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Beat it on Down The Line
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

Garage band-Country-rock twang ridiculousness! Into a powerful Wharf Rat.........
1
Wharf Rat
Oct. 19, 1990
Internationales Congress Centrum

Out of a wicked Other One, into a rocking Around-SugMag!!! Great show!!!
6
Loser
March 19, 1977
Winterland Arena

Fierce and fiery, like everything these 3 nights. From an all-time favorite show.
4
Estimated Prophet
Jan. 14, 1978
Bakersfield Memorial Auditorium

Super Estimated-Eyes....
1
Looks Like Rain
Jan. 14, 1978
Bakersfield Memorial Auditorium

Scorching. Which is a great word for this show. Scorching.

Comments

Bird Song
Sept. 15, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Phenomenal. Jam builds intensely after about 8 minutes. Pretty insane. And everything leading up to it, too.
Throwing Stones
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Grendel, always enjoy reading your posts. 9/18/90 is a real nice show. That entire Garden run was pretty much magnificent. All 6 shows could have made a great box. 19-20 were particularly epic in how they felt like one long journey (and I say this knowing it was all one long journey... but those 2 nights were something special..). Despite Road Trips and DP9, it still would be a great box, since a lot of fantastic stuff from those shows was still left on the cutting room floor (Help-Slip-Frank; GDTRFB-Stella; the entire 2nd set from the first night - 9/14/90 - a scorching Scarlet-Fire, a sublime Terrapin that won't quit, a weird, blistering O1 into a beautiful, haunting, and very underrated Wharf Rat - an awesome night with a straightforward but ridiculously fun first set....), really, everything from that run (and 9/15, Bruce's first night as an official member, was none to shabby either... Even the Women Smarter from 9/20 was just exactly perfect). Having said all that, the entire Fall Tour through Europe was pretty darn tight. Everyone came to play after the tragedy of the summer. And they played hard..... But I digress. Completely forgot that we're on a totally different Garden run here. This Fall of '93 Garden run was pretty darn good too, especially considering it was 1993!!!
Throwing Stones
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

One of the best ever!
Estimated Prophet
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Soaring and scorching!
Wharf Rat
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Grendel, this really is an excellent show. The Throwing Stones out of Wharf Rat is one of the best of the 90's, thanks to Murray's energy. But even before he joins them onstage, the first set rocks with the opening Help-Slip-Frank, then Jerry's MIDI rips on Ramble, the gorgeous Masterpiece, and Bird Song is one for the ages. Plus, these are two of the best overall versions of Easy Answer and Lazy River. Worth checking out for sure!