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The Other One
July 14, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

ATOMIC! Garcia's subversive wah work only makes the area less safe for the public.
4
Beat it on Down The Line
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

Searing version - groovy false start, then Garcia soars like an acrobat. Plug in!
2
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1969
Kiel Auditorium

CRUSH. Hard to believe they brought this intensity and dynamic precision all the time then, but they did! Ace!
7
Bertha
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Unknown Genre - iTunes. Kreutzmann drives this hovercraft - as he seems to in all of the great Berthas of this time. Look out for the guitars.
1
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 29, 1971
Practice Studio

Have always loved the San Venetia tapes - almost like an x-ray of the GD. You can so hear the guitar architecture. So tempted to make that one word.
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Comments

St. Stephen
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Lazy smooth - the best kind of smooth. Almost as good as smoothe. Garcia's at his bubbly '76 clean-as-a-bean TB best. Weir is sneaky kick ass throughout. In the bridge, he goes Phase City and the whole song just shimmers.
Deal
June 21, 1971
Chateau d'Herouville

Thanks for bringing it up!
Deal
June 21, 1971
Chateau d'Herouville

Taste-laden - essentially quartet format. 1971 gives so many cool different looks.
Playin' In The Band
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

May '77 Playin's seem to have extra gravitas & purposefulness. Garcia is in full shaman guitar visitation mode.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Feb. 21, 1973
Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois

Q_76 - yeah, '73 is delightful. Great as Garcia is, listen to that bass. Whew!
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