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Submissions

1
Friend of the Devil
July 2, 1994
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Jerry pours his heart out, martini vince, phil walking, devils mean it. stealie gig of summer tour
2
Playin' In The Band
Aug. 31, 1981
Aladdin Theater

Special piece of a big hot night when all the cogs were limber and booming.
1
Jack Straw
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

blue hot
1
Beat it on Down The Line
Dec. 31, 1981
Oakland Auditorium

Colorful pops of tight, zones of jerry
1
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Sept. 16, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Rousing version.

Comments

Truckin'
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

voltage on the truckin' jam in its own right- several exciting passages- Then a monet lily puddle to a breathtaking wrs prelude>afro latin/funky sauce jam>wharf>bobby mcgee. Deeply moving sequence
He's Gone
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

intense
Box of Rain
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

.... best of the year? Autobahn billy and jer and keith locking into some mystical lyre-picking for phil and donna to channel hunter's almost-antipathic worldview for the composer himself to use what the last 5 years had taught him so beautifully.. it infuses hope to the endlessly-shifting modality of the way hunter would specify the turn of phrase in "believe it if you need it" - somehow embracing and rejecting spirituality at once - it's all so naturally involved with an effortless higher being of consciousness afforded with certified good ole membership
St. Stephen
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

.... doesn't get headier, blotted out sequence, gorgeous tighten up/eyes-ish jam gives way to freaky chemical feelin groovy/sugar mag hybrid a "shall we go" harmony, something here, there, everything twinkles into a fairylight eternity in a blink's time,then stephen rears his prophetic head in the floodlights. is there an evil forever silenced if only the lights are switched on them?
Dark Star
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

A moving experience, so close to being lost forever yet saved from the abyss by Ken and judy, this magical version is so jazzy lush and transcendent, fuck yes. Glowing with a primordial state of infinite transition, constellation undulating across millenia of time and light, revealed to us in but an image, a film of existence