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The Other One
Feb. 28, 1970
Family Dog at the Great Highway

Oversight Alert! Conversational then a violent row ensues. A total taste treat. 1970.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 21, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

Voice shot, Garcia hums through his spidery 13 lb. guitar. With a lovely China Cat peak @4:30.
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Tennessee Jed
March 19, 1977
Winterland Arena

(a) Garcia with aluminum pipe, (b) Purdie Shuffle '77 Pace, (c) Perfect Dynamic Control
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Sugaree
Dec. 8, 1973
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U

As a queen sits down, knowing that a chair will be there,/ Or a general raises his hand and is given the field-glasses
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Big River
Dec. 4, 1973
Cincinnati Gardens

Dictionary entry: 1973 Big River - effortless & downstream. Exhibit A.
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Cumberland Blues
March 20, 1971
University of Iowa

DS67 - as you said elsewhere, this show is a fiery hot mess. You know a Cumberland from this show is going to have the goods.
Around and Around
March 20, 1971
University of Iowa

This version reminds me that this song wasn't always a skip - it's a ROCK song. DS67 - no doubt, this show is an atom bomb. And you know how I love '71 stuff. Garcia's digging IN.
Row Jimmy
July 25, 1974
International Amphitheater

Kreutzmann's jumpy, slithering snare makes this woozy rendition a classic. The entire band responds to the drums - just shows the kind of control he had on the dynamics when he was the sole drummer. Great stuff!
The Other One
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw

SO good I don't even mind the Me & Bobby McGee [a song I sorta hate]. Air tight interplay, especially between Godchaux and Garcia. Gets way out past Jupiter. Roads get built, disintegrate, get re-built as something totally different, and then are absorbed back into the air/earth. Nature reclaims us all.
Sugaree
Oct. 3, 1976
Cobo Arena

I don't hear these Fall '76 Sugarees as a mere prelude or warm-up to '77. I like that these are a bit more distilled and compact - and yet plenty sprawling. Also, the sound of the band is distinct enough from the following year that I believe the '76 variety can be listened to and dug on their own merits. A Sugaree needn't be epic to be great. And this one is, in its own aw-shucks way, pretty epic.
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