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The Other One
July 14, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

ATOMIC! Garcia's subversive wah work only makes the area less safe for the public.
4
Beat it on Down The Line
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

Searing version - groovy false start, then Garcia soars like an acrobat. Plug in!
2
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1969
Kiel Auditorium

CRUSH. Hard to believe they brought this intensity and dynamic precision all the time then, but they did! Ace!
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Bertha
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Unknown Genre - iTunes. Kreutzmann drives this hovercraft - as he seems to in all of the great Berthas of this time. Look out for the guitars.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 29, 1971
Practice Studio

Have always loved the San Venetia tapes - almost like an x-ray of the GD. You can so hear the guitar architecture. So tempted to make that one word.
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Scarlet Begonias
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Love the long intro - that's always a treat. Good, raucous audience, but you can pretty much hear everything. Tennessee says it's "relaxed and unforced" & that's dead on. Imperfect, but full of charm. Garcia is in that reading-defenses mode - going to second and third reads and just taking what the defense gives him. A very unique outro with the heavy arpeggiation forming a mesmerizing pattern until Garcia skitters out with the smokin' pitterpat of TB notes.
Dire Wolf
April 16, 1972
Aarhus University

Authoritative. Following a lethal, mini-epic Playin', this does more than simply cleanse the palette; it's a display: band at full confidence & swagger.
Playin' In The Band
April 16, 1972
Aarhus University

Perfect length, easy acceleration. Garcia's ridiculously under-appreciated wah work with Godchaux Van Gelder resonant chord comps. At its peak, it is so completely its own beast. And it is a beast. Biblical.
The Other One
Aug. 24, 1968
Shrine Auditorium

Yeah: "raw, elemental" is right! This is no frills with all the frills. Crisp, psychedelic, slaloming colossus.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 3, 1979
Market Square Arena

Pretty smokin' Garcia guitar break in Scarlet. Good sounding audience. But not a favorite for me. Drummers are flopping around like fish on a dock. Garcia forgets the verse after the bridge on Scarlet - that's one of those things that annoys the fuck out of me! Irrational of me, perhaps. I hate to be a dick about it, but this one lacks the detail of the best Scarlet>Fires. Has some inspirational moments, but also lots of sloppy work and Godchaux's often barely there. In general, a little too much indistinct musical chatter for my tastes. Still, totally worth a listen, but not competitive with the truly elite renditions. To me.
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