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Cucamonga007

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Submissions

2
Hurts Me Too
Dec. 21, 1968
Shrine Exhibition Hall

Blues smoker in a tin roofed shack watch for rattlesnakes on the floor.
9
Althea
Aug. 28, 1981
Long Beach Arena

Forceful reading that delivers the goods.
5
Attics of My Life
May 24, 1970
Hollywood Music Festival

A worthy rendition...
12
Alligator
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Psychedelic swamp sludge > Drums > Blind Willie Garcia blues riffing > Caution - pretty damn boss.
10
Caution
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Like drinking a pint of Chulola mixed with poprocks or just deep space mining on Saturn. Either way yer f'd up.

Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Aug. 15, 1987
Town Park

JG throws out ripshit solos all over this Fire and then they take it chillier on the ride out- no long crescendo at the exit but hot damn he pummeled some of my good friends with this... wish I was there but back on the east coast.....this was one venue I missed badly.
West L.A. Fadeaway
Aug. 16, 1987
Town Park

Stanky
To Lay Me Down
Oct. 16, 1988
Bayfront Center

Stellar vocal work...
China Doll
March 25, 1985
Springfield Civic Center

Powerful Jerry sounds like he's singing this from the bottom of a well....the solo is flippin killer.
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 9, 1971
Fox Theatre

Yowzer - nice peek at what is coming down the pike in '72...I like these shorter ones that go bananas without wandering too far off...