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The Music Never Stopped
Sept. 27, 1976
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Note for note brilliant. Jerry is blazing over the band with one brilliant line after another. Great set capper.
1
Looks Like Rain
Sept. 27, 1976
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Solid emotionally charged version with a great balanced soundboard right as the Fall tour kicks into blistering hot gear.
5
Samson and Delilah
Sept. 24, 1976
William and Mary College Hall

Fall of '76 is peak time for Samsons, and this one just struts. Great feeling for this under-the-radar show.
4
Stella Blue
March 19, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Peak musicianship and total communication of the band at one of their most telepathic moments as a group. Jerry's vox is sublime.
4
Brown Eyed Women
March 19, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Pristine rendition, now audible with thanks to C.Miller. This is a peak era Dead, with new sounds and balance even in the straight rockers.
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Morning Dew
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Want to know what it means to mean it? Jerry means it here. The vocals and solo are heartfelt and full. Great reference to Bill Evans here, merryjerry, spot on. As part of the Playin' suite to start all suites, this is just glorious.
Morning Dew
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Want to know what it means to mean it? Jerry means it here. The vocals and solo are heartfelt and full. Great reference to Bill Evans here, merryjerry, spot on. As part of the Playin' suite to start all suites, this is just glorious.
Big Railroad Blues
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

This one is furthur, faster, and hotter than others of the time. Goes up and up and up. Jerry breaks into falsetto at one point.
Bird Song
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Subtle and soft by comparison to others from Fall '72, but full of dreamy drifting visions and mellow soaring.
Black Peter
Oct. 17, 1972
Fox Theatre

In the right headspace, and when the band was on like it was here, Black Peter live was an extremely powerful collective experience of death and dying. I've always felt it to be one of their most psychedelic songs for this reason. If you've ever gone deep into its trance and felt yourself spreading thinner and thinner until your very molecules could no longer really be called "yours" anymore, only to find yourself reassembled and joyous once they pulled you back from the underworld and plopped you back into your body, then you'll understand: The crowd got taken for a long deep ride here.
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