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Greatest Story Ever Told
Feb. 23, 1974
Winterland Arena

Electrifying and high-power jams, with some of the weirdest sounds Donna ever made. Great fun and a wild ride.
10
Beat it on Down The Line
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

Surf Punk! Never thought I'd hear California surfer thrash so clearly in the Dead, but here it is: Bobby as primordial punk rocker? Why not?
7
Morning Dew
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

Are you kidding me? This is just blazingly good. Jerry's on fire, vocals and axe. Too good for words.
5
Row Jimmy
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

Solid and sweet, with some beautiful slide solos and nice vocals, Donna included.
8
Black Throated Wind
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

A powerful triumph, just exploding with intense jamming and emotion. Real dynamite here.

Comments

The Other One
Nov. 20, 1971
Pauley Pavilion

Almost a Caution jam in minute 12.
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 2, 1971
Boston Music Hall

It's also a chaotic scramble, to be sure, but a beautiful one at that.
Me and My Uncle
Dec. 1, 1971
Boston Music Hall

Perfect performance and at once perfectly non-sequitur and perfectly appropriate for the massive and outer-cosmos free jazz in the TOO around it. Why is MAMU their single-most performed song? Maybe because it could fit anywhere in either set, and maybe because when they were flying us through the weirdest wormhole in the outer planes of music, they could crest a wave and just hit on that cowboy groove that somehow emerges out of nothing and brings it all back down to earth (before lifting off again).
The Other One
Nov. 17, 1971
Albuquerque Civic Auditorium

Era E's tastes are always impeccable. The only thing to add is that this first tour with Keith led to some fascinating, inventive TOOs. They explore ideas, one after another, in the space of a few minutes, in ways that seem to continue the 'new kid's' education and tryout. Here they migrate through hard acid drenched power, country blues, outer-reaches weirdness, and a teeny-tiny Feeling Groovy jam in the 8th minute, all before the first chorus. Nov. 6, 7 (especially) and 12th all share in this experimentation. It shows how TOO could be their scary, dangerously close-to-insanity rocker, but so many other things as well. Considering what we used to trade, I don't find the sound unlistenable at all, but just don't expect a clean sbd.
The Other One
Nov. 12, 1971
San Antonio Civic Auditorium

Starts in a fervor and hard rock fever, then hits a unique jam around the seven-minute mark including some real nice Bobby and Keith telepathic gogo. Then more phases and jams, never quite losing the 6/8 theme, revisiting it and turning it around until it charges back. Not a scary TOO, almost Dark Star-ish in its invention. Should be much much higher on the list.