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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.
3
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

Black Peter
Oct. 29, 1977
Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University

The whole band is just luxuriating - taking it all in. Searing, gluey slide work by Garcia.
Mexicali Blues
Oct. 24, 1971
Easttown Theatre

Out of the gates Garcia's got the whole Basie orchestra out in the desert.
Dark Star
April 23, 1969
The Ark

Three minutes in and I'm hiding under a desk! Any desk! Then it gets conversational, people working out community problems TOGETHER. Dark Star is a garden of sound when delivered like this.
Bertha
May 26, 1973
Kezar Stadium

Weir is skiing the mighty SG on this baby! Garcia lays low until its time to make his comments. The GD in kinetic form.
The Other One
Dec. 8, 1973
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U

Intimate like no one else. Jazzbos Garcia and Kreutzmann kinda lead the charge into some lovely loft space jams.
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