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He's Gone
Sept. 22, 1991
Boston Garden

the feeling on this rich, blue-hot hornsby one is that of exquisite elegance in that puffed-up mindless sense
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Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

tight, gallopping, mournful, phil
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Drums -> Space
July 6, 1990
Cardinal Stadium

bill and mick dip their toes into a dozen things, keeping their turntablism abreast of the breathing tree of life. Sensational stuff. Continued
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Little Red Rooster
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

everyone impatient to bust out passionate stuff on this searing version
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The Wheel
July 2, 1988
Oxford Plains Speedway

Strap on the goggles and microscopes to find traces of this in jerry's playing as soon as the intro dies down into a no nonsense sparkplug wheel
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Friend of the Devil
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Speedy propulsive and manic, yep this is a FOTD. Pushing the boundaries in the first set, cascading devils circus throughout, solo builds from jazzy, heavy but still gorgeous to pummelling hard rock fury. nuclear phil for "second one is prison babe"
Jack Straw
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Freaky chromatic exploration from everyone but especially phil and keith throughout the whole first set
Wharf Rat
May 6, 1978
Patrick Gymnasium - University of Vermont

explosive! so good
Sunrise
May 6, 1978
Patrick Gymnasium - University of Vermont

classic tour and special version, Phil and keith are insane the whole year and some of these more fragile moments like this and the psych ward loner moments of playin'
Sugaree
Nov. 24, 1978
Capitol Theatre

still one of my favorites, Godchauxs look resplendent in houndstooth tweed blazer for him, silk kaftan thing for her. really tasty deeply meant patient textural work on first and third solos and plateaus of volcanic ecstasy on the second, all cleaned up by the Hazard man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fStQUpqVLM8 about to dive into another 78 binge
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