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Brown Eyed Women
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

Bouncy and upbeat. Keith is on, and the lyrics are sung convincingly by Garcia.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

ESSENTIAL Dead material here.
4
Dancin' in the Streets
Oct. 11, 1970
Action House

One of the finer versions of the year
6
Dark Star
Oct. 11, 1970
Action House

Killer version, a must listen
12
Playin' In The Band
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

Topnotch Terrapin<Playin'. Fresh and tight Playin jam here.

Comments

Dark Star
April 8, 1971
Boston Music Hall

Yeah, never heard this one before. Great stuff, lagin works well in this version.
The Other One
Feb. 27, 1969
Fillmore West

Jerry flips a nut on this one. Charged out of the goddamn earth. Lesh also blows a fuse, Nuts version.
Caution
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

This is heady as they come. Pure driving Garcia, and they make you feel like a train is coming right down the track to run you over. Powerful shit here, man.
Good Lovin'
Nov. 6, 1970
Capitol Theater

This first part of the song before the main ten, is played at an incredible speed. So fast, but so good. Pigpen although having to sing at breakneck speeds, nails it. Kreutzman in particular is responsible for raising the tempos on this one. Hot version, no question, and most definitely heady. Pretty cool Good Lovin'>Drums>Main Ten>Drums>Good Lovin' sandwich. The second half of the Good Lovin' sandwich has Jerry playing some really great stuff, this is really a smoker of a version. Pure power. Then Pig comes back to end it, all in all an awesome version.
Bertha
Oct. 29, 1973
Kiel Auditorium

Jerry hits some awesome high notes in his solo. All on same page version, with Jerry and Phil working off each other.