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1
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

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 13, 1993
The Spectrum

lean and mean!! I love the lightning bolt years! this one has a bit of a snakey, enigmatic charm to it, not a fist pumper. One to kick back
Stagger Lee
Sept. 13, 1993
The Spectrum

real hot!! Flying fretboard
Let It Grow
Oct. 16, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Wondrous pirate ship ride
Built to Last
Oct. 16, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

face stealer, explosively rouses a gentle ease
Drums -> Space
Sept. 10, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Menacing sampling section, gorgeous beam. Mickey always brought it and these passages has masterly narrative. If the dose hasn't kicked in, the space>DS>space will set the scene. Drenched in scary effects evoking bottomless seas of anarchic synth manic egos clawing at the walls of the mind. Everyone refracting each other's outbursts with tempered musical interior brilliance so as to pinwheel without being spun out. eventually the jazz cat boys start interpolating something and jerry responds with screaming virtuosic distorted runs which only makes weir intensify his anxious funk harder. First rate version. Final four minutes are tonal, resplendent, and suggest stella or china doll