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Good Lovin'
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

Many twists and turns taken here - Plenty of Pig, too
4
Hard to Handle
Nov. 16, 1970
Fillmore East

Unique flavor to this one, with Steve Winwood poaching Pig's organ.
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Uncle John's Band
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Acoustic set closer, try not to clap along with the audience at the end. The dog will look at you funny.
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Feelin' Groovy Jam
Sept. 19, 1970
Fillmore East

Darkstar, about 16 minutes in
15
The Other One
Dec. 14, 1971
Hill Auditorium

Strap your ass to sputnik and take the ride.
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Dark Star
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

This little beastie gets weird quick, with several beautiful interludes of Jerry and Phil playing follow the leader. A wave of anarchy crests in Me and My Uncle - and the segue out of MAMU back into Dark Star is one of the better examples of Bill Kreutzmann deciding 'This 30 seconds of music is going to STRUT'. Amazing, but quick and dissipating, landing in noodleville for awhile, then only finding 'structure' in a Caution Jam several minutes later. This is one for the weird, by the weird.
Alligator
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

The post drums jam is one of those little nuggets of awesome that blow your mind the first time you discover them, you'll rewind 7 times to make sure that really just happened, and no matter how loud it is....you still need to turn it up.
Mountains of the Moon
July 10, 1969
Playboy After Dark

The whole thing is just...surreal. Pancho Jerry and the Dosed Bunnies.
Mountains of the Moon
Feb. 27, 1969
Fillmore West

Constanten is haunting, Jerry sounds impressive on both acoustic and electric - that pause where Jerry does the guitar switch is ably Philled in. The fun part is that I'd be willing to bet *everybody* here has heard the Jerry-On-Electric tail end of this song - it's the lead-in to Dark Star on Live/Dead.
Morning Dew
Sept. 18, 1987
Madison Square Garden

The cassette of the 2nd set of this show was a constant road trip companion for many years, it's just one of those that's just All Good....but the Dew was often reason enough to pull over. Comparing this to 1972 is the reason we're here, but it's also missing the point. This is stuff powerful enough that there are moments where a boisterous MSG crowd are awestruck to silence. If there were a meter that measured awesome, that would be the unit of measurement. Also: "I walked out of this show at the conclusion of Morning Dew." - You walked out before Good Lovin->La Bamba? ARRRRRRGGGGGG.
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