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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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He's Gone
Dec. 8, 1973
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U

A lovely wandering version - then things get psychedelic and pastorale @8min.
Not Fade Away
Sept. 19, 1970
Fillmore East

One of my all-time favorites. Really, everything in this show is Limited Edition Premium with all of the options. Love it! If this show doesn't do it for you, the Grateful Dead will probably never do it for you.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 19, 1981
Sports Palace

From the opening flag, this one has juice to spare. A big Garcia show. So much sunny energy and Garcia's singing is top flight. I feel like I've just been let in on a secret. One of the great 80s S>Fs I've ever heard. And I was at 7-1-85. [Looks down at the floor in mock modesty]
Candyman
June 21, 1980
West High Auditorium

You can't really lay Candyman down any better than this dream of a rendition. [I just saluted]
Bird Song
Sept. 10, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Man-O! Hearing this for the first time and can't believe I'm hearing t [you know . . .] Everyone is completely on top of his or her game in this delightful smoked sable on pumpernickel. Beautiful stereo articulation of the guitars makes them sound like they're steering us through some kind of waterway. But cleaner.
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