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FreedomHaul

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Ship of Fools
May 3, 1977
The Palladium

beautiful playing. Bobby and Keith during the solo make this one for me.
6
Jack Straw
May 3, 1977
The Palladium

The song returns!
14
Bertha
May 3, 1977
The Palladium

double opener. Nice melodic lead from Jerry, nice interplay with Keith.
2
Promised Land
May 3, 1977
The Palladium

stomping opener. May goodness. Keith!
2
Uncle John's Band
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

You know what an "UJB" encore means. nice melodic leads from Jerry. Great outro material.

Comments

I Need A Miracle
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

Ah, you beat me to it! Second above, and I've honestly never heard the "Miracle" material done so well.
Franklin's Tower
May 17, 1978
Uptown Theater

Shreddy bouncy triplet Jerry!
Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

I honestly haven't heard the rest of the '72 box yet (working through parts of '90, '84, '78-9, '73), but I have this show in pretty frequent rotation every time I have like 4 full hours I can listen to something. The whole show is fantastic, and this PITB opener is just unreal. Slow Jerry peak mid-way through, superb band interplay. Although I'm a bourbon man myself.
Estimated Prophet
May 15, 1977
St. Louis Arena

Thanks man. I posted that a while ago, and I think this is the best version of this tune from the 04-77–06-77 run of shows.
Estimated Prophet
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

Yeah, this is a superior version. During most of the May versions of this tune, I kept wanting them to stretch out a little, and they do here. The result is worth hearing!