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Grateful Novice

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6
Smokestack Lightnin'
Oct. 9, 1984
The Centrum

Short, but listen to crowd freak out when the riff starts. Solid show on Lennon's birthday.
5
He's Gone
Oct. 9, 1984
The Centrum

Trippy board effects on vocals. Everything this song should be.
1
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Dec. 31, 1984
SF Civic

Band reeling from preceding S>F.
8
Bird Song
Dec. 14, 1980
Long Beach Arena

Wonderful interplay. Short and focused. Sounds like the band becomes one organism.
9
Morning Dew
March 18, 1990
Civic Center

reaches a powerful peak that brings this sequence to a thrilling conclusion.
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Comments

Darkness Jam
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Wanted to make a more substantive comment. Came to this show via my old Dick's Picks 2 (one that, for me, never gets old and that I love more each time I hear it). I checked out the Road Trips version because I had heard iffy things about the AUD that's on the archive; I love a good audience recording, but it's an issue of volume for me personally. The official release sounds *fantastic*—this is choice Dead from a prime time in their development, with the sort of full-band interplay that removes you from your own body. Truly top notch music; stuff like this is why I spend so much time listening to this band.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Yes.
Dark Star
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

The definition of heady.
Hard to Handle
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

This it totally a personal preference, but I'm not usually a big Pig fan. I'm also just now starting to hear how much Jerry's playing is inspired by Pig's raps rhythmically, though, and it's a wild time.
Estimated Prophet
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Seriously. They take this out for a walk!
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