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Bird Song
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

An intimate very early Bird Song - Quartet-styled, which serves this song really well. Also: you can hear the thinking, especially between guitars.
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Tennessee Jed
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Ho-Hum: Another outstanding 1972 TJ. This gem from the sorta overlooked summer tour. Garcia aces the break, natch. Band - unconscious. Whew! at end.
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Candyman
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

From Garcia's cheeky intro on, this graceful cabochon throws a faint, warm light. 1976 elegance w/a sick, raw spider web guitar break.
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Wharf Rat
March 21, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

First show - I didn't know this gem very well & after this criss-crossy version, I was hooked. Dark & murky.
3
Loser
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Download Series - An intimate, casual living room Loser. Garcia coming out of the guitar break is divine. Not the actor.
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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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