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Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
June 28, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

High energy and zigzagging, this is a fast one. Supplication is tons of fun, even if they don't quite stick the landing.
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Looks Like Rain
June 28, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Brilliant rise to a climactic finish. Jerry soloing like a man possessed behind sweet Bobby/Donna '76 harmonies. Nice one.
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Promised Land
June 28, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Up and jumping show opener from the first note. Keith's solo is brilliant.
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Samson and Delilah
June 27, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Way up tempo, sparkling and crispy with enough of both the gospel saint and the heretic sinner to make this one much fun. The '76s are just brilliant.
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Might As Well
June 27, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Whole lot of fun here. Sounds like they meant it on this one. Closes out a great first set.
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Comments

Eyes Of The World
July 5, 1978
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Soars on wings a mile long. I always felt that the segue of madness into beauty in Estimated>Eyes is in perfect keeping with the dark into light effects of strong GD medicine. They knew what they were doing, and while they could take you into deep and dangerous places, most often they'd bring you back, altered, maybe even shattered, but reassembled and closer to those who pulled through it together with you. This pair does it for me, even 38 years later....
Estimated Prophet
July 5, 1978
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Utterly killer version here. Jerry's solo before the jam blazes through the madness like a thousand psychic piranhas. '78 is sooooo under-appreciated and this is top-shelf Estimated, certainly - whatever tape speed problems might be out there.
Playin' In The Band
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Jeez, the comment I made for the 25th was meant for this one. Sorry guys, here it is... Woof: This is so much jam. This one nails it with a jagged skullfuckin' lightning bolt from a space tower to earth and back again. This has the pulse of The Great Ones that come later in the year, and heard in sequence represents a great booster stage in Playin's evolution. There's something utterly coherent about the jam that - as big a Playin' fan as I am - I can admit is sometimes missing from the half-hour ultrajams from '73 and '74. Great sounding mix, too, which adds a lot, with Bobby and Keith totally clear and well balanced. Thanks Europe!
Playin' In The Band
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Sorry! The comment I made here was for the 24th...
Bo Diddley
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Rare disagreement with cgarces here: This one far-and-away tops the 25 March '72 show with Bo himself. I wish it weren't so, but I've never thought the Bo Diddley show was all that good. It never really gels and has some embarrassing moments in it where you can almost hear the crowd shrugging with indifference. (The exception is when Pigpen comes back on and kicks up holy terror to retake his own back.) This one, however, is tight, muscular and coherent. A great version all around.
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