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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

Dark Star
Oct. 13, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

In its own way, this version wins my devotion just as much as the (justly) fabled night before. The interplay is telepathic and contentious. It's its own little company town with it's own microclimate. Liquid is right.
The Other One
April 28, 1971
Fillmore East

I still love this one - a total peach.
Dark Star
April 29, 1972
Musikhalle

If you can be under-appreciated with 26 votes, this is. This Dark Star sounds like the easiest thing anyone could do. They almost immediately surrender to the tide.
China Cat Sunflower
March 16, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

Comes seething out of Dark Star - a multitasking masterpiece. The drums carry a lot of this great version, but everyone is smoking it.
Dark Star
March 16, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

Taken at a snappy pace, this one calls on Garcia to Fred Astaire it on the Les Paul and he's in killer form. He echoes off the organ and percussion - or a frog, jumping lily pad to lily pad. A stone classic.
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