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4
Beat it on Down The Line
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

Searing version - groovy false start, then Garcia soars like an acrobat. Plug in!
2
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1969
Kiel Auditorium

CRUSH. Hard to believe they brought this intensity and dynamic precision all the time then, but they did! Ace!
6
Bertha
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Unknown Genre - iTunes. Kreutzmann drives this hovercraft - as he seems to in all of the great Berthas of this time. Look out for the guitars.
1
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 29, 1971
Practice Studio

Have always loved the San Venetia tapes - almost like an x-ray of the GD. You can so hear the guitar architecture. So tempted to make that one word.
8
Mexicali Blues
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

'73 Mexicali? Smokesville, USA.
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Comments

Playin' In The Band
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Authority! For the spaceout, Weir demonstrates his great skill in setting the table. The whole rendition is, as someone above said, purposeful. An anatomy chart of The Grateful Dead, Fall 1972.
The Eleven
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

Happy to be the 51st vote! I feel like Puerto Rico! This song isn't generally played much better. Alive!
Estimated Prophet
Nov. 26, 1980
The Sportatorium

This rendition deserves more news coverage! Garcia's the Cap'n here. Really nice period for Estimateds. Oh AND - the outro starts spare and patient. Then it gets intense. Again, Garcia's why this works so well. Outro: Garcia's warm envelope sauce soon melts into some super intense guitar work. A pretty great all-around Estimated.
Playin' In The Band
May 4, 1972
Olympia Theater

It's true. Such a great period for Playins.
Brown Eyed Women
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

Better than Cornell or not (for me: probably not), this demonstrates beautifully how, in May of 1977, this song achieved full flower. What scares me is that this has a mere 10 more votes than the next candidate: 1991 Giants Stadium? OK - "scares" is a bit of drama. Extra. Sorry.
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