Just about as good as this song ever got. Just the right tempo and mix. Keith was adding some delightful honkytonk piano, and he was just a month in!

Perfect tempo and playing on this 71 version from a really good halloween show.

An energetic, well mixed 71Bertha that's been missed somehow. Keth had been in the band for only a month but already fitting in very well.

An almost forgotten Jed! This is well played and well recorded. Pig even plays organ on this one. Suprising ommision from such a stellar show!

The drummers are fired up on this one. Even T.Cs joining in on this energetic version. This gets an Allman Brothers flavor at times.

In the documentary about Bob Weir, "The Other One", Bobby talks about the night that Neal Cassady was dying in a desert in Mexico. He said that Neal came to him in a vison and helped him finish the lyrics to this song. This was the night of this concert, Neal died the next day. All of the lyrics that we know today, other then the "smoking Crater in my mind", which he kind of slurs, are completed on this night. By the next show, 11 days later, the lyrics to this song where complete. This song was the show opener on both of these nights, which was kind of a rarity. Of the 2 concerts though, this one is much more energetic and well played. Although this isn't the best version of this song, It is a truly significant O1 and should be listened to and appreciated by any one who appreciates this iconic song.

A long and energetc Love Light. This was a great room acoustically and a good mix. The drummers sound particularly good on this one And course Jerrys playing is tasty and deverse, as he is for the whole show. This one is up there!

^ That's a good point DS67! Jerry is shifting back and forth between tones and textures. He opens with some perfectly executed feed back riffs then dives way up the neck for some low, primal tones. Then during his extended solo he even gets some Asian instrument sounds, as well as his standard SG psychedelia. As for the percussion, one of the drummers, probably Micky. uses a Guiro, then switches to Maracas after the 1st verse. This is really good 69 stuff here!

Jerry and Donna's voices combine to produce a kind of Appalachian sound. Donna was quite a good vocalist at times, especially after the hiatus.

Good acoustic version, if you don't count T.Cs circus organ, nice touch though. The drums where a little over powering. It still gets my vote!