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Drums -> Space
March 28, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

Five star drums into the spherical laser color cavern of delicate chamber electronic improv, magnetic madness
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Truckin'
March 28, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

Spectacularly drunken entrance to this lean mean blue hot 93 Truckin with plenty of chonky chaw! Five alarm version, stellar concert.
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Wave to the Wind
March 28, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

Latter day gem that might be a surrogate memory of peter gabriel solsbury hill. Phil sings and jerry comes alive. sophisticated, breezy, and killing.
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Ship of Fools
March 28, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

group is well oiled, Deeply meant vocal, great vibes.
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Walking Blues
March 28, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

Really kicking version, full steam ahead!! it's bob in full hoodoo daddy mode. Version that shows why they played this one so often, chasing this shit

Comments

Playin' In The Band
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

11-minute PITB jam starts with a nice phil feature and gets as good as any from this year!!!! Are you crazy, 3?!?!?!
Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

All-time version to close a surreal sequence, Jerry puts in 150%, just screaminggggg!!!!!!!!!!
Wharf Rat
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

Critical consensus for 77 often points to this year as being a concise song-driven melee of easygoing funk-rock textures. The whole story is more complicated and on certain gigs you'll get a Terrapin->playin->drums->iko iko->the wheel->wharf rat->sugar mag that gets as out there as any jamming they did. Particularly wheel and wharf are crazy, though. This version is probed straight from another deranged cranium to ours, the accompaniment accentuating the freakish paranoia and backing it up all the way. Both wheel and wharf geniusly dissolve into frantic, roaming improvisation. Clean and rocket sharp 77, but also jazzy af.
The Music Never Stopped
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

dream-like
Around and Around
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

heady round 'n' round closer after a navel-gazing, psychedelically expansive reading of "Wharf Rat" - prankster move to head to Chuck Berry. The "round 'n' round thing" that is in conversation with "The Wheel"!!!!!!