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FreedomHaul

Grateful Novice

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Samson and Delilah
Jan. 31, 1978
Uptown Theater

The band tears into this.
6
They Love Each Other
Jan. 31, 1978
Uptown Theater

Everything good about '77 just keeps rolling here.
2
Not Fade Away
July 17, 1988
Greek Theater - University of California

Haunting materialization out of “Space,” nice playing from Jerry and Brent
3
Althea
May 21, 1982
Greek Theatre, U. Of California

Glacial tempo allows the inherent beauty of the song to come through, and allows Garcia greater flexibility in his leads.
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Mountain Jam
July 28, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse

GD and ABB? Always. Bewildered no one submitted this yet.
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Comments

Friend of the Devil
March 18, 1990
Civic Center

Nice to hear everyone else rise to the occasion and turn a standard reading into something better.
Little Red Rooster
March 18, 1990
Civic Center

They continue the blues-themed playing throughout “Stagger Lee” (which has SBD problems (a channel missing?) until about 2 minutes in), “MAMU” (where Bobby sounds vocally fatigued, singing very short phrases with more straining than inflection), > “Mexicali Blues” (highlights are Bobby singing “per-foome” for some reason, and some interesting MIDI trumpet, keyboard, and Bobby interplay, although Weir is quite low in the mix).
Wharf Rat
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Agree that this version is overlooked, but this show has some glaring flaws that Barton and any number of other shows from this run just don't have (first and foremost: huge amounts of dead air and downtime).
The Wheel
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Some of the best playing from the entire night. Rather underrated.
Eyes Of The World
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

IMHO, this is one of the only tracks from this show truly worth the massive hype surrounding it.
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