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1
Hell in a Bucket
Sept. 6, 1983
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Punchy and ready!
7
New Minglewood Blues
May 11, 1978
Springfield Civic Center Arena

Bobby's the hypeman for lightning rod Minglewood jamming in Springfield Mass.
2
The Race Is On
Oct. 29, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cFy6NzS1k Heady acoustic Race is On, speedy as secretariat and so killin'! Barrelhouse Brent and gold Cali harmonies
1
Beat it on Down The Line
May 6, 1978
Patrick Gymnasium - University of Vermont

Speedy Beat it on this "five-six-seventy-eight" gig! Awesome!
4
Big River
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

Seguing from me and my uncle, crowd goes nuts. Smooth Rhodes playing and hot jer. Great version

Comments

Wharf Rat
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

silky and passionate, perfect storytelling, positively soaring vocal and superb weir and welnick!!! Excellent clock ticking effects on "i'll live the life i should", existential pitter pattering like rain in the gutters. The sound of a dramaturge unaware of the tyranny backstage, he isn't in on the joke, everything is in the future tense cuz ur already empty and fucked. Magnificent pinwheeling buffet outro. Must hear second set, touchdown selections with searching interpretation.
The Other One
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

The forlornly linear and holistically accounted for space gives way to an unhinged metal TO1 dripping with menace spooky midi drums with ravenously aggressive rapid fire smashing and scratching lashing effects... Not for casual fans
Drums -> Space
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

First rate, thoughtfully emotional Billy, classic cafe-side cappucino chat as he swirls into Mickey's plane of deep consciousness boiling thru this thing adding flourishes of ambient rays before a hot bobby entrance and lightning rod vince. Opulent space full of outbursts of softly undulating light in sound vibrations. Shackleton and co on the circuit ride expedition, fueled by fight or flight death drive.
Pretty Peggy O
Nov. 8, 1985
Community War Memorial Auditorium

great one!!!
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

if you don't know 94 uncle john, you need to, it's a year when they would take this tune for beautiful clear shoreline jogs, off-leash, high tide. Stand alone goliath UJB, Terrific vibe, jerry's notes careen and barrel with expert abandon but also an encouraging gandalf smile, as if in between spinning yourself silly in the aisles of MSG you could sit down by the fire and blow a couple of solos along with them on this focused and generous night. Raise it... worth a listen!!