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Around and Around
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

Shocked that this hasn't been listed! Great energy with some decimating lines from Jerry and Bobby is screaming his big ol heart out. Great version.
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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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Comments

Dark Star
Sept. 11, 1973
William and Mary College Hall

Lots of personality. Mini clusters of supernovas and galaxies all colliding at once. Jerry's playing is inspired and charming. Lots of subtle celestial interplay that brings out a particularly playful sound from the boys this night. Phil is the highlight of this one though, he must've knocked down the whole building with his bass while also opening up some wormholes in the process. Incredible use of feedback. Great Dark Star>Dew combo.
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 28, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Good call^^ I’ve recently been obsessed with this trifecta of Terrapin>Playin>UJB. All played so brilliantly, this Playin’ is as funky as it is particularly focused for an era not really known for its Playin’ jams. Sick version with everyone on.
Dark Star
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Jeez have I not mentioned anything about this one? Like the last light in a dying universe, yet it shines ever so brightly. A journey to the land of the dead, Phil guides you home with his stomp and falls into one of my all time favorite Feelin’ Groovy jams. Celestial and abstract ,maybe not as neurotic and evil as some others, but this one has such an otherworldly feeling I can’t quite put my finger on. The whole Playin’>Dark Star>Morning Dew>Playin’ is a true example of the band possessed. Love this version. Will be on repeat over, and over, and over again.
Space
June 20, 1974
The Omni

Super bluesy, devastating and wicked Keith piano lick near the tiger riff. Also goes into a funky vamp before eyes. We’ve reached the outer edges of the universe.
Truckin'
June 20, 1974
The Omni

I am floored. Jerry is an absolute mad man on the loose fully pushing his playing to the absolute limit and THEN some. One of the most well played Truckin’s all throughout. Lots of subtle dynamic shifts during the verses that add so much character to this blues infested jam. Genuinely one of the best I’ve ever heard.
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