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Dire Wolf
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse
A little triumph here. Acoustic intimacy from a brilliant great of a show.
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Mama Tried
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse
Like all your best friends sitting around the campfire, strumming and pickin' by starlight. Have a sip or a toke and enjoy....
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Friend of the Devil
Aug. 5, 1970
Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse
Really lovely here, part of one of the warmest, most intimate acoustic sets of 1970.
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Not Fade Away
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom
Jerry and Bob bite down hard and tear into this one with muscle. Their interplay lightens up and whoops! We find ourselves in Stephen.
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Candyman
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom
Anthemic beauty. Great ensemble singing and powerful pacing to it. Then Janis steps on stage for Love Light, so there's that.
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Dark Star
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater
Music to practice levitation to. Also the best damn Rat Sandwich you'll probably ever eat.
St. Stephen
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara
The 'bell-ringing' chimes section of the last solo before the out-chorus is top notch, but this one otherwise drags a bit to start.
The Music Never Stopped
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara
This should be higher. Jerry pushes it harder and harder, never quite tipping it over to the breaking point. The crowd got a sweet treat here. Donna's in tune and well mixed, harmonizing nicely, and the Devils are just perfectly octopusical.
Scarlet Begonias
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara
A beacon, signalling to all who are ready to receive it: This is the '77 Dead. Simply a perfect, beautiful and deep performance of a song that grooves and grooves and grooves, but that also has a bit of wisdom to it too. "Once in a while...."
Good Lovin'
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara
Y'all got to hear this in context. They were still just bringing it out and re-crafting it after the Pigpen era. It wasn't the staple it became of 80s and 90s Dead, but probably seemed like a novelty for the old heads at the time. In any case, it rocks, and Donna sounds sweet behind Bobby's confident swagger.
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