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4
Loser
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Garcia crushes the guitar break and everything else.
2
Candyman
April 1, 1980
Capitol Theatre

Warm, gooey, and dynamic.
2
Jack Straw
July 22, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theatre

Casually Regal - An Eatery
16
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

Crackling with energy. Tight as a single drummer.
5
Estimated Prophet
Sept. 28, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Garcia skipping to the lou in warm stereo ooze
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Comments

Dark Star
Aug. 24, 1968
Shrine Auditorium

Crackling with energy! I love Garcia's brash LP with Pigpen's organ loop. Joyous. I also love how Lesh sticks close to the complex Dark Star verse bass guitar narrative. '68 Dark Star is a singular creature.
Terrapin Station
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

A sweet revisit. I like the slight shakiness to Garcia's voice. This song works when the group is both strong and vulnerable. Sounds like a joke, but it's not.
Dark Star
Aug. 24, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

This is a fluid version - listen to the group listen to each other. Very different to me than 8/27, but worth its weight.
The Other One
May 21, 1977
Lakeland Civic Center

It might be blasphemous to say this, but I often prefer both Travis Beans to everything that came after.
The Other One
May 21, 1977
Lakeland Civic Center

State-of-the-art: 1977. Such a range of dynamics. As w/a lot of great moments from May 77, this features an extended soliloquy by Garcia -- almost as if he's just kickin' back with guitar and amp in his hotel room at 4am. And then they transition into a poetic Comes A Time.
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