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Bertha
Feb. 20, 1971
Capitol Theater
Still brand new. This just pops and crackles with energy. Great fun.
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Hurts Me Too
Jan. 24, 1971
Seattle Center Arena
Deep Pig. Deep deep Pig.
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Cold Rain and Snow
Jan. 22, 1971
Lane Community College
Not for audiophobes, cause it's like 10th-gen Maxell 120s, but every bit the '71 CR&S sound I love. Beneath the fuzz is a beauty.
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Wharf Rat
Oct. 20, 1974
Winterland Arena
Tectonic jamming shifting out of WR back into Playin' of intricate interplay and staggering beauty.
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Space
Oct. 19, 1974
Winterland Arena
Ripped out of future spacetime and unlike any other from the era. Sounds like they invented MIDI right on stage. Minds forever blown, I'm sure.
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The Wheel
April 22, 1977
The Spectrum
The Wheel was always good medicine. This one starts like a mirage on a hot highway fluttering in the distance, then coalesces into a perfect form, just perfect before that really really pristine Lady With a Fan section of Terrapin. As much as I love this show, this is the first part of the set where they're really playing as one. The S>F is super loose and as cool as the Dancin' is, they seem to struggle to hit the bridge. But this... this is gooood medicine.
Got My Mojo Working
April 22, 1977
The Spectrum
I think this hardly counts as a Mojo. It really never ever coalesces around the song but is really just a riff/vamp within the Dancin'.
Dancin' in the Streets
April 22, 1977
The Spectrum
Long slow sizzling Dancin' that struggles to break into the weird electric slide part so Bobby steps up and has a Mojo minute. I'm going to break ranks here and say, this isn't really a "Got my Mojo" at all, but kind of a Bobby rap reference to Got my Mojo that never leaves Dancin'. Someone with more musical knowledge than I can say for sure, but I'm pretty sure they stay on Dancin's same chords and vamp riff through the hot second that Bobby's Mojo is only kind of working. Only then do they find the electric slide and just like that, it's back to the whirling Dancin' finale. The pointillist transition into The Wheel is the kind of magic that helped so many blown minds come back together together. So sweet.
Samson and Delilah
April 22, 1977
The Spectrum
Funniest ending ever. Wait for it.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 22, 1977
The Spectrum
This is all pretty loose in the joints, with a couple of epic lyric 'experiments', but is just bursting with creative solo ideas that signal the future of this immortal duo. What it lacks in ensemble tightness it more than makes up for in palpable musical excitement between the boys (and girl).
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Friend of the Devil, Oakland Auditorium, Dec. 27, 1981
Mexicali Blues, Market Square Arena, Feb. 3, 1979
Mexicali Blues, Market Square Arena, Feb. 3, 1979
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