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St. Stephen
May 24, 1970
Hollywood Music Festival

Raw, Bluesy and Dank as hell.
2
Cold Rain and Snow
May 24, 1970
Hollywood Music Festival

Crunch Crunch Crank Crank yea it's slow and awesome. No hurry here!
3
Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
May 4, 1981
The Spectrum

Sneaky good! The St. jam to me is close to perfect it stretches out and builds nicely.
4
Bird Song
Feb. 21, 1982
Pauley Pavilion, UCLA

Some sweet licks on this one before the space noodling...
2
I Know You Rider
Feb. 21, 1982
Pauley Pavilion, UCLA

Fancy fretwork and pickin' on this standalone....clear and concise in the mix! Fine early '80s example.

Comments

Cosmic Charlie
Jan. 17, 1969
Civic Auditorium

hahah agree with you both - but there is something endearing about it to me - might be one of the 1st times they played it and there's clearly some more work they needed to do on this but I find it a fun crunchy mess and I am more partial to the early messes of their songs in general than later ones in the 80's and 90's.
Sugaree
July 10, 1987
JFK Stadium

Sweltering day out there and they delivered some rippers in anticipation of playing with Bobby D.
Wharf Rat
April 21, 1984
Philadelphia Civic Center

An alltime favorite and definitive for the early 80's sound - saw it, loved it (whole show crushes). Agree on the church vibe -Seaman's Chapel confessional happening right here...awesome dankness.
Turn On Your Love Light
Aug. 21, 1968
Fillmore West

band is in super sync and JG just gets after it hard. good call.
Jack Straw
July 24, 1987
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

worth a peek to remember ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nKEyaldStA