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Let It Grow
July 13, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Gives you blisters on your fingers just listening to it. Great second bit coming after drums. Solid if not somewhat overlooked show.
8
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Aug. 23, 1968
Shrine Auditorium

A bit shorter and tighter than some, but brilliant, and part of an immortal set of primal blasting power.
33
Dark Star
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Takes off on you for a deep and weird ride, then goes into a brilliant "The Main Ten" which just kills me its so good.
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El Paso
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

The boys were in a mellow mood tonight, and this one is the sweet and tearful-cowboy ballad it was written to be.
7
I Know You Rider
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Moody, pensive, and beautifully acoustic. Like no other. Unbelievably beautiful.
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Hurts Me Too
March 28, 1972
Academy of Music

Pig is in perfect form for the whole show.
The Other One
March 28, 1972
Academy of Music

Tremendous, inventive, deep. They slowly build up, break down, zap, phronk, tweek, and splat into cozmik goo - all before the melody begins. It isn't all bad craziness either. There's a beautiful, traipsing feel in places, Keith leads into one around 12:30. The whole thing is the definition of "epic headiness".
Two Souls in Communion
March 28, 1972
Academy of Music

Jerry and Bobby. Listen to Bobby's support, he's like Pigpen's lifeline. This song is enigmatic and hard to hear sometimes. Pig drops the swagger and shows some desperation behind the desperado persona. How sad that this breakthrough into deep emotion comes so close to the end of his short short life.
Looks Like Rain
March 28, 1972
Academy of Music

For a song that can be cringeworthy at worst and a bit cheesy otherwise, this one rates really high for me: Jerry on pedal is a sure thing, but beyond that, the whole ensemble is strong, and the band pulses as one. This whole run at the Academy is pure top-shelf Dead, and here's another beauty.
Black Throated Wind
March 28, 1972
Academy of Music

Triumphant finish to this one.
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