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El Paso
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

You might think it a throw-away song, but they just burn it up so ferociously that you know they took it seriously....
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Me and My Uncle
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Badass. Jer's right on top of it and the band is shitkickingly in your face.
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Truckin'
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Long journey. Jer moves out of the nebulae toward HCS around 10:50, but the cosmos moved into Playin' instead. Epic indeed.
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Tennessee Jed
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Damn fine set closer. Tight and right.
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Sugaree
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Nice steady heady growing rocker on this.
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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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