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Midnight Hour
June 4, 1970
Fillmore West

Relaxed mellow version with some interesting jams sprinkled in
21
Dark Star
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

20 minutes of Dark Star, and the only lyrics you get are Me and My Uncle ;^)
3
It's A Man's World
April 12, 1970
Fillmore West

Speedy, bouncy version - even the drummers get off on this one.
23
King Bee
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

This Bee growls - must be why it's the King.
28
Good Lovin'
May 4, 1972
Olympia Theater

Long and wandering, but it finds a lot of interesting places along the way. Pig also manages to talk about cars and make it sound filthy. Bonus.
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Comments

Dark Star
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

This one is as much about what's woven in and out of the Darkstar as the Darkstar itself, but it's just all good. All. Good. 1st hunk of Darkstar stays within the 'DS theme' for the duration, grinding into feedback-lite and Mickey playing with the all important gongs. After a beautiful Attics, the 2nd segment rockets around for a few minutes before a downright biblical Tighten-up Jam and a Feelin' Groovy segue into Sugar Mag (!!!). The last DS verse follows in short and sweet fashion, but you're not done yet. Just let the rest of the set play. The recording isn't the greatest, but it's absolutely listenable - and entirely worth listening to.
Black Muddy River
July 9, 1995
Soldier Field

It's hard to rate having your guts ripped out. For pure emotional punch, this is the one that always pokes me in the boo-boo, tho.
Good Lovin'
April 17, 1971
Dillon Gym

If you've somehow made it to this point in your life, and you've never heard either 4-17 or 4-25 1971 versions of this song, you really should remedy this. Quickly. The saga of "The Bidnessman" is only part of the fun, these tunes smoke from start to finish.
Good Lovin'
April 25, 1971
Fillmore East

I've come to the conclusion that at some point in April of 1971, Pigpen really, really, really wanted a refrigerator repairman...but he kept getting jersey cows and the Brooklyn bridge instead.
Johnny B. Goode
July 2, 1971
Fillmore West

I'm willing to agree with Jerry - this really is the one it's all about.
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