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3
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
1
Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

tight, gallopping, mournful, phil
1
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
1
Little Red Rooster
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

everyone impatient to bust out passionate stuff on this searing version
1
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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Comments

The Wheel
Sept. 6, 1980
State Fairgrounds

NFA gets cooking back into spaciness and plucked wheel out of thin air to revelations of spiritual ascension and guileless theft and constant mindful presence, the knowingness of becoming. Fretboards are spun anew leading to rainbows and treasuries of hymnally worry-free grace that the harmonic structure affords, positioning it for notes of distinct party and pleasure when compared to other post-spacers like stella or TOO
Shakedown Street
Sept. 6, 1980
State Fairgrounds

Goes the distance, haunted house of monster grooves.
Althea
Sept. 6, 1980
State Fairgrounds

this one smacks
Sugaree
Sept. 6, 1980
State Fairgrounds

really nice lulls and crannies in this classically minded version, visionary reading from a pocket of parenthetical wisdom paired with innocent boyish longing. Brent rips
Uncle John's Band
Sept. 6, 1980
State Fairgrounds

Fuck yes this one is just beautiful.... we love new england love and this outdoor set 2 for the Bates college kids is serious bizzzz.... makes the ferrari purr and bursts forth righteousness
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