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Mexicali Blues
Sept. 27, 1972
Stanley Theatre

Quick & spirited. DP11. Great show all around

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Not Fade Away
May 15, 1977
St. Louis Arena

NFA is one of those songs you see on a '77 setlist and you know it's gonna be good. Lyrics aren't super complicated, doesn't have a weird rhythm, just a perfect foundation for JG to freely go nuts on with that orgasmic smoldering tone from the Bean. Monster '77 NFAs with only 10 votes like this one are really not all that far off from the titans 9/3 & 5/8-- this one could easily belong in the conversation of best ever along with several others I'm neglecting to mention
St. Stephen
May 15, 1977
St. Louis Arena

Good call on the AUD ds67. Very nice and warm with a nice balance of crowd noise, super fun party time rock n' roll stephen. NFA sizzles and smolders coming out of Iko Iko. Sugarmags also great, nice & happy catharsis after that monster sequence. Big big strums from JG
Comes A Time
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

After finally getting around to listening to this one a few times I think I give the edge to 5/21. This is phenomenal and the pinch harmonics are amazing but I like 5/21 for the stream of consciousness Jerry solo. This one should in theory have a more evocative solo but 5/21 just does it for me. Will have to continue to revisit
Bird Song
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

How is this not even top 5? This is without a doubt probably the best "BAM" (lol) in bird song history-- Veneta has the cleaner, sweeter melody but this one's got the louder, more abrupt entry.
Bird Song
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

I get that sylvan, not an unfounded complaint. Maybe a good compromise would be to post non-dead stuff in the comments of joke submissions-- i.e. blow away 8/27/72 or picasso moon 5/8/77 as to not dilute actual dead commentary.
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