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They Love Each Other
May 20, 1973
U.C.
Most rockin' version I know. The boys sound big and tight throughout this wonderful show.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 20, 1973
U.C.
Really tight and uptempo. Jerry sings through a cold, but energetic and inspired guitar work. Perfect transition into Rider.
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Playin' In The Band
June 26, 1976
Auditorium Theatre
Complex and experimental around a Stephen>Wheel sandwich. Starts and ends in wild exhuberance, but has lots of spacebugs and dinosaurs in between.
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The Wheel
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre
Was this the first Wheel ever? It rolls just so sweetly - not very long, but quite perfect
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Scarlet Begonias
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre
Very tight, uptempo and deeply grooving. Check out Seamons' matrix for right tape speed. Even Donna's contributino is solid on this one.
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Playin' In The Band
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre
Sounds like Keith's on a honky-tonk acoustic, well mic'd (amplified (well who knows maybe otherwise too)) for this cool '71 version. Phil's all over it too. Really hot show - just amazing how they're pushing and pulling against the melody before the out chorus.
Beat it on Down The Line
Oct. 22, 1967
Unknown
Surf punk! 10 years before the Sex Pistols. Who said these guys were hippies?!
Cold Rain and Snow
Oct. 22, 1967
Unknown
Total '67 insanity. Fully shredding, the fastest version I know from back when the boys were considered menaces to straight society. A raging mad maelstrom with a penchant for dosing the uninitiated. This whole show explodes.
Eyes Of The World
June 30, 1974
Civic Center
Show is something different from the juggernauts from earlier on the tour, so doesn't get all the love it deserves. This Eyes is so inventive and exploratory, subtle yet bizarre. Great stuff. Nice Slipknot tease around 11:15. It's the 2nd one in the show after the melt from UJB back into Playin' earlier.
Scarlet Begonias
June 30, 1974
Civic Center
The groove, the groove: Captures the complexity and beauty of Scarlet all the while up on its toes for a traipsing sensual and funtime dance-along. Hot mellow summertime Dead goodness like all the best of '73-'74.
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some mighty fine drummin' ...
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