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Drums -> Space
Dec. 31, 1981
Oakland Auditorium

Jerry and Bobby create a beautiful space before TOO. A conversation in strings. Billy and Mickey create primal, carnivorous music. Hunting music.
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Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 21, 1974
Palais Des Sports

What a crown jewel Pretty Peggy O can be. A truly tender version that washes away all my worries. These 74 versions are quite special.
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Me and My Uncle
Sept. 21, 1974
Palais Des Sports

The Dead take the Parisians through a cowboys surrealist day dream. Check out how both Keith and Jerry are utterly locked into the music.
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El Paso
Sept. 21, 1974
Palais Des Sports

Blossoms and blooms like a shining red rose. I really love the energy for this show.
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Ship of Fools
Sept. 21, 1974
Palais Des Sports

1974 and Ship of Fools go together like peanut butter and jelly. Full of emotion. They're really giving their all in this.

Comments

Big River
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

SMOKING. Check out Bobby laying it down during Keith’s solo. The energy is impalpable. Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream. It is not dying.
Here Comes Sunshine
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Almost gets to tiger levels of crazy. Very powerful version that could genuinely go on and on forever and I wouldn’t be mad. A true dreamscape.
Me and My Uncle
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

This needs to be listened to. This is pure psychedelic cowboy music that puts you right in the story. One of my new favorite versions. Just perfect.
Around and Around
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Stay cool with this one, temperatures reach higher than average and might melt your face off.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

The transition jam is some truly heavy stuff. Like being pulled into an event horizon through the sheer gravitational force of it. I used to dismiss this version but upon returning to it, is one of the most unique versions out there. Jerry is the de facto leader of this jam as well. Captain trips isn’t a title that’s easily obtained, yet here he shows us exactly why he’s called that.