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Candyman
May 14, 1970
Merramec Community College

Almost a prayer. Stripped down, pure, harmonized and beautiful. Fans of the acoustic Candyman shouldn't pass this one by.
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Don't Ease Me In
May 14, 1970
Merramec Community College

Sweet and solid show opener. A pure expression of the peak '70 year sound. Strap in and enjoy the show....
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Sawmill
May 7, 1970
DuPont Gym - MIT

Yeehaw, but that's a sweet rare tune. Put Sawmill next to Slewfoot for gems from the era. Awesome stuff.
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Uncle John's Band
May 7, 1970
DuPont Gym - MIT

An acoustic lovely. I think DG is there on backup. It's rough-hewn, like just a couple offriends jamming on the verge of the bad crazy 1970s.
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Uncle John's Band
May 1, 1970
Alfred College

Acoustic wow factor, with beautiful harmonies. Unfortunate gap towards the end, but worth it still.

Comments

Easy Wind
Sept. 20, 1970
Fillmore East

Sorry: 2ble post. My brains are too blown to think straight. Alright, 18 months later, and I can still say this is a hard rockin' fine assed version. Bobby takes the first solo after Pig's harp work, and he gives us an angular jagged slash-o-rama that just digs into my tripes (that's a compliment, by the way) before Jerry comes in and puts his word down like the angelbeast he can be. A great display of the '70 dynamics here: that the dangerous Dead, within and just after their folk-mellow acoustic could also come out with as anarchistic a song form as Easy Wind just speaks volumes about where they were in the devastating kulture of the era. Bravo boys, bravo.
Truckin'
Aug. 5, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Arena

Shows the often overlooked bubbling brew of funk, jazz and rock in the '74 sound. You can certainly hear the influence (reciprocal?) of/on Electric Miles. May just be my favorite Truckin' ever.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Aug. 5, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Arena

Giddy-up is right. This one is as close to perfect as I know. Long and beautiful jam out of China with a flawless transition and a rip-roaring Rider. As good as it gets.
Sugar Magnolia
Feb. 9, 1973
Roscoe Maples Pavilion - Stanford University

Blasting high energy tight firework of a Sugar Mag. Can only imagine the euphoric ecstasy this put the crowd into.
Weather Report Suite
Aug. 4, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Center

LIG takes its place as the deep psychedelic meltdown. It goew waaaaay far out into some wicked breakdown before coming in for fast re-entry and a beautiful transition into Wharf Rat that sounds like it almost became a Spanish Jam.