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Playin' In The Band
April 29, 1972
Musikhalle

A mysterious beauty. Understated, elegant, and crystal clear, but shredding and fun. A nice little gem.
44
Truckin'
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Hard rocker. Great interplay and the band at the top of their '72 game. "No. 1 in Turlock, and that's a fact". - Bobby.
30
He's Gone
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Uptempo, almost a shuffle, like the best of the '72s. High energy 1st set.
7
The Other One
April 5, 1971
Manhattan Center

Powerful version with insane Phil muscular bass kicking into a sweet Wharf Rat. A gem of a show.
14
Let It Grow
June 23, 1974
Jai-Alai Fronton

Sneaks up calm then hits critical mass: Suddenly you are the blade of grass, the dew on the crops, the explosive heat of summertime. Love it.

Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Aug. 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall

I've voted and commented already, but want to shout out a special for the Slipknot on its own; not only because Jerry's tone as he rips into it is like a spacetime buzz saw with the bomber force of a blazing star destroyer - that's some cool shit right there - but also because you can smell the hungry desire of the band to play this amazing composition live. Those who find this show "too short" miss the point. This was one of four show this year. I can't imagine what it felt to burn out enough after '74 to stop playing together live. This song and show shows the love, the magic, and the burning passion of a Dead Show, and the wild passionate group mind at its most musical. Any player out there can tell you: Slipknot is a hard mother fucker to play, harder to play well, harder still to play together, even harder to nail live, and just catastrophically difficult to jam out like this without sounding like a soulless chops wizard. Do they do it? Of course they do, and with a smile that makes it sound easy. Damn, it's good.
Dark Star
Nov. 8, 1969
Fillmore West

Quintuple-decker sammy here. The "uncle john's band jam" in 7/4 time may one of the coolest things I've ever heard. Hard to even imagine UJB as a primordial idea, let alone an unfinished song, but it here it is in an incomplete, elemental form. Damned good find in a fantastic DS from '69.
Brown Eyed Women
Nov. 4, 1977
Cotterell Gym - Colgate University

Burner, for certain. Hard to believe that's the same man singing and playing at the same time. Thanks archive!
Good Lovin'
Nov. 4, 1977
Cotterell Gym - Colgate University

Perfect execution across this opener duo Bertha>Good Lovin'. You just know the lucky fans thought, "oh, my, they're on, we're in for a good one...".
Dancin' in the Streets
April 12, 1970
Fillmore West

MORE COWBELL!!! Seriously top shelf Dancin'. When this gets moving you can hear just how much fun they were having. Jerry/Phil are in a pure symbiosis and they go into a unique jam for a bit around minute 9:00.