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Uncle John's Band
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

cruelly overlooked encore to a classic show...hot jam section, reminiscent of '68...deserves to be heard

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Dark Star
Nov. 8, 1969
Fillmore West

I get that this encompasses more than DS, but I also don't know where it would be better classified (DS>TOO>DS>UJBJ>DS not being common enough to warrant a separate entry). As such, this should be way way higher up. Nothing much here that could be termed a *valley*--just 33 minutes of *peak* (84 minutes if you allow for the no-less-lacerating SS>11>Caution that continues out of it). A plateau of perfection, then
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

Playing on this one is so precise and purposeful--absolute grateness
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Jan. 24, 1971
Seattle Center Arena

Goddamn nice. Fittingly, this is paced and sung like a great '70 C>R, but the playing flashes with much of the brilliance of a majestic '72 version
Cold Rain and Snow
Dec. 26, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

They start really rolling and it gets fucking triumphant
Hard to Handle
Aug. 6, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

Fuck Clapton--Jerry is God (no other explanation, really)
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