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Promised Land
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

this one is a gimme for Hornsby's jumpstart chops which makes for a devastating affair with jer and the guys lockin' in.
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Drums -> Space
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Laconic and textural, devils hang loose. Chasms of endless spirals of blank fear only to be boingy wackjob cyberjazz, menacing, for OG 90's heads
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Uncle John's Band
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

High spirited and activated septet playing. Lengthy tonal solo and manic 7/4 takeoff
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Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Blazing steamroller, Hornsby, flutterbird PITB. Elegant, direct, emblematic of the late style.
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I Need A Miracle
July 21, 1990
World Music Theatre

Mystical, blazing
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Wharf Rat
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Sparkly, twinkly wharf rat fairy dusted onto an autumn 73 set. but i'll get back on my feet someday bridge on this version is quite sad stuff. Then wall of sound PhilBombin' up phuckin' up yer head. Lucid and chunky, graceful and silvery wharf.
Wharf Rat
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

weightlifting champ of a wharf!
Black Throated Wind
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Huge, heartfelt version
The Other One
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

Wow. Look out the line for the Devils and strap in for TOO->Wharf->Wheel.
Uncle John's Band
Dec. 31, 1987
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Smashing version of UJB. a popular byte-sized line about the dead is that they were intentionally apolitical, but we can distinctly view the lyrics of UJB as a call for socialist and environmentalist humanitarianism, as well as "ain't no time to hate" and "are you kind?" as a rousing anti-fascist call. It's hard to say what the snake flag meant in 1970 audiences. But hey, Tucker Carlson and other Fox dipfuck acolytes go to dead shows. Goes to show, Not a group that had their head in the clouds thematically all the time, they had a pulse on things going on.
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