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Bertha
March 14, 1971
Camp Randall Field House

At :30 Pig switches from tambourine to organ and we're off! These early '71 performances showcase Kreutzmann reveling in sweet space. Driving.
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Loser
Feb. 19, 1971
Capitol Theater

A delicate, tight, searching super early version of a staple. Kruetzmann plays it light and springy and that 1971 Lesh caramel bass guitar!
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Tennessee Jed
June 11, 1976
Boston Music Hall

If you know this smooth customer of a show, you know how drynamic [yes, I typed that] and user friendly this TJ is. An always welcome visitor.
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Sugaree
June 26, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Few things better than a June '76 Sugaree. Garcia with the first Travis Bean just sketches with the lightest, barest of precious metal filaments.
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Tennessee Jed
July 22, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theatre

Summer '72 Jed: Sweet dynamics & precision engineering. Weir & Kreutzmann stir it up during Garcia's guitar break.
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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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