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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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Stella Blue
May 18, 1977
Fox Theatre

A patient beast - the entrance is regal and trancelike arising as it does from an extended Garcia soliloquy. The room is dead silent. Talk about setting the table. That said, this one has plenty of magna on its own. A beautiful version with Godchaux leaning toward classical phrasing. And Garcia's guitar break is just epic. The whole song is - this is top shelf stuff. Top shelf.
The Other One
May 18, 1977
Fox Theatre

As is customary for Spring 77 Other Ones, Garcia is exorcising . . . something. Just furious, dense, pressure-cooked guitar playing. grendel is dead-on. Under-appreciated vintage. Scortching!
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 9, 1982
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Garcia's brassy latticework pickin' propels this smoker - like so many early 80s C>Rs.
Terrapin Station
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

Delicate and patient - like most of this great show.
Playin' In The Band
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

A smooth and spacey version. It might get more love if there were a soundboard.
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