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Saint of Circumstance
June 28, 1991
Mile High Stadium

Flaming smoker, snug like fav jeans washed. Magisterial bruce, mystically ascendant feelings. Hot nite
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Crazy Fingers
June 28, 1991
Mile High Stadium

Far out Eyes>Picasso>Fingers>Saint... tremendous group effort. Flying colors, this version is wow. Painterly seeping aged beauties, glorious texture
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Black Throated Wind
June 28, 1991
Mile High Stadium

insistent and hard edged, and paradoxically, pillowy with the 2-keyboard whammy. Every bust out is special
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Pretty Peggy O
June 28, 1991
Mile High Stadium

hyper doinky fairy tale. Inspired. Counterpoint
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
June 28, 1991
Mile High Stadium

Plenty hot... got that x factor on this tour for sure, crackling and locking like puzzle pieces

Comments

Here Comes Sunshine
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

just had an impulse to throw this version on again, and very glad i did.... Very rewarding.... Last night while listening to a bit of 9/16/78, i was marvelling at how much they could wring out of the two chords of Fire on the mountain. How about just one chord, though? This Here comes sunshine is just rippin'....... It's truly sad that they retired this tune. Imagine how many heady versions of it there would be through the years.
Let It Grow
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

vocals are pitch perfect, Jerry growling for good measure. Weir's playing is really nice on this too. Jerry's playing throughout and especially in the pre-rio grandio jam is devastating, he was on tonight. Just some tasting notes on this 78 half step.
Bird Song
Oct. 20, 1984
Carrier Dome, Syracuse U

whew mama! Must-hear...... vocals are rough, characteristic of the era. But the jam is epic. Fluid and raw..... propulsive. Dusborne matrix, as usual, is the must.
The Other One
Oct. 17, 1974
Winterland Arena

Man they are flying on Owsley's purest batch for this. Never heard a better vocal delivery from Weir. Just awesome, can't believe it only has 23 votes. This TOO is magnificent.