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3
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

Comments

Feelin' Groovy Jam
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Brings the god damn good ole goods with resplendently bright meadows of jangle pop mountain
Dark Star
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Beautiful stand alone velvet dark star from the first run of the year. Dunes of knowledge in lungs filling, dancing sparking and conspiring to puff out cosmic subs. Circles of courtyard shadings. for me it is these dissonant freakout sections where they truly embrace the avant-garde and unlock a whole new multiplicity of feelings from the song-driven stuff
Me and Bobby McGee
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

try this 18-song first set on for size!! Always love this tremendous one, listen to how they snap on this one, Kreutzman coming into his own as a great.
Comes A Time
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Massive, lovely organ from mckernan, crawling for respite and glimmers in the tunnel with heavy angelically lumberingly jazzy backing
Chinatown Shuffle
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Important history. Woozy overtime shredder