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Terrapin Station
June 28, 1995
The Palace

Not particularly heady, but a notably not-too-bad later version with nice Vince vox
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Cassidy
Sept. 29, 1980
Warfield Theater

Perfect acoustic version
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The Other One
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

Weird, jazzy 90s version. Remarkably good!
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Mexicali Blues
June 16, 1974
Iowa State Fairgrounds

Often a throwaway, this super bouncy version from a top 10 show sparkles.

Comments

Box of Rain
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

Love this show, and this song, but this one is a bit weak. The drummers do a good enough job, but it just plods a bit with this many people on stage, I think. I absolutely LOVE Phil's songwriting and playing, but his songs sound like they are written for smaller combos.
Corrina
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

Underrated song. It's Weir doing some very 90s songsmithery (the drums/keys loop is soaked in aura era)...I love it.
Crazy Fingers
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

I think Jerry's croaks suit this tune well, never my favorite song--but that lovelorn, slow-moving harmonic motion fits them well here. I am not a head on this tune, so I don't know if it's unique, but that very syncopated Phil/Jerry jam at the end is very unusual...they all managed to play "more-or-less in time" and mesh well, but they don't have a ton of outright dual guitar stuff outside some intros like that of "Playin".
Victim Or The Crime
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

Not a great song, but the change in mood and tone are very welcome, and the jam gets bonkers. Weir's pained (and personal?) metaphors are outshone by the willingness to get freaky. Their darkest song as a whole? Even the lyrically nervier ones (eg Wolf) are usually much lighter musically.
Playin' In The Band
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

Ripper from a dark era. This beats most I've heard from after 1974...doesn't work for me with noodling, but this is so damaged and machine gun that it works. Almost heavy metal for a couple of patches.
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