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3
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

Drums
April 28, 1971
Fillmore East

6 headed octopus on drums, still the best 4 mins of beat down I have heard from the RD's. This hits my sweet spot every time and yeah I think very worthy of being way more up the ladder, plus that Other One to follow ain't so bad either hahaha.
Space
Oct. 11, 1983
Madison Square Garden

Think it must be the drummers...
Eyes Of The World
April 8, 1985
The Spectrum

If you like them fast this'll scratch your itch fer sure...Jer's vox is toast but as is often the case he made up for it with firey fretboard gymnastics.
Smokestack Lightnin'
March 25, 1972
Academy of Music

Hot Stank!
Eyes Of The World
March 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum

I'm with Erns - very much like the *idea* of this and want for it to be great, which I guess it is on it's own terms as a "sit in Eyes" BUT in COMPARISION TO some of the greats from '73-74? Respectfully - no....