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Brown Eyed Women
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

Smooth with wicked edges in all the right places!
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
July 25, 1972
Paramount Theater

Overlooked, patient little gemerald.
4
Jack Straw
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Bright, snappy, and full of mello P&V.
2
Loser
March 24, 1971
Winterland Arena

From the opening little parlay, hooked.
3
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

This one is the sound of a band that knows it can do pretty much anything. Smooth and fiery.
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Comments

Big River
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

As the show opener, it seems more deliberate than usual, but this gives it some serious backbone. And Garcia wrecks the joint. Weir's guitar sounds garage. Ace!
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 2, 1977
Paramount Theatre

I had to force myself to wait to write this until I was significantly through Fire. I would merely have commented on Garcia's clutch guitar break and an energy nearly as breathless as Scarlet 770508. And that's toodles the great right there. But that would have missed the transcendent transition transmission. Transcmension. And the heavy (yes, disgruntledgo) Fire with Garcia continuing the MuTron floor demos to rich, gooey effect.
Bird Song
Aug. 24, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

That this crystalline version is the same or below a version from '93 is mind-numbing, but Weir chops/comps changes like he's spitting celery seed. Garcia, given a proper proscenium, commences to narrate.
The Other One
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

Psychedelia all grown up - they just naturally fall into an easy glide right out of the fucking chute. A really lovely chapter in two amazing nights of storytelling. Has it all.
Brown Eyed Women
Nov. 4, 1977
Cotterell Gym - Colgate University

Well described as a narrative, Garcia's solo has parts that are almost iconic to my ears. A stone classic! Nice elegy Rowebacon.
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