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Dire Wolf
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse

A little triumph here. Acoustic intimacy from a brilliant great of a show.
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Mama Tried
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse

Like all your best friends sitting around the campfire, strumming and pickin' by starlight. Have a sip or a toke and enjoy....
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Friend of the Devil
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse

Really lovely here, part of one of the warmest, most intimate acoustic sets of 1970.
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Not Fade Away
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

Jerry and Bob bite down hard and tear into this one with muscle. Their interplay lightens up and whoops! We find ourselves in Stephen.
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Candyman
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

Anthemic beauty. Great ensemble singing and powerful pacing to it. Then Janis steps on stage for Love Light, so there's that.

Comments

Not Fade Away
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

Come back to it, over and over again. Opening the set like this is a beautiful statement from the band to fans.
Easy Wind
June 21, 1970
Pauley Ballroom, U. of California

Some tape speed issues in the first two tracks of this show seem resolved by the time we get to this super-charged insane rager. Pig's harp solo is top notch and Jerry blows the world to pieces with his last solo. Tape quality is pretty poor aside from the speed questions, so this is for AUD lovers only. June '70 seems where they really pulled Easy Wind together with June 5th, 13th and 24th all pretty hardcore.
Turn On Your Love Light
June 13, 1970
Red Vest

The real beast here is the experimental jam after Pig's rap. Pity the AUD is about B- quality. The first half of the show is pristine SBD, but alas, the rest is pretty degraded.
New Speedway Boogie
June 13, 1970
Red Vest

Tough-to-swallow switchover from SBD to AUD a couple of minutes in, but nevertheless worth every second. They do a slightly mellower, jazz-influenced take on it rather than the hard-drivin' bone crusher more typical of the era. I guess it's easy to mellow out in Hawaii, ya think?
Candyman
June 13, 1970
Red Vest

A subtle, understated sweetheart of an early version. Bobby and Phil's harmonies have a rare beauty here.