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He Was A Friend of Mine
June 14, 1969
Monterey Performing Arts Center

So blissful you might just find yourself floating out of time. A beautiful mellow island in a sea of blazing psychedelia. China Cat tease at the end.
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Dark Star
Oct. 30, 1968
The Matrix

Rarity w/o Pig or Bobby, but TWO glorious Dark Star jams on this "goof" of a night. Strictly speaking not the Dead, but it's here and its glorious.
2
Turn On Your Love Light
Oct. 30, 1968
The Matrix

A rarity: No Pig or Bobby & no vocals. Still, beautifully inventive soloing shows why they kept it in rotation for so long. This "goof" is worth it.
6
Hard to Handle
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Hot sex.
23
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Nov. 2, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

So much feeling coming off an interstellar DS>StS>11 and then they just put this show to bed with brilliance and feeling.
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Dark Star
Feb. 8, 1970
Fillmore West

Simmers, yes, but also tweaks, gronks, facemelts, reduces the cosmos to a vibrating ping pong ball, and slingshots your mind through a Mickey-gong wave of endless return. This Dark Star sounds almost '73-'74 in its meltdown, and should be much much higher. There's also a beautiful melodic jam about 23 minutes in that sounds somehow between a FGJ and a Mountain Jam, but doesn't quite coalesce. Don't overlook it.
Sitting on Top of the World
Feb. 8, 1970
Fillmore West

Right on Beavernugs. Starting with the New Orleans shows - and the departure of Tom C. after Hawaii - they develop a grittier grungy swamp rock sound alongside the emerging and better-remembered bluegrass/country. This show (the Smokestack is outrageous) and this SOTOTW display it nicely.
Smokestack Lightnin'
Feb. 8, 1970
Fillmore West

Rivals Bear's Choice from a week later in sheer intensity and grit-in-the-gears crunchiness. Bobby and Jerry go at each other in a duel like swamp voodoo Jedi masters.
Dark Star
Nov. 11, 1973
Winterland Arena

Always faithful Dagwood? Well you're always welcome here.
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Explosive power on this one. Pig on organ swhooshes and soars over Phil and the Devils laying down some deep voodoo. And Jerry's just blazing away like finger fire. Don't overlook this show.
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