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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
July 27, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse

The boys seem to love playing in unanounced, unstructred jams like this. Freedom reminiscent of some '67-69's but with the '73 songlist.
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Sugaree
Dec. 16, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Rippin' show opener with Bobby twang sliding and a 2nd Jerry solo taking it up and over the top. Plus its Nashville.
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Big River
July 27, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse

Turns typical 1st set filler into a great jam. One of Keith's best solos of Summer '73.
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The Other One
July 1, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre

Cool and fast w/ 12min jam before 1st (and only) verse. At 08:30 Phil goes teases what sounds like Milking the Turkey. Is that possible?
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Loose Lucy
July 1, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre

A greasy gritty super-funk sex parade. Wasn't often the Dead sounded this horny after Pigpen died.
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Good Lovin'
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Pigpen roars, "tighten up" before he jumps in his saddle and rides. And the band tightens up behind him, gets into a groove right underneath that allows him to shine, like the best freaking back-up band of all time.
Me and My Uncle
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Bobby throws a little snarl into it , in addition to some great saloon-piano work by Keith, which makes it for me. Hot version.
Dark Star
April 24, 1972
Rheinhalle

A wild ride from start to finish, including vast passages of spontaneous composition, viscous goo, a nasty bit of confusion-inducing hypertweak, and moments of utter beauty. Cool sandwich too, with the second half of Dark Star being an unbelievably beautiful and cogent piece of spontaneous music. What a treat. I'm going to listen to this one again and again....
Good Lovin'
April 24, 1972
Rheinhalle

This one really highlights where Pig could have been going with the emerging '70s sound had he stayed healthy. This has extended jazz- and fusion-influenced jams. His raps fit within the more melodic explorations, and his voice is just perfect. There are other moments from the tour like this, and they stand out for me on how much he was evolving up to the last.
The Other One
April 21, 1972
Beat Club

Relentless danger. This is a brain melter.
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