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Loose Lucy
May 5, 1990
California State University Dominguez Hills

Sweet, powerful latter-day version on a hot afternoon on the soccer field at Cal State.
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Hard to Handle
April 17, 1969
Washington U.

Fantastic early H2H when Jer was still rippin' it with the slide!
4
Good Lovin'
Dec. 19, 1969
Fillmore Auditorium

Why isn't this rager on here yet?! Maybe not as long as some, but full of that early Dead energy that we love so much!
2
Mason's Children
Dec. 19, 1969
Fillmore Auditorium

Absolutely ROCKIN' Mason's kicks off the eeeelectric portion of this show. This might be the first one ever played...they rip it up!
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Feb. 21, 1973
Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois

Rippin' C>R from when they were first starting to open it up...'73 goodness.
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Midnight Hour
Sept. 3, 1967
Dance Hall

To quote Jerry, (re: Johnny B. Goode) "This is the one it's all about, folks..." Primal Dead at it's drippy, awkward, lumbering best. Jer's got the late '67 Les Paul tone that I love so much, and Pigpen's at his match-making, crowd-exhorting, frontman best. Hang onto your hats, you guys.
Playin' In The Band
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw

They do "get weird" indeed. Wow, these Europe '72 Playin's were somethin ELSE!
Sugaree
Aug. 26, 1980
Cleveland Public Auditorium

Heady 13 minute version I got from 30DoD 2013.
Comes A Time
Oct. 30, 1971
Taft Auditorium

I really love these early ones with the extra verse Jerry dropped later. Great vocal delivery on this one...
Sugaree
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena

Spinning this (DP10) now for the 40th anniversary of this show today. Really nice one! Wolf's tone over the TB gives this one an edge over the May giants, at least for me. Jerry really gets to fannin' some flames in the middle solo. This one is titanic.
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