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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

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