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Jack Straw
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Relaxed and joyous space-age electric guitar semi-ballad.
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Bertha
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

Warp speed, precise, slightly unhinged, and driving into the greenish-blue evening.
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Jack Straw
Oct. 30, 1971
Taft Auditorium

Godchaux leads a version that seethes with the excitement of a new song.
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Brown Eyed Women
May 20, 1973
U.C.

A giggly, slangy Garcia masterpiece (in sweet show sauce). Goes down EZ.
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Mexicali Blues
Feb. 28, 1973
Salt Palace

So good you can practically see the border town.
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Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
July 2, 1971
Fillmore West

Not sure Lesh is totally in tune, but sheeeez, this is still a barnburner. Guitar crazy.
Brown Eyed Women
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

You could bounce a quarter off this shit. Just 4-star restaurant quality: put it on a platter serve it up. Everyone is in absolute peak form.
Bertha
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

Don't get much better than this. Band at its height. Godchaux/Pig go at it side-by-side with Weir/Garcia. Tag team heaven. This is cast-in-stone bitchin' Bertha - could be one of thee prime examples. Hoooomph.
Candyman
April 1, 1980
Capitol Theatre

Just re-stumbled on this full-bodied luxury liner. Even Weir's occasional slide occasionally works. But this is Garcia's baby and the detailed, crushing guitar break is one for the Walls of Davenport.
Truckin'
Feb. 19, 1971
Capitol Theater

As we would learn, Kreutzmann would more than make up for Hart's absence for a number of years. This Truckin' is a good tip-off.
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