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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

The Other One
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Garcia out of the blocks with that clean spun silver whirl. Here, two drummers works - they're locked in for the most part. Jeez - look at that: "for the most part" and yeah I still had to be Negative Nipsy. It totally works; don't let me tell you different.
Morning Dew
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Likely THE Dew among Dews. Is there anything this Dew can't Dew?
Dark Star
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

The song starts and Garcia's already in mid-song form. He's five chapters ahead. And he stays that way throughout. Six minutes in he's onto the next book - telling a completely different story. Heady fucking shit.
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 10, 1973
Charlotte Coliseum

Lesh is practically plugged direct into my stereo. Characteristically hi-fi 1973 Braniff airport lounge soundtrack. Captain Trips flies through the lush changes in clear grey-blue sky.
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 19, 1972
Hofheinz Pavilion

With Kreutzmann skittering along, I'd put this Playin' up against pretty much any other. This one's a long family conversation at the kitchen table. A beautiful, high-speed, skipping in the daisies Playin'.
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