Bird Song
Oct. 22, 1983
Carrier Dome, Syracuse U
I just gave it a listen Cucamonga - this is my kind of thing. I'm mostly stuck in the period between the hiatus and the coma and this one registers with everything I like. Jerry's tone and playing are crystal clear and the rest of the band lays down an ethereal background that the best dead songs achieve. Those ethereal moments - the scarlet transition, the brief section after lady with a fan in Brent era Terrapins, for example - those are the transcendent moments for me, where I can step back and think about the nature of reality while the music plays the band. Those are the moments that keep me listening.
