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Jack Straw
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Relaxed and joyous space-age electric guitar semi-ballad.
9
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.
3
Brown Eyed Women
May 20, 1973
U.C.

A giggly, slangy Garcia masterpiece (in sweet show sauce). Goes down EZ.
8
Mexicali Blues
Feb. 28, 1973
Salt Palace

So good you can practically see the border town.
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Comments

Tennessee Jed
Oct. 30, 1971
Taft Auditorium

Garcia's snap-crackly Strat leads the way, but don't sleep on Godchaux - how thrilling it must have been for the Dead to hear how he framed their sound.
Me and My Uncle
April 18, 1971
Lusk Field House - State University Of New York

Cowboy rock in the best (and probably only good) way.
Cold Rain and Snow
April 18, 1971
Lusk Field House - State University Of New York

And also some great rock guitar sound. And then a Fred Burns announcement.
Cold Rain and Snow
April 18, 1971
Lusk Field House - State University Of New York

Stately and statuesque cough syrup special, but really intense like a cough syrup statue. Irving H. Thalberg Lifetime Achievement Award for the bass sound. Envelope please? April 1971! April 1971, Ladies and Gentlemen. A tree will be planted in Israel in the name April 1971.
Dark Star
May 24, 1970
Hollywood Music Festival

Almost triumphant out-of-the-gates then the guitars collide and explode at about 3:45 and, yeah, we're only 4 minutes in - after that, I might slightly dispute Carrion_Crow: I think this thing goes pretty deep into different dimensions and galaxies. 1970 Dark Stars might be the peak. Consistently crazy shit. And I picture them doing this on a big festival stage in the middle of the day - and it further boggles the goggles.
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