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Jack Straw
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Relaxed and joyous space-age electric guitar semi-ballad.
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Bertha
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

Warp speed, precise, slightly unhinged, and driving into the greenish-blue evening.
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Jack Straw
Oct. 30, 1971
Taft Auditorium

Godchaux leads a version that seethes with the excitement of a new song.
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Brown Eyed Women
May 20, 1973
U.C.

A giggly, slangy Garcia masterpiece (in sweet show sauce). Goes down EZ.
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Mexicali Blues
Feb. 28, 1973
Salt Palace

So good you can practically see the border town.
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Comments

The Other One
Dec. 16, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Love the audience recording, yeah! Also, Garcia going with Travis Bean No. 1, he gets some jazzbox clarity out of it. Unusual sound for this time. That's why I love this show. A true oddball, and in a great way.
Estimated Prophet
June 4, 1978
Campus Stadium - University Of California

A bracing hit of Estimated! Almost veering out of the control at times, it fucking gets your attention! Garcia just tears the roof off in his mid-song bust out and can't apply the brakes in time. In pilot lingo, he overshoots the runaway. In normal person lingo: he overshoots the runaway. The global translator: All is forgiven.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Nov. 14, 1973
San Diego International Sports Arena

Sunnyside up. A bright, snappy, slightly runny romp. Garcia is in complete control - he can steer the ship nearly anywhere he wants. And Weir can be heard clear as a bell. Like Lesh, why did you abandon the perfect sound of this general period? For graphite guitars and effects that removed all attack (which is kind of your calling card)? You try helping people help themselves. I do what I can. Some go, Michael, it's TOO much! I say, I'm a giver.
Playin' In The Band
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

You might be tired after the exquisite Terrapin, but this spaced out Playin' makes it worth sticking around.
St. Stephen
Aug. 6, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

Smooth more than mellow to me. And just fucking in charge. And listen to Lesh's bass. L-U-X-U-R-Y.
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