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Big Boss Man
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Beefy stetson hat workout. Ravishing harp and fun fender deluxe reverb tones.
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Samson and Delilah
June 16, 1985
Greek Theater

Not unheard of to go into this after scarlet fire (34 times) still, something of a wacky pranksterish reset. Speedy and powerful version with growl.
2
Big River
July 13, 1985
Ventura County Fairgrounds

Devils come alive. Joy ride to wirepickin' ecstatic oblivion. Furiously active yet not autobahn, deep 80s
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Drums -> Space
June 27, 1985
SPAC

Great one. Kits duet is really inspired. Space curdles out with noise but gets jester's hat nightmare with vocal pranks. Beautiful long bluesy intro
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El Paso
June 27, 1985
SPAC

Stagger lee>el paso>crazy fingers>supplication>high time. hetty
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Comments

Might As Well
April 8, 1991
Orlando Arena

Check the date, bruce big man and the jones gang will have yer head pinning to Epcot and back on this
Picasso Moon
April 8, 1991
Orlando Arena

This one comes straight out and howls. Instead of the words that usually come up for this one with me such as "punishing" or "plinky" this one has Springsteen or u2 superhero scale, just screams with post-punk abandon!!! Sleeper hit. The welnick era textures make the early 80's dead sound like they're playing in a small club by comparison, I mean it as a high compliment to the virtues, traits and specifities of both decades. Anyway yeah this one conjures orc battles and elven harvest duels and ambushes
Dire Wolf
April 8, 1991
Orlando Arena

PHIL!!!!
Pretty Peggy O
April 8, 1991
Orlando Arena

Explosive firecracker 2-keyboard form. This one scratches the itch, weir hums and grinds, hornsby soothes, rosebud paints a van gogh. many nice dates from the first half of 91.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
March 30, 1994
The Omni

Doesn't get far off the ground compared to similar versions but the sound is there
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