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Sugar Magnolia
March 21, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

The sugar's sweet - but the daydream just blows everything else away with joy.
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Brokedown Palace
March 21, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Musical and sweet with great harmonies. Brilliant show with many great, mellow versions of their '73 setlist.
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Playin' In The Band
March 21, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Exploratory simmering energy. Phil and Jerry co-soloing on a high plane of endless inspiration. Not a barn-burner, but smooth and abstract.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 21, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Snazzy light and tight. China's melody is a traipsing psychadelic counterpoint, a perfect trans into Rider. Good vibes.
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The Other One
March 19, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Complicated rising and falling arc to the energy, but great jam. Long Truckin>TOO>Eyes in a great 2nd set. Sound quality problems though.
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To Lay Me Down
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse

2nd one ever, and it's a bit slower than the pace they'd settle on later. Still, this is a beautiful version from one of the warmest and most intimate acoustic sets of 1970. It's like drifting in and out of a lucid dream to the sound of a familiar and sweet lullaby.
Rosalie McFall
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse

May be the best version out there.
Rosalie McFall
July 30, 1970
The Matrix

As gorgeous as they come. Problems in the mix throughout the source (saturated by high bass levels) don't detract from this glory.
Turn On Your Love Light
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

Janis Joplin guests and it's amazing. From the first note to the last, you can tell just how well she fit with Pigpen. They're cracking each other up, and can't wait to take their clothes off and fuck. Listen to it, then tell me you disagree. She even sez, "You gotta work for it... I'm tired of these hippy jack-offs."
How Long Blues
July 14, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

Setlists.net lists five performances, four in 1970 plus the '89 show listed below. What a simple, sweet tune. Any JG solo fans out there know if this was in rotation? Did Old and In The Way perform it?
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