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Rosalie McFall
Aug. 19, 1970
Fillmore West

Grisman takes this one into hoedown territory
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How Long Blues
Aug. 19, 1970
Fillmore West

Warm audience recording, mystery piano player (Lagin, maybe?)
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Wharf Rat
Dec. 6, 1971
Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden

11 minutes of triumphant sorrow.
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The Other One
Dec. 6, 1971
Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden

O1>Bobby McGee>O1 - another mind melting fall 71 Other One sammich
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Good Lovin'
April 22, 1971
Bangor Municipal Auditorium

Enthralling drum solo followed by Phil going absolutely bugshit for 10 minutes.

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.