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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

Bird Song
March 16, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Incredibly light on its feet for such heaviness. Top flight.
Scarlet Begonias
Oct. 14, 1976
Shrine Auditorium

About two minutes in I realized that the whole band was surging forward like a luxury liner. Music plays band.
Wharf Rat
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre

. . . and it goes into a Wharf Rat? THIS Wharf Rat? Not. Even. Fair.
Crazy Fingers
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre

Deeply felt, gorgeous. Truly plays out like a movie. An intense movie: an attendee loses his/her shit completely during one of the choruses. Like they just found out Deppler's mother is actually Keppler's accountant.
The Eleven
April 13, 1969
Ballroom

I think there's a reason Garcia looks like a right-handed Tony Iommi in pix from this show.
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