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Submissions

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Mexicali Blues
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

“It’s polka time!” Shouts Bobby at the beginning of this one! Honored to submit this one. Absolute rager from an underrated show.
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Candyman
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Passionate and poignant. Fantastic Fall 72 version.
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Black Peter
Oct. 18, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

Stunning organ parts that take the song to a different level. Feels like I'm going down a lazy river without a care in the world.
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Weather Report Suite
Sept. 24, 1973
Civic Arena

Horns!! Let it Grow is already on here but the Whole suite needs love. When the horns come in you can't help but smile. Pure and beautiful.
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Friend of the Devil
Nov. 23, 1978
Capital Centre

Stunning version. Sung with lots of passion, and during the solo, Jerry lets Wolf run loose and lets her howl. Great version from a great show!

Comments

Me and My Uncle
April 24, 1972
Rheinhalle

This version made me fall in love with Me and My Uncle If you didn’t quite like Dark Star>El Paso, then check this out for a different flavor of uncanniness and absurdity. Love love love this performance.
Cumberland Blues
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

Man, the energy is completely and utterly infectious, stupendously hot version with the whole band really being a part of the music here. Check this out
Dark Star
April 24, 1972
Rheinhalle

Man, this Dark Star. I liked Veneta, loved it. It was for me a peak into what the dead were about. This is what they REALLY are about. This performance really opened my eyes to what The Dead were as a musical and a spiritual unit. A haunting electric light show. This conjures up visions of an event horizon and traveling through the other side to find a cowboy's surrealist day dream playing out in front of your eyes before being shot right back into the cosmos.The rest that follows is a spirtual workout for the band and they really dig into such interesting themes before ultimately morphing into a stunning and unique performance of Wharf Rat. This Dark Star helped me appreciate The Dead so so much. So this'll always get my vote. Check out 5/4/72 to meet this Dark Star's other half. Yin and Yang.
Me and My Uncle
July 1, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre

Phenomenal version, pretty much perfect with tons of energy. Just a great show man! *chefs kiss*
The Other One
March 2, 1969
Fillmore West

HUGE. Never ending peaks. Check it out NOW! “The American version of the Japanese film The Magnificent Seven, The Grateful Dead!”