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He's Gone
Sept. 22, 1991
Boston Garden

the feeling on this rich, blue-hot hornsby one is that of exquisite elegance in that puffed-up mindless sense
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Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

tight, gallopping, mournful, phil
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Drums -> Space
July 6, 1990
Cardinal Stadium

bill and mick dip their toes into a dozen things, keeping their turntablism abreast of the breathing tree of life. Sensational stuff. Continued
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Little Red Rooster
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

everyone impatient to bust out passionate stuff on this searing version
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The Wheel
July 2, 1988
Oxford Plains Speedway

Strap on the goggles and microscopes to find traces of this in jerry's playing as soon as the intro dies down into a no nonsense sparkplug wheel

Comments

Eyes Of The World
April 3, 1982
The Scope

raw and passionate, wacky experimental rhythms overall this one is quite a slammer
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 3, 1982
The Scope

sensationally good.... Of a devotional focus and pristine melodic beauty. phil undertaker shit Devils kane
Black Peter
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

wrought with fierce confessional intensity
The Other One
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

well refreshed at set break. For sure. This one doesn't fuck around. Skirts away from the watercolor innocent nature flows of more "pretty" scarletfire for a more aggressive and bizarre mindset. some versions, they lock into an effortless psychic palmreading jam, others the devils are trying to set the tone and be weird during the lyrics so the jam is more like boxing, an unnerving process of reaction and being unpredictable on purpose. Drummers off the leash always makes for ridiculous versions when all the slack isn't on the chordals to make shit happen. Gets to some very untethered outcomes. Bubbly and brutal.This one won't be for everyone but it's always on the edge, often it's fantastic and always super physical.