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The Other One
July 14, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

ATOMIC! Garcia's subversive wah work only makes the area less safe for the public.
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!
7
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.
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Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Can't add much more: sizzling show. Matches up pretty well with everything they played that Spring. This one's loose, but on the dreamy side of loose. + Cruisin' first guitar break. Jeeeez! Pretty good audience and, like of others of that time, has a special sonic feel that's very musical.
Tennessee Jed
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

This one swings like they only swung in 77. Can't be duplicated - even by them. Sleepy and bouncy. Garcia's flights of fancy - even prior to the guitar break - are silky and organic. Which sounds like a shampoo. 1977 was probably one of the best years for the word shampoo. Ah, the pickings were lush! Garcia's playing was a constant narrative thread, a character who moves the story along and share revelations. Whoa. And, of course, a chef's kiss to the break. It's delivered in paragraphs. Smokes! Holy smokes!
Estimated Prophet
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

Yeah - love this audience. Captures the space and this song's a good test subject for any space.
The Other One
May 29, 1971
Winterland Arena

Needs more votes. This is such a monster. Sometimes my favorite block of GD. The perfect transfer point from very psychedelic to spacious abstract jazz. Were they ever better than this? Effectively a quartet.
Estimated Prophet
April 16, 1978
Huntington Civic Center

Super solid rendition. Garcia's simply reporting.
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