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El Paso
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

You might think it a throw-away song, but they just burn it up so ferociously that you know they took it seriously....
3
Me and My Uncle
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Badass. Jer's right on top of it and the band is shitkickingly in your face.
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Truckin'
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Long journey. Jer moves out of the nebulae toward HCS around 10:50, but the cosmos moved into Playin' instead. Epic indeed.
5
Tennessee Jed
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Damn fine set closer. Tight and right.
9
Sugaree
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

Nice steady heady growing rocker on this.
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Mountain Jam
July 28, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse

Well this is just a thing of great beauty that every head should hear. It's rightly famous and legendary. We'd hear stories about this day from old heads still on the tour fifteen years later.
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 28, 1976
Onondaga County War Memorial

I don't think this PiTB stands so much on its own, but because it book-ends a hour-plus of musical brilliancy, it really adds something. The outro definitely kicks ass, though.
Eyes Of The World
Sept. 28, 1976
Onondaga County War Memorial

Anybody here heard the "Ethiopiques" series of extremely cool Ethiopian jazz and jazz-rock from the 1970s? There's some brilliant stuff there, which fits right into that feedback loop between the Dead, Miles Davis '74, and the spacey-weirdness of Blues for Allah. This Orange Tango sounds like it could fit right in with that series - and I have zero doubt that our boys were aware of that sound.
The Wheel
Sept. 28, 1976
Onondaga County War Memorial

It's almost like they rushed out of the Playin' to get to this luscious beauty of a Wheel. It's long, full of delicious jam, and sounds like a sweet dreamish ride down a smooth highway while drifting off under comfortable blankets.
Let It Grow
Sept. 28, 1976
Onondaga County War Memorial

So brilliant: I'd take this one to a desert island. Compared to the one on the 25th, this one is so much tighter at an even faster tempo. It never feels rushed, even though it's blazingly fast. Everything said about Phil on this is spot on. But listen closely to Mickey and Billy, especially around minute 08:00 and you know this is pure orchestral synchronicity. The transition into a 1st set GDTRFM is magical, plus you can pull this out for any stick-in-the-mud who complains that '76 is "too slow".
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