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Playin' In The Band
Oct. 21, 1973
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Early Playin'>MHUT>Big River>Playin' sandwich. Worth it for the surprise bigbang key-changer from River into the wildassed 2nd Playin'.
5
Let It Grow
Oct. 21, 1973
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Liberated from the Horn Section, the boys let 'er rip. Standard fare until about 6:30, then Jer and Keith just explode into full immensity.
6
Cumberland Blues
Oct. 21, 1973
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Up and jumping, fast and precise version in spite of a few sound quality problems.
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Black Throated Wind
Oct. 21, 1973
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Sound quality may prevent some from appreciating this show, but don't miss this one. Bobby gives it everything, everyone goes nuts behind him.
5
Sing Me Back Home
Sept. 26, 1973
War Memorial

Forgotten or overlooked, but melts-in-your-mouth sweet. More of a triumphant blues than the gospel beauties from '72.
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Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Glad you like it darkstar67!
Playin' In The Band
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Hard to hear Jerry, but a brilliant deconstruction of Playin' here. It telegraphs the move into Dancin' a few times before definitively landing there. A fun if not obscure version. The whole show could use a serious re-mix and re-mastering to get Jerry's contribution at proper levels.
Friend of the Devil
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

A Keith master class here: With Jerry really low in the mix you can get a different sense of what the rest of the band was doing. What they were doing was spectacular (you knew that), but Keith really shines here.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Try the Tobin matrix or get the copy that circulated on nugs.net for a clearer Jerry sound. He is indeed too low for most of the Betty Board re-mix.
Mission in the Rain
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Like nearly everyone it seems, I love every (only five) GD version of this song. Back in tape-trading days this version was one of my first indications that there were 15 or so whole years of great music to tune in and turn on to before I got on the bus. That said... I've always felt that JGB was in fact the better vehicle for it. There's something so personal about the lyrics, and there always seemed something more restrained and delicate with the JGB versions. If you haven't groked them yet, check 'em out.
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