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Jack Straw
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Relaxed and joyous space-age electric guitar semi-ballad.
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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.
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Brown Eyed Women
May 20, 1973
U.C.

A giggly, slangy Garcia masterpiece (in sweet show sauce). Goes down EZ.
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Mexicali Blues
Feb. 28, 1973
Salt Palace

So good you can practically see the border town.
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Comments

Ramble On Rose
July 7, 1989
JFK Stadium

It's probably unfair to compare this version to 1980 -- or my favorite (5/19/77), but this is a super sweet version. I remember thinking at the time "Garcia's having a really good time" which usually boded well. The envelope filter guitar break is a gem.
Cryptical Envelopment
Jan. 2, 1970
Fillmore East (Late Show)

Lovely, fine dining all the way.
Wharf Rat
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

Garcia leans hard into this Wharf Rat, especially as a singer. And the crowd just loses its mind during the bridge. Godchaux looms large in this one. Nice basement sua sponte jam.
Playin' In The Band
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

This is as exploratory as any era of this song. Gets waaaaaay the fuck out, then sounds like some groovy ECM music for a little while. Love the audience tape. Wharf Rat transition is odd, but very evocative.
Truckin'
Oct. 9, 1972
Winterland Arena

A predatory Truckin' . . . Slick, slick, slick. Garcia leaves his body - often.
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