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Scarlet Begonias
July 29, 1974
Capitol Center

Everything's perfect and beautiful in this one. Can we just say "All Scarlets from Summer '74 are epically heady", cause I don't know a bad one.
16
Playin' In The Band
July 27, 1974
Civic Center

As brilliant an example of Billy K's genius as I know on the Archive. Great meltdown, too. Put it in the same category as 02.12.73. It's that good.
8
Me and Bobby McGee
July 27, 1974
Civic Center

Starts simply enough, then around the four-minute mark just explodes into a beautiful carnival funride of musical unity and sweet sweet soul.
4
It Must Have Been The Roses
July 27, 1974
Civic Center

Very sweet and right out of a grooving MHUT. Summer '74 is chock-full of goodness, and this Roses doesn't disappoint one little bit.
15
Row Jimmy
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

2nd ever, very interesting. Sounds like they're working out the feel, quite uptempo almost rocksteady (not reggae, yo) beat.
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Comments

Shakedown Street
Oct. 25, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

I'm going to put this one above Merriweather for Brent bringing on the funk, Bobby's tweaking wah, and just how much it brought me back to what was probably the first Dead song I ever knew by name.
Sugaree
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

This one swings with great purpose. It builds up and up, and blows up with a nice smooth climax.
Not Fade Away
June 19, 1976
Capitol Theatre

Philzone nirvana here. At a couple of points it almost sounds like he's forcing the band into a Supplication jam that never quite coagulates. Other than that, this confirms my hypothesis that the man has ten fingers on each hand. What a monster musician!
Let It Grow
June 19, 1976
Capitol Theatre

I agree that that the Devils make this one special. It has that amped up and kicking on top of the beat feel of the speedy early 80s versions. The segue is smoother than "proper" sounding like a DJ blending two tracks as much as a typical GD transition.
High Time
June 19, 1976
Capitol Theatre

Jerry and Donna like a choir of angels on this one.
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