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Mind Left Body Jam
Oct. 18, 1978
Winterland Arena
An MLB and Mojo jam hybrid. Already submitted as mojo by cgarces. Only 3 minutes, but worth the trip.
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Drums
Aug. 16, 1981
MacArthur Court, U of Oregon
With Kens Kesey and Babbs.
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Eyes Of The World
Aug. 16, 1981
MacArthur Court, U of Oregon
This one gets to a crazy place before drums, which, it turns out, is a prankster reunion.
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Estimated Prophet
Aug. 16, 1981
MacArthur Court, U of Oregon
Might and glory gonna be my name.
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Eyes Of The World
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The Eyes of the 1st S>F>E>E sequence. A lot of piano, some episodes of beauty and, near the end, some rio-grandeo-type quiet to loud modulation.
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Jack Straw
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum
If you need to hear the band cleanly hit "jack straw from Wichita", then this one probably isn't for you. But if you're interested in hearing stuff that approaches the limits of how fast Garcia can play, try it out. Jerry crushes the outro.
Stella Blue
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum
There are some questionable Stellas near the top of the list. Not this one. This Stella is the genuine article, as good as it gets.
Sugaree
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum
That third solo is fantastic. I was worried about Bobby's slide parts when I saw the other reviews, but it's not that bad. Or at least it's worse in other places during this time period. I'd say A- for this version.
Dear Prudence
March 13, 1982
Reno Centennial Coliseum
The same thing is happening here. All of the songs that the reviewers are invoking involve sequences that are chromatic and descending. John Lennon was experimenting with them in 67 and 68 - strawberry fields begins with 3 descending chromatic notes (major>maj7>7th), but so does Harrison's "Something." It's nonsense. The closest connection is between the MLB and Prudence and it amounts to this: The MLB has the same four note descending chromatic sequence that dear prudence does. Those words may sound lofty, but they represent this: Imagine playing a note on one fret of a guitar and then playing the next note down, and so on. Or a white key on a piano and then the next black key and so on. The band coalesced around a descending chromatic idea here for 30 seconds. There's nothing else to talk about and fantastic is not an accurate description of this 30 seconds. Keep your expectations low here.
Brother Esau
June 23, 1984
City Island
Yep, a dead show in the middle of the Susquehanna river. If there's anyone out there from the philly media market, this is a video of a young Nora Muchanic reporting on the '83 show on city island: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rV14pcJK0fU
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