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Candyman
July 30, 1970
The Matrix

Mysterious beauty under the B- sound quality (Phil sounds kinda like a tuba, which is cool). Beautiful vocal harmonies and break in the middle.
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Truckin'
Aug. 24, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Massive driving groove leading straight into one of the top DS of all time. My ears hear a flirt with NFBM jam that never quite hatches.
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Uncle John's Band
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Sweetness and light insight a wickedly melting Playin' sandwich. Pretty, gentle harmonies found somewhere out there the deep dark chaos. Tight sound.
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Truckin'
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Long exploratory solos, smouldering jams, cool interplay. Won't blow you off your chair but very inventive and interesting.
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Space
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Seastones: Completely wild and rises to a freaky climax. May cause brain blisters. Not for children.
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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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