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1
Sugar Magnolia
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

A solid workout with a well-rendered buildup and a yelping SSDD
4
Comes A Time
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Much appreciated, as there soon comes a time when its more sporadic in the repertoire
1
Good Lovin'
June 13, 1970
Red Vest

Another punchy shot in the arm from 1970
1
Eyes Of The World
Feb. 24, 1973
University of Iowa

Amazed at how these early versions are so well established, moving along confidently yet dreamily; then some unique post-lyric explorations.
9
Big Railroad Blues
Nov. 17, 1971
Albuquerque Civic Auditorium

A fresh, hoppin' four minutes of GD

Comments

Eyes Of The World
Oct. 6, 1977
Activity Center. Arizona State U

See/ listen to/ compare 10/29/77
Brown Eyed Women
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

In My Life tuning before... see also Box of Rain 6/5/93.
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
July 19, 1974
Selland Arena

Phil steals the ball at the solo point, dribbles hard down the court, and throws down -- like three times in a row and for the rest of the song... can't close the doors when the Walls of Phil cave in!
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Dec. 10, 1971
Fox Theatre

'71 pounces.
Attics of My Life
June 6, 1993
Giants Stadium

I was lucky to catch Attics in ’89 and then even four or five times after, but I never contemplated that they’d break it out in a stadium. Wow. And then again at Giant’s the following summer. Yet, this show was like the last party that represented what the GD experience was all about (for me, anyway) even though I went to more shows this year and in the remaining years. This brings me to 6693 on the chart here, and it was my 66th show, FWIW.