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U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

I'm uncle sam, how do you do? Off and running tonight at Winterland, the premiere of US Blues.
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Space
Oct. 29, 1977
Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University

Whopping late '77 version of this, the Dead intuitively coasting the waves of the atmosphere's collective imagination.
3
Around and Around
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

You know the guys are feelin' hot when they play this and here's a slow, down 'n' dirty groovy Winter 73 read of it
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Pretty Peggy O
March 31, 1989
Greensboro Coliseum

Straight-ahead gorgeous fun, clear, youthfully energizing and endearing version of this
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Sugaree
March 31, 1989
Greensboro Coliseum

Feel good version with tasty brent
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Playin' In The Band
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

11-minute PITB jam starts with a nice phil feature and gets as good as any from this year!!!! Are you crazy, 3?!?!?!
Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

All-time version to close a surreal sequence, Jerry puts in 150%, just screaminggggg!!!!!!!!!!
Wharf Rat
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

Critical consensus for 77 often points to this year as being a concise song-driven melee of easygoing funk-rock textures. The whole story is more complicated and on certain gigs you'll get a Terrapin->playin->drums->iko iko->the wheel->wharf rat->sugar mag that gets as out there as any jamming they did. Particularly wheel and wharf are crazy, though. This version is probed straight from another deranged cranium to ours, the accompaniment accentuating the freakish paranoia and backing it up all the way. Both wheel and wharf geniusly dissolve into frantic, roaming improvisation. Clean and rocket sharp 77, but also jazzy af.
The Music Never Stopped
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

dream-like
Around and Around
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

heady round 'n' round closer after a navel-gazing, psychedelically expansive reading of "Wharf Rat" - prankster move to head to Chuck Berry. The "round 'n' round thing" that is in conversation with "The Wheel"!!!!!!
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