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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
July 27, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse

The boys seem to love playing in unanounced, unstructred jams like this. Freedom reminiscent of some '67-69's but with the '73 songlist.
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Sugaree
Dec. 16, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Rippin' show opener with Bobby twang sliding and a 2nd Jerry solo taking it up and over the top. Plus its Nashville.
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Big River
July 27, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse

Turns typical 1st set filler into a great jam. One of Keith's best solos of Summer '73.
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The Other One
July 1, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre

Cool and fast w/ 12min jam before 1st (and only) verse. At 08:30 Phil goes teases what sounds like Milking the Turkey. Is that possible?
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Loose Lucy
July 1, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre

A greasy gritty super-funk sex parade. Wasn't often the Dead sounded this horny after Pigpen died.
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Comments

Cream Puff War
July 29, 1966
P.N.E. Garden Auditorium

Truly fantastic indeed. You can fully hear how they ripped Caution out of Cream Puff War in the years ahead. Also: Billy is a goddamned monster on this.
Sitting on Top of the World
July 29, 1966
P.N.E. Garden Auditorium

Completely bonkers. Sounds like ten-thousand rubber pingpong balls shot through a particle accelerator.
Cream Puff War
July 17, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

There's some debate about the dates and tapes in the different Archive and Setlists.net listings. Some claim that this is actually the set from 16th, but this is undoubtedly a different version than the one played on the 16th... for starters it's a full minute and a half shorter. Of the two the 16th is better in my opinion: tighter and more expansive, showing off the how they could be wild, muscular, dangerous, and virtuoso. Great to have this record of them both today. Enjoy!
Dancin' in the Streets
July 16, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

The tension between their melody-solo-melody format on the psychedelic pop songs and their need to stretch-out the forms into longer jams is present throughout this show. The Viola Lee, the Cream Puff War, and especially this Dancin' are already going way further out.
Cold Rain and Snow
July 16, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

S p e e d y indeed. The whole show has a benzedrine feeling to it.
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