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Grateful Novice

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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 17, 1978
Uptown Theater

Surprised not to find this.
11
Drums -> Space
March 16, 1990
Capital Centre

Thunderous drums. Cool delay effects from Garcia.
14
Mama Tried
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

nice early country version.
12
Good Lovin'
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

A lot of their early (pre-Donna) stuff can be pretty pitchy, but is super high energy. Also nice drums on this.
2
Revolution
Oct. 9, 1984
The Centrum

Encore from Lennon’s birthday.

Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
April 23, 1977
Springfield Civic Center

Jerry bumbles through most of a verse in “Help” but it doesn’t really sound bad. Super heady “Slipknot,” one of the best I’ve heard and not to be missed. Transition a bit slow for my taste, but quite spacey. Fantastic first chorus in “Franklin’s.” Phil!~ Crowd goes absolutely fucking nuts during the tremolo strumming, huge full room peak with inventive playing right before. What’s not to be loved?
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 23, 1977
Springfield Civic Center

Nice “Scarlet,”with inventive Garcia playing. Nice drone from Phil in the final minute of the transition. > short but well executed, with a chordal riff from Jerry I don’t recall hearing anyplace else. Unbelievably mellow start to the third pairing of these two songs. Jerry hits it hard with the Mutron solo, and the vibe is so relaxed here. Get the Seamons matrix, it’s perfect!
Playin' In The Band
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Bird Song
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Top 2. This is heavenly stuff.
Shakedown Street
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

Simply fantastic stuff.