelts, reduces the cosmos to a vibrating ping pong ball, and slingshots your mind through a Mickey-gong wave of endless return. This Dark Star sounds almost '73-'74 in its meltdown, and should be much much higher. There's also a beautiful melodic jam about 23 minutes in that sounds somehow between a FGJ and a Mountain Jam, but doesn't quite coalesce. Don't overlook it.
Sitting on Top of the World
Feb. 8, 1970
Fillmore West

Right on Beavernugs. Starting with the New Orleans shows - and the departure of Tom C. after Hawaii - they develop a grittier grungy swamp rock sound alongside the emerging and better-remembered bluegrass/country. This show (the Smokestack is outrageous) and this SOTOTW display it nicely.
Smokestack Lightnin'
Feb. 8, 1970
Fillmore West

Rivals Bear's Choice from a week later in sheer intensity and grit-in-the-gears crunchiness. Bobby and Jerry go at each other in a duel like swamp voodoo Jedi masters.
Dark Star
Nov. 11, 1973
Winterland Arena

Always faithful Dagwood? Well you're always welcome here.
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Explosive power on this one. Pig on organ swhooshes and soars over Phil and the Devils laying down some deep voodoo. And Jerry's just blazing away like finger fire. Don't overlook this show.
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