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Big Railroad Blues
Aug. 15, 1971
Berkeley Community Theater

Kicks off an excellent show with intense and driving energy. The quintet is super-charged and bursting with energy. One of the best versions I know.
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Playin' In The Band
Aug. 14, 1971
Berkeley Community Theater

Packs a lot into its 4.5 short minutes. Great bass-heavy SBD gives you a Phil masterclass. Love the short ones, love the long ones....
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Casey Jones
Aug. 5, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

Just kickin', this one. The whole show is dynamite.
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El Paso
Aug. 4, 1971
Terminal Island Correctional Facility

One of the slower waltz versions, with lovely vocals from Cowboy Bob, who gives us a nice country warble. Sweet backup harmony and Jer being Jer.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Aug. 4, 1971
Terminal Island Correctional Facility

Philzone masterclass. Hot and tight jam, the Rider three-part harmonies sound like some of the acoustic versions from the previous year.
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Friend of the Devil
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Love it when the dead play fast over slow tempos. This song slowed down in the 80s so far that it became a big buzz kill (for me: subjective opinion only). This one's different. The drummers keep it "in front of the beat" and the result is a nice mid-point between the shitkickers of the early 70s and the nodding off, one foot in the gravers towards the end.
The Music Never Stopped
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

What a monster!
Big River
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Unlike any other version ever. Just a rootin' tootin' horseback gambol.
Pretty Peggy O
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

the solos are bursting at the seams of the slower tempo, making for interesting musical tension. Nice version.
Crazy Fingers
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

First live performance, and they catch every mysterious and beautiful element in this song. Check out 28 Feb 1975 rehearsal jams at Bob's studio for an earlier, primordial Crazy Fingers.
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