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Grateful Dead June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR | Listen on archive
9
The Race Is On
Lovely mid-tempo ensemble singing with Bobby, Donna, and Jerry audible (Keith too?). Great driving bass and piano.
10
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Listen past some sound quality problems for a sweet, thoughtful version - especially the outro.
7
Bertha
Short and sweet with lots of character. This show has mix / sound issues, but is quite worth the listen.
11
Big River
Very hot energy and great soloing, plus it goes into an epic Dark Star. Forgotten concert: But the boys hotted this one up big time.
44
Dark Star
Subtle(!) melodic inventiveness, slow boil for 27 minutes, nice channel separation between Bob and Jerry, Phil solo. A forgotten Dark Star.
26
Eyes Of The World
Builds and builds from subtle spaceyness to a burning jam. Whole show seems overlooked but well worth it.
14
Box of Rain
Tight playing, excellent vocals, polished performance. Summer of '73 in Portland—who could ask for more?
15
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Killer transitional jam without FG. Gives it more heat. Not to be missed.