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Brown Eyed Women
Sept. 12, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

Sweet and melodious. Jer sings it from the heart and the band is really tight.
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Dark Star
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

Moody, mellow, then into an explosive but still sparse jam (all before the verse). Colossal Phil then blows your mind and speakers. Excellent.
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Big River
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

Very uptempo and fun with some great solos. Good energy.
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Let It Grow
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

Surpirse not to see this here yet. Martin Fierro guests on sax and the short-lived horn section sounds great. A treat with historical importance.
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Playin' In The Band
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

Ending a first set that seems more '76 than '73 (slow grooves), this one finally gets off the leash and into a great jam.
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Truckin'
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

I always say, if you want to know how well the boys were feeling it on any given night, listen to the Truckin'. Is it phoned in? It will show up. Is it a super-charged and diesel fueled cozmik 18-wheeler? It'll let you know. This one, safe to say is in the super-charged category, and needs more love here.
Playin' In The Band
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Oh hell yessssssssss. This one has the beautiful 'hot mellow' sound that really comes into play later on, around spring-summer '73. It's somehow lightning quick, wild, and reckless, but still constantly in the pocket, laid back just behind the beat. I think it's driven by a Phil/Billy unity with washes of sound from Keith allowing our guitar boys to dig in deep. Beautiful Miller mix helps hear everyone perfectly. Perfect ensemble jamming here.
Bird Song
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

CuddlyBear: Damn close, if not the best week ever. There are a couple of weeks like this that I can think of: Late Feb. '73, last week Nov - first Dec. '73 again, first week of Dec. '71, May '70 (ooooh mercy), June '74 and of course we can all argue about certain parts of '77. I'm not so up on my 80s Dead, but I bet somebody can point out these wonderous peaks of perfection. I won't try to rank them, but every once in a while they just nailed everything perfectly song after song, show after show. This Birdsong here is why I listen to the Dead, over and over and over again.
Greatest Story Ever Told
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

As powerful and driven as any. This one cooks.
Weather Report Suite
May 19, 1974
Portland Memorial Coliseum

The keyboard work is sublime, Bob's vox is in perfect form (even if he flubs a verse, but so what), and Donna Jean was having her arguably best show of '74 if not the whole WoS era. Also, the pace is mellower which allows for fully realized musical ideas in a brilliant excursus through LIG's transitive orbit through the seasons' change, and there's even a moment's Slipknot tease at 10:34. There you have it: Peak Dead.
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