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FreedomHaul

Grateful Novice

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Submissions

4
New Minglewood Blues
May 4, 1977
The Palladium

At least as good as Barton, but not as well known.
5
They Love Each Other
May 4, 1977
The Palladium

very nice. Garcia's floating effortlessly above band.
8
Big River
May 4, 1977
The Palladium

1/2 Step > Big River. The run of top shelf May shows starts here.
5
Uncle John's Band
May 3, 1977
The Palladium

Each night of this run has a stellar encore. I prefer 04-29's UJB, but this one's still very solid.
4
Not Fade Away
May 3, 1977
The Palladium

Builds and builds.

Comments

Scarlet Begonias
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Oh man, I can't believe I haven't listened to this DP yet! Stellar stuff, my favorite stand alone version.
Wharf Rat
Oct. 10, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

We need to get this fixed. It's been submitted a bunch of times and others have voted for others of those. This one should have like 16 votes.
Wharf Rat
Oct. 10, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

I've never heard this material done so well, period.
Dancin' in the Streets
Oct. 10, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Hell yes! nice punctuations from Mickey, Cooks for a while then Jerry takes off. Quite funky. Massive peak. Melting transition into >
Shakedown Street
Nov. 24, 1978
Capitol Theatre

Bobby really stands out here (both with his rhythm work and vocals). Band is very tight. Jerry floats over the first solo with gossamer. Also gets pretty trippy at the end.