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Uncle John's Band
March 18, 1992
The Spectrum

Easy breezy with the glinty afterglare of yore. Drifty transition to boot. Nice twilight septet memory making.
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Deal
March 18, 1992
The Spectrum

Hard hat 92, bluegrass plinky. Alchemical goop-laden improv. bluesy panache.
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Picasso Moon
March 18, 1992
The Spectrum

touching simplicity of row bridges the bullet-train nowness of this ripping bizarre banger. Post-capitalist freako jazz hair metal..
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The Music Never Stopped
June 22, 1995
Knickerbocker Arena

Kickin, super badass with twinkly articulate searing Jer bear. Blue flame yokey shredmeister TMNS.
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When I Paint My Masterpiece
June 22, 1995
Knickerbocker Arena

Elegant strumming, powerful message, unforgettable band beyond description.
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Wharf Rat
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Sparkly, twinkly wharf rat fairy dusted onto an autumn 73 set. but i'll get back on my feet someday bridge on this version is quite sad stuff. Then wall of sound PhilBombin' up phuckin' up yer head. Lucid and chunky, graceful and silvery wharf.
Wharf Rat
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

weightlifting champ of a wharf!
Black Throated Wind
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Huge, heartfelt version
The Other One
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

Wow. Look out the line for the Devils and strap in for TOO->Wharf->Wheel.
Uncle John's Band
Dec. 31, 1987
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Smashing version of UJB. a popular byte-sized line about the dead is that they were intentionally apolitical, but we can distinctly view the lyrics of UJB as a call for socialist and environmentalist humanitarianism, as well as "ain't no time to hate" and "are you kind?" as a rousing anti-fascist call. It's hard to say what the snake flag meant in 1970 audiences. But hey, Tucker Carlson and other Fox dipfuck acolytes go to dead shows. Goes to show, Not a group that had their head in the clouds thematically all the time, they had a pulse on things going on.
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