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Playin' In The Band
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Deep and weird, capping a set full of loose fun. They get into it and it's all business with a wild trans into UJB, slipknot tease, and a great outro.
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Dire Wolf
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Seems like they're just having a great old time jamming together. A loose, fun-filled 1st set capping off a great month in Dead history.
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Dark Star
April 21, 1969
The Ark

A beautiful monster with intrepid intricacies throughout. Rhythmic Jerry investigations of the theme plus Tom C. on celeste.
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Sugar Magnolia
April 8, 1971
Boston Music Hall

Super high energy, lot's of fun. They came to gether nicely on this one.
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Playin' In The Band
May 3, 1972
Olympia Theater

Massive and dark with fantastic interplay between everybody on stage. Doesn't quite melt down, but dances next to chaos just perfectly.
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Comments

Cassidy
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Thanks Darkstar67, you can alwaysI trust a Miller source. I'm giving this set another day's listening. This has got to be one of the best hidden 'off the beaten path' extended 2nd set jams ever, with over an hour from Playin' all the way to Around and Around continuous.
The Wheel
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Much more powerful on the vocals than many of the others around this time. They really belt it out as an ensemble and it's brilliant. The whole 2nd set is jaw-dropping.
Scarlet Begonias
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Just sublime. An absolute punch-up beeyute of a standalone Scarlet. I know this is sacrilege to some of you, but I really appreciate the standalones before Scarlett was ankle-chained forever to FTM. Now I love those too, don't get me wrong, but finding SB as a set-closer (this one), or somewhere between others songs in a long jam (check her out on 15 June 1976 in between Sugar Mag and SSDD) gave it a lot of freedom that somehow got lost later on. Just sayin'.
Pretty Peggy O
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Really should be higher. This has a strong pulse, sweet soloing, and a powerful rocking feel.
Brown Eyed Women
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

You can hear them develop a new sound for this song on both this one and the version from the 14th. There's no other way to describe it, but it's the first real indication to my ear of where they'd be by the beginning of '77, more crisp, more clean, and much more polished.
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