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Beat it on Down The Line
July 31, 1974
Dillon Stadium

Crackling. Hits the itch
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Sugaree
June 15, 1992
Giants Stadium

Thumpin' and soaring. Moves with astonishing fluidity of barroom barrelhouse logic. Killing
2
Stella Blue
April 9, 1989
Freedom Hall

Slow motion bounding across the craters of the moon on this mammoth knight on horseback Stella!!Assured poetry on razor's edge
2
Uncle John's Band
April 9, 1989
Freedom Hall

watery schizo Estimated into this classic twinkler
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Ramble On Rose
April 9, 1989
Freedom Hall

kinetic aries version from a heavyweight year

Comments

The Wheel
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

bound to cover just a little more ground, for only 3rd time, chunky and dancing version, powerful
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

The approach to this trifecta as a victory lap rather than a bust out of the gate yields an arguably even more rewarding version of the composition. Slip is not a melter so much as a slow burn...
Cosmic Charlie
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

mega heady, so mellow!!! loving this version of cosmic charlie
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

rippling and full of alignment, just shredding
Playin' In The Band
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

For sure under-voted, it's playing in the band and they go crazy on this one. Returning to the D modal jam from craziness, you can start to see why this is Keith Godchaux's "catatonic" phase, his Rhodes playing doesn't take us as far as say, a Dark Star from two years prior would. But it's still nasty and great. Iconic Donna wail coming back around. One of those PITB's that'll take you through several distinct cycles of mood