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midnight sun

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14
Midnight Hour
Nov. 2, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

4
Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Energy packed
7
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Gotta love this '72 "playin'"
17
Casey Jones
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Encore version, the band sounds exausted yet they bring the house down with this one.
24
Greatest Story Ever Told
June 22, 1973
Pacific Coliseum

Sublime

Comments

Scarlet Begonias
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

Best stand-alone version for sure. Goes into a beautiful IMHBTR
He's Gone
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

Excellent jamming
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

The final part when they come back to the verse is crazy, I don't think I ever heard something like it.
Here Comes Sunshine
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

What a perfect way to start the DIck's Picks series, this is insane.
Dark Star
Sept. 19, 1970
Fillmore East

Stars out really quiet and mellow, very contemplative. After the first verse the band falls quiet, the silence is filled with electricity and expectation, until they finally release all the withheld energy and they never look back. When you think they are done they fall into a very short but delightful Feelin' Groovy Jam, the whole rest of the song is one tremendous peak. Just before they fall into second verse Jerry throws in some beautiful passages. Beautiful is just the word to describe this version.