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Truckin'
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Ballsy and rockin with great energy, flows from HCS and then seamless into a great TOO. It's what's great about Truckin.
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Playin' In The Band
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Sounds like Phil has ten extra fingers. Time furthur out... way out.
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The Race Is On
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Just great. Fun, fast and tight: like a good horse race, after all.
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Jack Straw
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Short and tight, follows a monster Bird Song and develops this great show's great energy.
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Bird Song
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Lifts you off the ground like an ocean wave: A beautiful, buoyant, Phil-driven jam.
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The Music Never Stopped
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium
Giddyap goddamned, but that's 100% perfect. How had I not voted this one up yet?
Me and Bobby McGee
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw
How these guys could go from Martian landscapes in dissonant freeform one minute before the transition from TOO into a sweet-as-honey spontaneous joy-inducing melodic improv over the changes and then back again with such consistency is truly inspiring. This one is also just radio-play perfect on its own, there's so much energy in it and everyone is on point, plus it turns on a dime and flings you back out to space for a reprise. Should be higher on the list.
The Other One
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw
This is a must-hear for any and all psychonauts or spacerupturers whove got the proper process.... Quality speakers, the perfect consciousness enhancer (could be just some good oxygen if that's your bag, I'm not judging) and turn it on loud. Will not disappoint.
Truckin'
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw
Absolutely sick transition into drums>TOO. Truckin' never gets all the love it needs, but this one could be a lot higher up.
Playin' In The Band
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw
Weir: "We're going to go ahead and get weird". Oh man oh man, I do love this band. But this one is pretty mellow with modal shifts driven by Phil after a strong "Main Ten" thematic entry. It's contemplative and dream-like rather than an acid bath of space lizards going supernova.
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