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Grateful Dead Feb. 22, 1974

Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA | Listen on archive

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13
Eyes Of The World
Nice Tight 74 Eyes with awesome phil bass solo
11
Loose Lucy
just plain good
3
Brokedown Palace
incredible 3 night run!! sound is amazing, a very soulful moving version.
7
Truckin'
A standout version from a great show.
6
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Nice groovy outro. Great show, good vibes.
3
Attics of My Life
a cool version during the sound check.
13
It Must Have Been The Roses
The first live version played with a more country feel.
14
They Love Each Other
May be the best of the early versions. Has that '73 bounce, but with something a little extra.
42
Playin' In The Band
Can't believe this isn't listed! Really massive verison with not one, but two slipknot teases. Jerry is on fire!!
11
Big River
Listen to this, then listen again for Jerry's solo: Come back and tell me Big River is a "throw away" song, cause he damn-well tears it up here.
8
Black Throated Wind
A powerful triumph, just exploding with intense jamming and emotion. Real dynamite here.
5
Row Jimmy
Solid and sweet, with some beautiful slide solos and nice vocals, Donna included.
9
Nobody's Fault But Mine
This one has more of an Other One-ish feel than most...they seem like they're pushing for it but end up going in a completely different direction
14
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Twangy on top and chubby below. Phil's mighty sonics in the second break of CCS could be dangerous--don't listen to this while ice fishing!
2
Estimated Prophet
First known soundcheck, interesting to hear the boys try to get the 7/8 time right.
6
Brown Eyed Women
Fun to listen to, love these '74 BEW's!
2
Tennessee Jed
Down 'n' dirty 74.
5
Ship of Fools
Premiere of this stately Jerry ballad.
6
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
I'm uncle sam, how do you do? Off and running tonight at Winterland, the premiere of US Blues.
2
El Paso
A very good '74 el paso. Phil is consistenly strong this night. Great tempoo! Bobby's lyrics are strong on this one as well. Good recording.Listen! :)
3
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Splendid set closer with delightfully boisterous contributions from Keith and a permeating feeling of real joy.
2
Promised Land
This really gets cookin’! Keith, Billy, and Jerry seem to be playing little rhythmic games, switching up the accents in interesting ways.
2
Sugar Magnolia
A Keith stunner! Laying it down on this swingin’ version to nearly close the show. Yowza!
6
Uncle John's Band
Most solid version ever > loses steam > gets back on track for a walloping finish!
2
Wharf Rat
Really exploratory one!