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Uncle John's Band
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

Most solid version ever > loses steam > gets back on track for a walloping finish!
2
Sugar Magnolia
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

A Keith stunner! Laying it down on this swingin’ version to nearly close the show. Yowza!
1
Might As Well
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

Jerry saves a rough 1st set!
1
Mama Tried
Aug. 12, 1981
Salt Palace

Jerry going HAM on this short + sweet version from an all-time show!
3
Passenger
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

Huge + screaming + stunning ‘81 version!!!
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Comments

Althea
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Bobby is the hottest player on this particular version, which doesn’t even begin to approach the top-5 version played less than 2 weeks earlier, on 2/26/81. Who gives a good goddamn about the latest MSG release with respect to which versions bring it? You ain’t listened to enough if this is top-10 all-time. Yeesh.
Hard to Handle
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

More energy than any of the others up here in this stratosphere…
Hard to Handle
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

The Miller mix is so much better than the “Ladies and Gents…” release, which is sadly sterile. Good one, though pretty chill vis-a-vis the rest of the HTH library.
Hard to Handle
Aug. 6, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

The jam is all-time + the peak is legend, no doubt. They are firing, but it does take some time to get there, and Pig ain’t exactly *on*. Complicated stuff. Epic jam, but the hike to the peak is slippery. Best HTH jam, not the best if taken as a whole…
Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 5, 1978
Uni Dome, U of Northern Iowa

‘78 is, by far, the peak of the band, but this S>F has never hit for me. Perplexed. 4/24 + 1/31 are where. It’s. At.
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