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Ripple
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

Also just about pretty damn perfect too. Follows a super-macho Hard to Handle and the combination shows so much of the emotional breadth of the Dead.
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Tomorrow Is Forever
Dec. 11, 1972
Winterland Arena

A sweet and rare country torch ballad showing off just what they were thinking bringing the Godchaux on board the bus.
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The Other One
Aug. 6, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

Heavy and Heady. Starts with super-charged explosions then melts into ballsy MAMU in under 8 minutes. Love the '71s.
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Truckin'
Aug. 6, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

Absolutely smokin' hard rocking swagger. Builds from a cool shuffle to a blisteringly hot rocker setting up Drums/TOO. Great show all around.
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Me and Bobby McGee
Aug. 6, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

The band plays/signs together so well on this sweet one. The whole concert is brilliant.
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Dark Star
June 7, 1969
Fillmore West

This is a real killer. About seven minutes in, right after the first chorus, Jerry flips a switch and warms us up with a repeating rhythmic figure for about a minute that then blisters your brain like a flying Warthog. This is a muscular, aggressive, heavy jam. Acid rock - not peace and love.
Mountains of the Moon
July 10, 1969
Playboy After Dark

This was the show's release date. The Jan. 18th date above was the recording, apparently.
Mountains of the Moon
June 7, 1969
Fillmore West

Slightly more muscular and driven than others, without the -> into Dark Star. It's the second-to-last time performed, too, as the date of the Playboy version is its release date rather than its recording. Why did they drop it? Such a beautiful sweet song, and interesting to me that they pulled it out for the '15 tour after all that time.
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Slipknot teases sneak their way in perfectly just after nine minutes in this colossus of a jam.
Dark Star
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

cgarces is right again. The jam at 35 minutes is a focused Phil-driven Miles-inspired and Seastoned-predicting enormity. This is advanced Grateful Dead. Do not try to convince your new girlfriend to listen to this band with this one unless she's a already an avant guard conceptual artist or jazz drummer....
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