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Beat it on Down The Line
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Train rippin' down the hot coals of the 1973 track.
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Drums
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Can't believe I'm submitting this. Long and fun drum circle that's notable because our Jer Bear whips out a steel pan and joins in.
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It Must Have Been The Roses
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Jerry tearing the standards book asunder with this elegant poetic brilliance
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Big River
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

For a few minutes wembley in '90 becomes the fillmore in the summer of 1970, the way the Dead just slide into a no-nonsense Big River. Shivers
2
Loose Lucy
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Smokin' and refined version of this deep cut, on "All Hallow's Eve" as a chap might say
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It Must Have Been The Roses
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Rinky dink welnik synth jostles with hornsby for room amid a good ole toad-in-the-gas-pipe lead vocal. Headiest passionate delivery, heartstrings country last round rallying cry!!
Me and My Uncle
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Habanero. blistering piercing rosebud, theatrical chaw
Drums -> Space
April 1, 1994
The Omni

it's 31 minutes and much of it, rather than just straight up zaniness, is going for a drone sound art thing. rich resonant tones and blissfully self-contained. when cyberjazz does emerge it's moody and frothy.
That Would Be Something
April 1, 1994
The Omni

excellent!! lots of fun, bluesy
He's Gone
April 1, 1994
The Omni

Just wonderful, luscious vocals, ascendant lead work, spider web coda.
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