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Submissions

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Let It Grow
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

Phil's rippling fills. Full horns. At 8:00 a wild turkey (???) starts gobbling next to a mic and Jer responds mid-solo. Weird, chaotic and shredding.
7
Weather Report Suite
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

Historical oddity. Flute accompanyment to part one and full horn section throughout. Not everyone's cup of tea, but interesting.
3
Truckin'
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

An oddity. A ballsy Truckin' with full horn section. Weird fun in its odd way from a forgotten show.
3
Bird Song
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

This one and the one 3 days earlier are both inventive and experimental - really soaring. Rough AUD though.
1
Tennessee Jed
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

1st set suffers from rough AUD, but this Jed soars. Jer rages, building it into a triumph. Headphones only.

Comments

Playin' In The Band
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Deep and thick Playin' here. I'm going to say here that this show is under-appreciated. Maybe the history of low-fi tapes for the era has had an impact, but damn if this doesn't cook, and cook hard, regardless of how people dismiss '76 as one long opiate haze of slow tempos and sleepy grooves. Check it out, get into it. You'll love it, I swear.
Scarlet Begonias
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Super fine yes, but chilled out? I'm not so sure... By '74 standards the whole year is chilled out, but this SB grooves hard and goes deep in for over 10 minutes. One of the best stand alone versions, for sure.
High Time
July 13, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

This is an absolute beauty. Good call. This show needs a bit more love, folks.
Let It Grow
July 13, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Can't update the version that I submitted, but I can recommend that you heads get yer asses over to July 13, 1976 and give this one a spin. It has one of the tightest, musically coherent and spotless drum solos in LIG that I know, and the whole thing just lights everything around it on chemical fire.
Cassidy
July 13, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Play this for anyone who still insists a) that '76 was a chronic drag; or that b) Donna didn't sing beautifully when mic'd and mixed correctly.