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Cumberland Blues
Dec. 13, 1969
Swing Auditorium

A cozy little delight - hand percussion, contemplation, great stereo drums, and some rip roaring riffage. Comes in under the radar, but worth a visit.
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Sugaree
June 18, 1976
Capitol Theatre

As much as I love May 77 Sugarees, Spring 76 is where it's at for me. Subtlety, separation, and Garcia's whispery, silver-dipped guitar breaks.
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Candyman
April 19, 1978
Veterans Memorial Auditorium

1978: Prime weather for Candyman. This performance, like many from then, highlights the bleak world of the narrator. Garcia's break: spidery.
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Tennessee Jed
Oct. 29, 1971
Allen Theatre

Bubbly, bratty storyboard version. Character & twang for miles. I'd pay to see this band. Two for a tenner? Four please.
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Terrapin Station
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

This is a very sweet Terrapin. Everyone's fired up to play it. All you need to do is watch the vid to see the pure joy this brings Garcia. Memorable.
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Loser
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

A quiet conversation - drenched in warm dynamic waves. Yes - so very '76. The guitar break is practically a whisper.
Terrapin Station
Nov. 1, 1977
Cobo Arena

Still like this one quite a bit, but Hart won't stop running his sticks as the song builds to its apex. Blump-a-da-blump. He even makes Kreutzmann overplay. Not top cheese Terrapin but still worth your time.
Tennessee Jed
Aug. 10, 1982
Iowa Fieldhouse - University of Iowa

One of those perfect shows. Perfect for what it is anyway, but a tape that helped make me bonkers in the first place. Authoritative Tennessee Jed with all the trimmings. Garcia gives a robust singing performance. And his guitar break, forget about it. But a combination of dynamically aware playing/listening and a great audience recording shows a band firing on all 12 [Exhibit A].
Playin' In The Band
April 15, 1978
William and Mary College Hall

Am I an idiot if I don't know what the Tiger Jam is? Probably yes. Anyway - a sweeeeeet Playin' all the way through.
Brown Eyed Women
April 15, 1978
William and Mary College Hall

If the out-of-sync was intentional, it was just a clumsy idea that should have been jettisoned after the first time. My opinion, of course. Brown-Eyed Woman lives on (among other things) its groove. This version offers none. I keep trying with this one, but it smacks of indiscipline to me. As Hart had an occasional tough time finding the one, I still don't know if it was intentional or an unhappy accident. Either way, I find this a really annoying version of one of my favorite songs. So boo hiss and stuff.
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