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Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

One of the rare versions that stands apart with or without its NFA bread.
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Dire Wolf
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

For a song that was effectively out of rotation at this point, they pulled it off with sing-round-the-campfire sweetness. Jerry growls it out.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

Sweet version with an innovative transition. The whole band was on, but Keith and Phil are high in the mix and brilliant..
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Bertha
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

Recording is good, with Keith and Phil high in the mix. Everyone is switched way on, and the jamming shows perfect unity.
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Sugaree
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

Band recovers from a flubbed BTW and charges forward with this powerful rocker. Jerry and Keith's interplay as it rises is spectacular.
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Comments

What's Become of the Baby
April 26, 1969
The Electric Theatre

Hey GDTRFB Era E: this is exactly the heavy trip grow-hair-on-yer-eyeballs dark power Dead I thought it would be. Thanks again. There are probably a few freaked out hippies still recovering from this Bacchanalian masterpiece. Cut from DP, huh? I don't mean to criticize the team players but I call 'chickenshit'. This is 'the Dangerous Dead, enter at your own risk.
Playin' In The Band
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

Misfire or not, this also highlights Playin's role: here it sews together the second set in the deep jam place and sandwiches a wharf rat (!). What were they thinking? Playin's 10/4 meter and open structure allow for such deep jamming. Give this one a listen, it won't disappoint.
Mountains of the Moon
April 26, 1969
The Electric Theatre

Pure beauty and a great recording. Jams sweetly from acoustic into electric without ever jumping fully into Dark Star like they did at the time - maybe a tapecut and missing DS? Not sure why I love this song enough to name myself after it, but I do. Damn she's sweet.
Deal
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

I was an 80s head but don't listen to my years so much any more. Rare is the show from this time - after I left the tour in fact - that brings me back to what turned me on so much about the late-era Dead. God damn, this is a solid motherfucking jam showing what they could do when dialed all the way in. Down hill or not afterward, this is the bomb.
The Other One
Oct. 17, 1974
Winterland Arena

Superb. It's got it all, almost as if they didn't know whether they'd ever play it again and wanted the final word on it. Meltdown before first verse, high shredding, Spanish and MLB jams, rocket-fueled scary roller coasters through space... Take a deep breath and dive into the pudding folks.
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