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Loser
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

Heavens! It took a Dave's Picks to get this on the board! Soft, seductive, dark, and pretty much perfectly realized. Guitar break: shit yeah.
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Estimated Prophet
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena

Bold, sharp, confident version with plenty of 1977 squoosh. This version has that great '77 restraint with Garcia speaking in MuTron tongues.
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Brown Eyed Women
Oct. 29, 1973
Kiel Auditorium

Attention. To. Detail. - ESP Weir. Not the world's greatest recording, but the band is bubbly & effortless.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Listened to this on a big PA outside over the summer and it's so alive, athletic, and filled with beautiful instrumental cross-talk. Improv!
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Sugaree
June 4, 1976
Paramount Theatre

Another example of how Sugaree thrived in 6/76: Garcia's sweet, mellow, bubbly silver thread guitar and group dynamics both jaunty & subtle. Primo.
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Loser
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

A quiet conversation - drenched in warm dynamic waves. Yes - so very '76. The guitar break is practically a whisper.
Terrapin Station
Nov. 1, 1977
Cobo Arena

Still like this one quite a bit, but Hart won't stop running his sticks as the song builds to its apex. Blump-a-da-blump. He even makes Kreutzmann overplay. Not top cheese Terrapin but still worth your time.
Tennessee Jed
Aug. 10, 1982
Iowa Fieldhouse - University of Iowa

One of those perfect shows. Perfect for what it is anyway, but a tape that helped make me bonkers in the first place. Authoritative Tennessee Jed with all the trimmings. Garcia gives a robust singing performance. And his guitar break, forget about it. But a combination of dynamically aware playing/listening and a great audience recording shows a band firing on all 12 [Exhibit A].
Playin' In The Band
April 15, 1978
William and Mary College Hall

Am I an idiot if I don't know what the Tiger Jam is? Probably yes. Anyway - a sweeeeeet Playin' all the way through.
Brown Eyed Women
April 15, 1978
William and Mary College Hall

If the out-of-sync was intentional, it was just a clumsy idea that should have been jettisoned after the first time. My opinion, of course. Brown-Eyed Woman lives on (among other things) its groove. This version offers none. I keep trying with this one, but it smacks of indiscipline to me. As Hart had an occasional tough time finding the one, I still don't know if it was intentional or an unhappy accident. Either way, I find this a really annoying version of one of my favorite songs. So boo hiss and stuff.
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