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He's Gone
Sept. 22, 1991
Boston Garden

the feeling on this rich, blue-hot hornsby one is that of exquisite elegance in that puffed-up mindless sense
1
Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

tight, gallopping, mournful, phil
1
Drums -> Space
July 6, 1990
Cardinal Stadium

bill and mick dip their toes into a dozen things, keeping their turntablism abreast of the breathing tree of life. Sensational stuff. Continued
1
Little Red Rooster
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

everyone impatient to bust out passionate stuff on this searing version
1
The Wheel
July 2, 1988
Oxford Plains Speedway

Strap on the goggles and microscopes to find traces of this in jerry's playing as soon as the intro dies down into a no nonsense sparkplug wheel
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West L.A. Fadeaway
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

fedora and a brown raincoat and briefcase in the garage waiting for the man. Lesh goes doctor manhattan at the last peak
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Show this one off as a mid 80s HSF thats a true knockout, wicked and tight and sprawling.
Let It Grow
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Great pick, wow this one is a cezanne!!! Mush, big man, mush..... you think of the 80's as speedy and there are still versions that make even tour hounds of those days go shit dude... Blistering!!! you can basically see their jaws grinding on this one it goes blood diamond mine deep. lesh and brent get tones going in a creepy way as the others go apeshit Tippy top.
Looks Like Rain
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

rolls the dice on a tears in your coffee divorce in real time on the rain soaked dose addled clowning crowns of crowds.
Friend of the Devil
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

quite a nasty one isn't it? drooool. im a big post-keith head recently so it's extra special to hear him dust off those ivories and make em shine on this daring thematic resplendent show, top 5 for me
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