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Tennessee Jed
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall
Solid grooving version. Jerry's final solo builds up nicely.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum
China Cat is a slow, bumpy, and chaotic mess, quickly ended. Follows a beautiful Feeling Groovy and long Rider. Good to see the boys quick recovery!
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China Doll
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum
Very sweet and sorrowful. A beautiful version.
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Let It Grow
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum
Tighter and a wee bit faster than the previous night's debut, played with more confidence and just exactly perfect.
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Jack Straw
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum
Sweet version, very tight and mellow groove: Love the 70's outlaw buddy-pic vibe.
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Black Peter
Dec. 31, 1971
Winterland Arena
A stand out Peter that should get much love. Driving pulse and almost a backbeat shuffle pushing it forward. Dig the uptempo Peters.
Wharf Rat
Dec. 14, 1971
Hill Auditorium
True beauty. Other great '71s: Dec 4 and 6 are enormous statements of where they were at, Nov 14 and Aug 23 for wild power, the Port Chester immortal Feb 20th, and anything from April, when they brought it out. I love the '74 Rat epicism, but '71 has a newness and purity that hits me hard.
Wharf Rat
Dec. 14, 1971
Hill Auditorium
True beauty. Other great '71s: Dec 4 and 6 are enormous statements of where they were at, Nov 14 and Aug 23 for wild power, the Port Chester immortal Feb 20th, and anything from April, when they brought it out. I love the '74 Rat epicism, but '71 has a newness and purity that hits me hard.
The Other One
Dec. 14, 1971
Hill Auditorium
One long strange ride that gets there right on time. Compare December 1 and 4 with December 10 and this magnificent beast and you come up with a good picture of just how expansive TOO could be. The earlier ones have the cowboy songs deep inside them, which gdtrfb EraE picks up on, with an almost-MAMU reprise that would certainly have left some confused Heads asking 'didn't they already play this?' (The November TOOs also dig out the cowboy roots pretty consistently.) but the 10th and 14th are a bit more about the hardcore deep psychonaut exploration. Makes me think that with Pigpen back and Keith up to speed it was time to just push on the gas and gooooooooooooooooo.
China Doll
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena
Beautiful harpsichord sound from whatever Keith was playing, gives this a fantastic, other-worldly sound. Dick's Picks 10 version.
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