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Samson and Delilah
Sept. 27, 1976
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Stunning. Chronically underrated song in a chronically underrated year: Listen to Jerry blaze through this like a man with 100 fingers.
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The Music Never Stopped
Sept. 27, 1976
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Note for note brilliant. Jerry is blazing over the band with one brilliant line after another. Great set capper.
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Looks Like Rain
Sept. 27, 1976
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Solid emotionally charged version with a great balanced soundboard right as the Fall tour kicks into blistering hot gear.
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Samson and Delilah
Sept. 24, 1976
William and Mary College Hall

Fall of '76 is peak time for Samsons, and this one just struts. Great feeling for this under-the-radar show.
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Stella Blue
March 19, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Peak musicianship and total communication of the band at one of their most telepathic moments as a group. Jerry's vox is sublime.
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Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

First off, they START the show with this, so if you're just settling in and you get smacked around by this monster you'd know you're in for a good night. Secondly the Slipknot is a spacetime-bending extra-dimensional portal or something like that: It takes the tempo way down, giving it the 'opium den on mars' kind of vibe before slowly, then quickly, then lickety-splittely winding back up into quicksilver lightning. Then, as the folks here say, the Franklin's is an ultra. Given the setlist I imagine a lot of heads were thinking "uh, wait... when did we drop?" right about here.
Johnny B. Goode
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

Any musician knows you encore JBG when you know you've just been hot as hell. This show rips from start to finish and this JBG caps it off beautifully. Keith channels his inner Jerry Lee Lewis and shows how it's done to end a killer show.
Samson and Delilah
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

Underrated! Sizzling up-tempo, this one pops with energy and pizzazz. Jerry and Phil are just on fire. If this doesn't get your legs moving and heart pumping, go see your doctor.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

'77 Scarlet>Fire, and the standards are soooo high. This one has a little looseness to the joints and Jerry flubs but recovers the lyrics before moving on. It's short and sweet, but doesn't really lift off during the second solo section. It rather vamps and spreads out in a spacey way before Jerry signals he's back and fully ready to burn down the mountain. I wouldn't call it the best one of the year... but what a year to choose from and I'm picking at nits.
Estimated Prophet
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

Showcases the weird freakiness hidden in plain sight amongst the best Estimateds: Around five-and-a-half minutes in Keith hits you with smearing swooshes of sound that will give you flashbacks, accompanying Jerry throughout a smoldering solo.
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