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Tennessee Jed
Sept. 15, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Crisp soloing and clear, limpid lines from the inexhaustible well of musical ideas here. Jed has never been my top song, but Jer just sparkles here.
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He's Gone
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Smooth and cool. C.Miller's cleanup brings out a lush mix that just sounds sooooo good. Great segue into Truckin', too.
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Sugaree
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Smooth as butter, this one. Note for note beauty.
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Bird Song
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

Don't let the murky and C+ sound stop you from this gem. Would someone with C. Miller's phone number ask him about this show, please?
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Sugaree
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

Continues one of the great stretches of peak Dead right after Veneta. Great jam, B- sound quality though.

Comments

Bird Song
Feb. 17, 1973
St. Paul Auditorium

Agreed. Loose tightness. Tight looseness. It's a real beauty in a somewhat underrated show.
Eyes Of The World
Feb. 9, 1973
Roscoe Maples Pavilion - Stanford University

Eyes has more complicated chord changes than a lot of the Dead's other work, and it's tough to jam over, but they absolutlely nailed it on its first-ever performance at the start of the amazing year of the Dead, 1973.
Eyes Of The World
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

2nd performance ever, and it's loose and groovy but doesn't lift-off the way that others of the time do. Goes into a beautiful China Doll, and the whole show is just brilliant brilliant '73 Dead.
Dark Star
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

This DS starts with clear lyrical beauty from the whole band then moves into spaceyness. Really beautiful.
Jack Straw
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

"We used to play for acid, now we play for Clive...." Great comment, Bobby. Wow. This is some of the best guitar work. I'm stunned.