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Big Boss Man
April 17, 1971
Dillon Gym
Great harp work from Pigpen, who's voice was still strong and full of blues: Great crunchy jamming from the band.
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Alligator
Nov. 11, 1967
Shrine Auditorium
With the power to blast you out of your chair. Watch your dose, it's that strong.
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Cryptical Envelopment
Nov. 11, 1967
Shrine Auditorium
Any question's about primal Dead? Answer's right here in the outro of this psychedelic monster. A really hard core brainmelter, this.
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Black Throated Wind
Sept. 10, 1972
Hollywood Palladium
Has it all. Builds and builds up to a great peak with Jer and Keith playing all out behind a great Bobby performance.
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Me and Bobby McGee
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater
Maybe I'm the only Head out there who digs this song, but damn if this isn't a beauty. Tight harmonies and a good-times feeling.
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Ship of Fools
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium
Jerry belts it out with power, puts real oomph into it.
The Other One
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium
Good and weird. Starts spacious and open, then goes bananas. Not in the hard acid shot-out-of-a-cannon sense but in a more experimental peak weirdness way. Seems like they either forgot about the first verse altogether or figured they'd already ridden it as far as it'd ride.
Samson and Delilah
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium
The whole show is extra loose, and this is no exception... but it flows like a room full of bouncing pingpong balls and grooves with great butt.
Dancin' in the Streets
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium
Part of a great run of '76 versions, full of experimental jams, wild turn-on-a-dime grooves, and funky funky funk.
The Wheel
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium
Glorious. It moves with the spinning grace of the big wheel and the small wheel too. The Devils give it a pulse while the guitar landscape rolls past and you're dozing in and out of a dream, comfortable in the back of the bus, the road unfolding before you... on the road... sunshine through the window... just a little more ground.
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