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Promised Land
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

this one is a gimme for Hornsby's jumpstart chops which makes for a devastating affair with jer and the guys lockin' in.
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Drums -> Space
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Laconic and textural, devils hang loose. Chasms of endless spirals of blank fear only to be boingy wackjob cyberjazz, menacing, for OG 90's heads
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Uncle John's Band
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

High spirited and activated septet playing. Lengthy tonal solo and manic 7/4 takeoff
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Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Blazing steamroller, Hornsby, flutterbird PITB. Elegant, direct, emblematic of the late style.
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I Need A Miracle
July 21, 1990
World Music Theatre

Mystical, blazing

Comments

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