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Beat it on Down The Line
March 12, 1966
Danish Center

This could have been the debute of this song. A very young Bobby is kind of yelling it. It's interesting to hear how these early covers evolved.
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Black Peter
Oct. 25, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

This is a beautiful and emotional version, it's hard to hear over the crowd noise, but they where digging it!
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Cream Puff War
Dec. 4, 1966
The Matrix Club

Every bit as good as 12-01-66. in my oponion. Tight and energetic.
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New Minglewood Blues
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

Bobby was singing with clarity and authority on this one. This is a good tight version.
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Samson and Delilah
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

Billy and Micky lay down a tight rythm for every one to lock into, and they do. Crowd noize on all sources that i've heard.
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Comments

Dark Star
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

This one took me by surprise. I think it's as interesting and complex as Veneta. What a wonderful musical journey, and then it goes into China Doll. Fantastic, this should be much higher on the list!
Dark Star
June 23, 1974
Jai-Alai Fronton

This is a smooth and constant flow of musical ideas. I think I that I like the 5-14-74 DS better, but this is a good one.
Dark Star
Nov. 5, 1970
Capitol Theater

I listened to a sound board version of this show on the archive. It sounded clear, and you can hear everyone. This is a good version, but not as good as 11/08/70, also at the Capital Theater.
Dark Star
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

They are playing with a lot of energy and clarity in one of their favorite venues, the Capital Theater. A nice intro up to the first verse then a build up to a minimalist space jam. I have to be in the right head space for those jams. Over all, it's a good version.
Dark Star
Feb. 14, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

From what I can gather from the Archive, this was the 4th live performance of Dark Star. After just a few weeks of playing this song, they had changed the structure of the song and the instrumentation. Pig is playing the beginning theme along with Phil and Jerry is taking more lengthy solos. It's interesting to hear how they developed this song since this performance.
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