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Space
July 14, 1984
Greek Theatre - University of California

Eerie. this jerry-driven version is mired in the paranoia of imminent doom with the wink of cyberjazz. Reaches a to1-esque crater of solemn peace.
2
Looks Like Rain
July 14, 1984
Greek Theatre - University of California

yet another symphonic slammer. Deeply meant.
1
They Love Each Other
April 16, 1989
The Mecca

First rate. Excellent group blend, they're ready for the fireworks of the two years to follow
3
Looks Like Rain
April 18, 1982
Hartford Civic Center

80s are a goldmine for LLR's, this one wirey, lustrous and cinematic.
1
Ramble On Rose
April 18, 1982
Hartford Civic Center

welcome wink of a heel-diggingly true pure rendering. Spiky and down home like jerry and hunter's best evocations of timeless tribulation and delitez.

Comments

Walking Blues
July 13, 1985
Ventura County Fairgrounds

Baptizing shredfest of righteously pan seared riff wreckage and chug, second jerry solo is lucid and piercing, heroic stuff
Fire On The Mountain
July 13, 1985
Ventura County Fairgrounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOpcK8b39VU Trouble ahead grand slam at ventura. Multi-armed vishnu
Black Peter
June 27, 1985
SPAC

this one always knocks it out of the park. Kafkaesque plea for release whose severity always sets up all manner of levity to follow in that classic GD pindrop style
Truckin'
June 27, 1985
SPAC

Blue-hot. Gem of a truckin>spoonful, gnarled and ravaged, miraculously glove tight
Drums -> Space
June 27, 1985
SPAC

guitarists work their tone, the boys send you to hell and back. Exemplary version