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Grateful Novice

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Submissions

3
Hurts Me Too
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

More good blues from this great early show. Check out Pig's harp solo too.
6
He Was A Friend of Mine
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

This whole show just smokes.
5
Next Time You See Me
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

Hot little blues number.
3
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Aug. 26, 1971
Gaelic Park

Builds nicely and the ending jam has a certain swagger to it.
5
Not Fade Away
Aug. 26, 1971
Gaelic Park

Coming out of a nice St. Stephen

Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
April 23, 1977
Springfield Civic Center

Jerry bumbles through most of a verse in “Help” but it doesn’t really sound bad. Super heady “Slipknot,” one of the best I’ve heard and not to be missed. Transition a bit slow for my taste, but quite spacey. Fantastic first chorus in “Franklin’s.” Phil!~ Crowd goes absolutely fucking nuts during the tremolo strumming, huge full room peak with inventive playing right before. What’s not to be loved?
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 23, 1977
Springfield Civic Center

Nice “Scarlet,”with inventive Garcia playing. Nice drone from Phil in the final minute of the transition. > short but well executed, with a chordal riff from Jerry I don’t recall hearing anyplace else. Unbelievably mellow start to the third pairing of these two songs. Jerry hits it hard with the Mutron solo, and the vibe is so relaxed here. Get the Seamons matrix, it’s perfect!
Playin' In The Band
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Bird Song
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Top 2. This is heavenly stuff.
Shakedown Street
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

Simply fantastic stuff.