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Mama Tried
July 17, 1976
Orpheum Theatre
It's got everything nice about the '76 sound: Crisp and clean while laid back. Perfect execution.
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Cassidy
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre
Bobby's warmup after a CRS opener helps kick off one of the best 1st sets of 1976. Part of the brief era when they mic'd and mixed Donna beautifully
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The Wheel
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre
Gets right weird as part of a deep PITB sammy. How many first set spacemelts are there in '76? Something in the water for this hometown show???
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Looks Like Rain
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre
How these guys (and gal) could turn such a cheese-ball song into massive lift-off spaceship jam event horizon is a modern miracle of music.
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The Wheel
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theater
Smooth running, out of a very cool, thematically coherent Drums. Beautiful harmonies. Every Wheel is an elegant treat from '76, and this is a beaut.
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The Same Thing
Nov. 19, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium
Outrageous jam on this early gem. Pigpen's voice is perfect and the band goes bananas behind him.
Cream Puff War
Nov. 19, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium
Starts a little rougher, but turns into a solid-fuel rocket and blasts off in a truly inspired jam.
Wharf Rat
June 20, 1983
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Y'all got me: This is magic. Just how dialled in do you have to be to meet lighting bolts with thunder? Go Phil go...
The Same Thing
Sept. 16, 1966
Avalon Ballroom
Deep and dark. Wonderful, mysterious and powerful.
Midnight Hour
Sept. 16, 1966
Avalon Ballroom
This is probably the first recording of Pigpen-as-life-coach, rapping about just what to do and just how to do it.
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