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Bertha
March 14, 1971
Camp Randall Field House

At :30 Pig switches from tambourine to organ and we're off! These early '71 performances showcase Kreutzmann reveling in sweet space. Driving.
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Loser
Feb. 19, 1971
Capitol Theater

A delicate, tight, searching super early version of a staple. Kruetzmann plays it light and springy and that 1971 Lesh caramel bass guitar!
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Tennessee Jed
June 11, 1976
Boston Music Hall

If you know this smooth customer of a show, you know how drynamic [yes, I typed that] and user friendly this TJ is. An always welcome visitor.
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Sugaree
June 26, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Few things better than a June '76 Sugaree. Garcia with the first Travis Bean just sketches with the lightest, barest of precious metal filaments.
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Tennessee Jed
July 22, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theatre

Summer '72 Jed: Sweet dynamics & precision engineering. Weir & Kreutzmann stir it up during Garcia's guitar break.
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Mexicali Blues
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Weir's chunky guitar is just perfection. To call it "rhythm guitar" seems like damning it with faint praise, although that's the perfect term for it. Weaves, bobs, and dodges with the best of 'em. Weir + ES-345 = asstastic!
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 31, 1982
Manor Downs

I was enjoying this one - nothing that really stood out, until Garcia's break in Scarlet, which, from the very start, is blue ribbon improv and swing - with all the early '80s connective tissue. At that point, this becomes a really deep Scarlet>Fire, but Garcia, who's got it going on, gets it on its feet.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 14, 1982
Glenns Falls Civic Center

Yes, darkstar67, I slightly prefer the audience tape as well.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 14, 1982
Glenns Falls Civic Center

Always had a soft spot in my heart for this one. Garcia's in excellent voice and the China Cat has that early 80s chugging train gait. Garcia's in his spun gold spider web phase and this C>R is a patient, lovely example. Not in love with Weir's sound by this point, but he offers some cool shit. And just when you think Mydland might be a bit too forward and plinky, it all kind of comes together and rolls. Band has the dynamics and spatial relationships down on this take.
Eyes Of The World
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

darkstar67 - I read that one from a New Yorker a couple of years ago and I was like BINGO! I'm generally a one drummer fan, but the first Kreutzmann-Hart iteration was super complex and trippy and I dig it an awful lot. The second iteration I really like until approximately late-77 where things get flubby and sloppy. I read something that it bothered Garcia a lot. Even at their best, Hart has a tough time keeping time - he's a percussionist, a colorist, not really a drummer. More often than not he messes Kruetzmann, who is a brilliant drummer, up completely.
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