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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 21, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

Voice shot, Garcia hums through his spidery 13 lb. guitar. With a lovely China Cat peak @4:30.
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Tennessee Jed
March 19, 1977
Winterland Arena

(a) Garcia with aluminum pipe, (b) Purdie Shuffle '77 Pace, (c) Perfect Dynamic Control
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Sugaree
Dec. 8, 1973
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U

As a queen sits down, knowing that a chair will be there,/ Or a general raises his hand and is given the field-glasses
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Big River
Dec. 4, 1973
Cincinnati Gardens

Dictionary entry: 1973 Big River - effortless & downstream. Exhibit A.
10
Jack Straw
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Relaxed and joyous space-age electric guitar semi-ballad.
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Comments

Truckin'
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

An absolute top 3 Truckin' - the improv is just evil! Garcia's channeling Jimmy Page at times. Crazy. Masterful.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

An elite China>Rider all the better for the absence of the "Feelin' Groovy Jam"
Big River
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

What a smoooooth machine.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 5, 1977
New Haven Coliseum

At least it caused me to re-visit this delightful couplet. One of the all-timers. The Fall '77 backlash is funny - just shows how weird people are. In general. All that said, this still isn't in the 5/8 biozone. 5/8 is so fluid and Fred Astaire effortless. And yet sweaty.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 5, 1977
New Haven Coliseum

With you. The new format is a drag.
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