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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 20, 1973
The Spectrum

Solid smooth jamming on China Cat for a solid, beautiful 8 mins, including the FGJ. Rider has Phil high in the vocal mix, to a very nice effect.
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Casey Jones
Sept. 17, 1973
Onondaga County War Memorial

Builds and builds and builds, faster hotter faster and hotter. The crowd goes wild (stage antics?) Something special was in the wind.
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Looks Like Rain
Sept. 17, 1973
Onondaga County War Memorial

Who's playing the Theremin? There's definitely something odd going on here. Was Ned Lagin sitting in?
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Loose Lucy
Sept. 17, 1973
Onondaga County War Memorial

Slower tempo gives this one a special feel. Jerry sings it with great gusto and a deeper bluesier feel then others. The whole ride is great fun.
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Casey Jones
Nov. 11, 1978
Saturday Night Live

The band is having fun with it on live TV, even though squeezed into under 4 minutes: http://vimeo.com/35129207. Bobby slides over the disco beat.
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Friend of the Devil
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Love it when the dead play fast over slow tempos. This song slowed down in the 80s so far that it became a big buzz kill (for me: subjective opinion only). This one's different. The drummers keep it "in front of the beat" and the result is a nice mid-point between the shitkickers of the early 70s and the nodding off, one foot in the gravers towards the end.
The Music Never Stopped
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

What a monster!
Big River
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Unlike any other version ever. Just a rootin' tootin' horseback gambol.
Pretty Peggy O
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

the solos are bursting at the seams of the slower tempo, making for interesting musical tension. Nice version.
Crazy Fingers
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

First live performance, and they catch every mysterious and beautiful element in this song. Check out 28 Feb 1975 rehearsal jams at Bob's studio for an earlier, primordial Crazy Fingers.
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