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2
The Music Never Stopped
March 31, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

Nice AUD. smooth kentucky derby tipoff rave up with spacey sauce and resplendent, Devils keepin' it all chained up.
2
Aiko Aiko
Nov. 8, 1985
Community War Memorial Auditorium

"How many would cast the rajnessh as a tragic hero?"
1
I Want To Tell You
July 19, 1994
Deer Creek Music Center

stamps itself on a twilight set, bridges weir
1
Tennessee Jed
July 19, 1994
Deer Creek Music Center

another searing shotgun twilight rendition
1
Maggie's Farm
July 19, 1994
Deer Creek Music Center

paired with big river, vigorously barrelhouse!! Root-tootin fun

Comments

The Wheel
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

bound to cover just a little more ground, for only 3rd time, chunky and dancing version, powerful
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

The approach to this trifecta as a victory lap rather than a bust out of the gate yields an arguably even more rewarding version of the composition. Slip is not a melter so much as a slow burn...
Cosmic Charlie
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

mega heady, so mellow!!! loving this version of cosmic charlie
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

rippling and full of alignment, just shredding
Playin' In The Band
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

For sure under-voted, it's playing in the band and they go crazy on this one. Returning to the D modal jam from craziness, you can start to see why this is Keith Godchaux's "catatonic" phase, his Rhodes playing doesn't take us as far as say, a Dark Star from two years prior would. But it's still nasty and great. Iconic Donna wail coming back around. One of those PITB's that'll take you through several distinct cycles of mood