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Tennessee Jed
Oct. 2, 1972
Springfield Civic Center
Bites down hard, with a potent electric twang, plus Keith is full of surprises here.
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Uncle John's Band
Sept. 30, 1972
American University
Hard rock outro makes this one jaw-clenchingly good. Jamming like that in 7/4 is just awesome.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 30, 1972
American University
Loose in places, but full of joy.
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Sugaree
Sept. 30, 1972
American University
Hard swaggering version from a sweet, if not often overlooked show capping off one of the great months in Dead history.
4
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 26, 1972
Stanley Theatre
Jerry channels George Harrison like nobody's business. The solo at 2:45 gently weeps, guys. Check it out.
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Dark Star
Jan. 25, 1969
Avalon Ballroom
TC is too high in the mix, but so what? In most recordings of the era it's almost impossible to hear any indication of what he brought, so this is an interesting document if nothing else. It's also musically a whirligig of fun, even if a bit scattered in places. Deduct points for the mix if you must.
Turn On Your Love Light
Jan. 24, 1969
Avalon Ballroom
The stoned moron arhythmically yelling 'whoo whoooo' at the beginning and "Grateful Dead!!! Grateful Dead!!!" towards the end bring me right back to my tour days. ;-)
Dark Star
Jan. 24, 1969
Avalon Ballroom
Fans of the Live Dead-era should really know this one. Sonically it shares a lot with the more famous ones of the era, but its flow is just as perfect and the ideas and clear telepathy between Jerry and Bobby throughout is gorgeous. There may be a bit of a tuning or tape-speed wobble in places, but the C.Miller cleanup is pristine.
New Potato Caboose
Aug. 24, 1968
Shrine Auditorium
Jerry's solo can ignite paper at 1000 yards too. I mean Phil gets a lot of deserving love here, but I just gotta add that bit about the guitarist.
New Potato Caboose
Jan. 24, 1969
Avalon Ballroom
The blazing Cryptical re-entry cools down to a light sizzle before this Potato emerges, like new life on the astroid-blasted earth. It's a bit slow to start and loose through the lyrics but listen to Phil's solo blast a hole through it around 3:30 kicking everyone's energy up. Jerry's purple-inspiring solo starts around 7:30 and is truly hot. All in all not the tightest Caboose out there, but such fun and - I'm sure for the lucky ones there - a real mind-melter.
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