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Brown Eyed Women
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

Smooth with wicked edges in all the right places!
1
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
July 25, 1972
Paramount Theater

Overlooked, patient little gemerald.
4
Jack Straw
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Bright, snappy, and full of mello P&V.
2
Loser
March 24, 1971
Winterland Arena

From the opening little parlay, hooked.
3
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

This one is the sound of a band that knows it can do pretty much anything. Smooth and fiery.
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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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