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Mercury

colorful wookie

+6529


Submissions

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El Paso
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

Captures the galloping urgency and drive of the story
1
Throwing Stones
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

Searching for some direction and having fun doing it
2
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Rousing! 72's got many of the best/ favorites
2
You Win Again
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Musta been great to have caught one of these; this one delivers, great stuff
2
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
June 28, 1988
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Signature, spiraling leads and strong delivery, a fitting sign-off to SPAC run

Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 23, 1977
Springfield Civic Center

A slow motion, psychedelic home run traveling at the speed of light.
Eyes Of The World
June 21, 1983
Merriweather Post Pavilion

It came to me: 10/9/82. A happy riff. I'm not a labeler... and will be on the lookout for others. thanks for the 9/12/81 tip.
Eyes Of The World
June 21, 1983
Merriweather Post Pavilion

There's at least another version with that riff... it'll come to me. Might even be before MNS. Anyway, +1 here.
New Minglewood Blues
Nov. 4, 1977
Cotterell Gym - Colgate University

Great summation -- and that bulldozer's RPMs are jacked... and off course there's no muffler.
Dark Star
April 14, 1972
Tivolis Koncertsal

Those sustained, positively wailing notes practically weep as they are cast out into the listening space, electric colored arrows one after another. Phil’s interplay circa 4:10 is so welcomed, being quickly devoured by the band as they continue to elevate their game. Open, choppy strumming hints at possible entry, as do a few bass hits, yet the contemplative circling ensues, stirred both by the muse of playing and the music itself. As the quieter, deconstructive segment disentangles itself, the beginnings of a long, happy falling emerges, eventually building to those leads that both hold the moment and send it cascading into the two-chord, Dark Star lock-in. And that’s only the beginning. Brilliant. Probably top five for me if I had to rank.