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6
Wake Up Little Susie
June 4, 1970
Fillmore West

With David Nelson and John Dawson
3
Mama Tried
June 4, 1970
Fillmore West

Bob joined the end of the NRPS set, so this gets the full Jerry pedal steel treatment
2
Big Boy Pete
March 1, 1970
Fillmore East

Phil's "YeeUUuEuuaaah"s are a guaranteed gigglesnort
3
Playin' In The Band
April 8, 1971
Boston Music Hall

Ned adds a little electric piano noodling to this short/sweet early version
12
Dark Star
April 8, 1971
Boston Music Hall

This one has grown on me - Listen for Lagin on electric keys
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Comments

Rosalie McFall
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Well, to be fair, would you want to see Godzilla crawl out of your ice cream? The tune itself is a mandolin-less acoustic rendition that Jerry plays hop-along-country tune with - compare this with 8/19/70 (another audience acoustic, but with Nelson/Grisman) - it's a completely different tune.
Mystery Train
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Indeed, and the My Babe that follows is like Big Railroad played inside out. This, or New Orleans would both have been interesting songs to drop into the regular rotation.
Dark Star
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Instructions for an ear to ear grin: Ffwd to 16:30.
St. Stephen
May 14, 1970
Merramec Community College

Furious little bugger. Any tune where you can imagine Jerry headbanging grabs your attention.
Alligator
Nov. 6, 1970
Capitol Theater

This wails. Incredibly slick transition to NFA, too.
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