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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.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 13, 1972
Lille Fairgrounds

Confident and powerful, the Europe 72 mojo is on full display here, wonderful inventive ideas played with grace and ferocity. Nice grit from Bobby’s guitar too!
Caution
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

Gets weird FAST, hold on to your soul and make sure you have the lights dimmed low for this. A meltdown for the ages reminiscent of Coltrane’s later years and his exploration of sound. Saxophone atonal music with creepy staccato lines from the fiddle and crystalline keyboard playing to top off, this gets deep into the psyche and explores many deep realms of music. Keep an open mind. One of my new favorite dead recordings.
The Other One
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

A dragon slaying, out of the cosmos version with some of the most beautiful and interesting lines I’ve heard. The fiddle playing along with the sax just makes this hypersonic soundscape much more musically colorful.
Alligator
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

It just keeps getting better, what a sequence of music. Genuinely tasteful fiddle playing in this one. Muddy River Alligator here.
Dark Star
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

A Saxophone and a fiddle. New creative textures that add a unique flare to Dark Star. This is genuinely so cool and I highly recommended anyone reading this to check it out. Space jazz at its absolute finest, and the musical layers add a really cool added depth to this, Jerry’s having fun with the saxophone as well, Im getting chills listening now. Wow this is a hidden gem.
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