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Blue_Roses

Feelin' Groovy

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Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
March 24, 1971
Winterland Arena

“Don’t wanna be beaten this old way…” Shorter, with just a single solo, but extremely powerful performance that could have been on Skull N Roses

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Attics of My Life
May 28, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Donna sounds absolutely heavenly singing Attics. Imagine if this returned and had stuck around for May ‘77!
Attics of My Life
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

not bad! harmonies are tight. tragedy this wouldn’t be preformed at all in ‘74, the band must’ve known that weather report suite>attics would simply be too powerful
Playin' In The Band
May 13, 1973
Iowa State Fairgrounds

Heard this version from the “Here Comes Sunshine” boxset, and it sounds fantastic. Billy’s drumming took my breath away, like a raging river that the rest of the band can swim on top of.
Candyman
June 11, 1976
Boston Music Hall

sleepy, in a good way.
Sugar Magnolia
Feb. 9, 1973
Roscoe Maples Pavilion - Stanford University

Sublime performance, I can't get over how amazing Jerry sounds amazing. The first solo is just so melodic and pretty. The jam after the "take me out and walk around" verse has this soaring vocal quality and a very pure, beautifully saturated guitar tone that sounds absolutely ferocious when Jerry begins to really dig into the chords before the long pause. Listening to this longer solo from this recording makes me realize how much I prefer the sound of Jerry's guitar amplifier straight into the Alembic sound system, as was common in this era. When Jerry began using distortion pedals in the later 70s for certain songs, I feel like he would lose some of the dynamics and articulation that came from him just playing through his amp. Anyways, the "Sunshine Daydream" coda is perfect, and Jerry gives us one last beautiful melodic run in the songs final 15 seconds, as Billy plays his final fill. Love it.