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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.
1
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

Here Comes Sunshine
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Effortless, telepathic stufffff.
Estimated Prophet
June 7, 1977
Winterland Arena

Textbook - with Godchaux's slightly reggae clavinet and Garcia a wandering envelope minstrel. Very sweet turn into He's Gone's driveway.
Sugaree
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

A beautiful, majestic treat (my favorite era for Sugarees) - Godchaux leading the charge with urbane, instructive soliloquies from the guy with the aluminum guitar.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 20, 1978
Winterland Arena

Nice crispy delicacy - on a matrix plate. Weir's having some guitar fun during the coda.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

A rich, live, especially present version (especially on the matrix) - Garcia skittering nicely. Then all of a sudden Albert Ayler appears.
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