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Cumberland Blues
Dec. 13, 1969
Swing Auditorium

A cozy little delight - hand percussion, contemplation, great stereo drums, and some rip roaring riffage. Comes in under the radar, but worth a visit.
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Sugaree
June 18, 1976
Capitol Theatre

As much as I love May 77 Sugarees, Spring 76 is where it's at for me. Subtlety, separation, and Garcia's whispery, silver-dipped guitar breaks.
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Candyman
April 19, 1978
Veterans Memorial Auditorium

1978: Prime weather for Candyman. This performance, like many from then, highlights the bleak world of the narrator. Garcia's break: spidery.
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Tennessee Jed
Oct. 29, 1971
Allen Theatre

Bubbly, bratty storyboard version. Character & twang for miles. I'd pay to see this band. Two for a tenner? Four please.
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Terrapin Station
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

This is a very sweet Terrapin. Everyone's fired up to play it. All you need to do is watch the vid to see the pure joy this brings Garcia. Memorable.
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Tennessee Jed
Dec. 16, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

A superb show - Garcia using the old T-Beaner and sounding all loopy and bubbly. Hence, the "[e]xtra twang." Garcia's spoken-work guitar is so deft, I can even handle Weir's odd slide work. Take that slide out, and there's a definite 1976 feel to this one. And 1976 Jeds . . . smoooch. To this point, this is my 2nd favorite TJ from 1978 - first being 1/22. High on the zest-O-meter.
Ship of Fools
Oct. 18, 1978
Winterland Arena

Although there's a nice matrix available, I think I go with this board: https://archive.org/details/gd78-10-18.sbd.shakedown.298.sbeok.shnf/gd78-10-18d2t04.shn
Candyman
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

I like the Seamons Matrix of this show: https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-21.mtx.seamons.ht98.124864.flac16/gd76-06-21d2t03.flac
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 27, 1971
Fillmore East

Wonderful show - great version of a favorite! Always a treat!!!
Here Comes Sunshine
Nov. 17, 1973
Pauley Pavilion - University of California

Top gun Sunshine! Like all great versions, the interplay between the guitars and bass pushes the pace, sets the background, some of the foreground. Garcia pushes it hard as he can - as he seemed to do every night @ around this time. Just brings the fucking cream cheese to the shiva. Really: everyone brings the noise. Top kwality, tight as a drum real-time shit.
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