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Drummer

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Submissions

2
Drums
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Part of a great jam suite, on Billy's birthday!
2
Casey Jones
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

Caps the early show of this legendary evening in style!
2
Monkey and the Engineer
Feb. 14, 1970
Fillmore East

Like the night before, a great version from a legendary show that I'm surprised wasn't already here...
3
Monkey and the Engineer
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

Great version from this legendary show...surprised it's not already here!
2
Uncle John's Band
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

Shocked this wasn't here already...gorgeous version from a legendary show, about two weeks before they recorded the studio version.

Comments

Sugar Magnolia
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Love Billy's toms-only fills during the verses -- haven't heard him play another version quite like it...
Mister Charlie
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

This one feels a bit faster than most.
The Other One
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

I have mixed feelings about this one. It functions very well to stitch together the great versions of Truckin', Morning Dew and Sing Me Back Home, and the transition from Truckin' is fantastic for sure, but TOO itself doesn't get nearly as intense as other versions on the tour do. I'd even say 5/24 is the better of the two Lyceum versions. Not particularly close between this one and 4/26, 5/3, 5/7, 5/10, among a few others from the tour IMO.
Tennessee Jed
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Definitely deserves more than two votes! I think a lot of E72 gets lost in the shuffle because the most well-known shows of the tour get the lion's share of the attention, when in reality the entire tour is stellar.
Black Throated Wind
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

This one has a nice swing to it.