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Turn On Your Love Light
April 26, 1969
The Electric Theatre

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Turn On Your Love Light
Feb. 11, 1969
Fillmore East

smokin version

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Viola Lee Blues
Feb. 23, 1968
Kings Beach Bowl

19 minutes of seething acid psych blues. In this era Jerry sounded like he used barbed wire for guitar strings, perfectly suiting the rough and ragged playing which has aged much better than a lot of the stuff cherished on this forum.
Caution
Nov. 8, 1969
Fillmore West

Pretty mind flaying version
Dark Star
Nov. 8, 1969
Fillmore West

Primal psychedelia. Jerry's voice is still strong and they don't feel the urge to play too many notes giving this a sense of space and eerie beauty. Not on the ultra short list of Dark Stars, but a good example the variety and consistency they could deliver when they were on their game (e.g. no way the 1989 Dark Star is better than this just because it was your first dead show, etc.).
Jack Straw
Sept. 21, 1972
The Spectrum

Solid 72 version
Dark Star
Oct. 9, 1989
Hampton Coliseum

Ugh. Cheesy digital keyboards, Jerry's voice is shot, drum machines, and there is that weak quasi reggae rhythm that infected so much latter day dead. When you up vote this one, no wonder your kids don't think you're cool.
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