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Me and Bobby McGee
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

The "on the road" sweaty dust of the west is oh so perfectly expressed on this take - '71 perfection.
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Eyes Of The World
Oct. 17, 1981
Hippodrome

JG gets his point across fully engaged- laced up or not.
1
Looks Like Rain
Dec. 10, 1979
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Pure Bobby drama, excellently wringing it out.
3
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
July 7, 1987
Roanoke Civic Center

Show opener and Jerry is having some fun.
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Eyes Of The World
Aug. 5, 1979
Oakland Auditorium Arena

When you really need a Mach speed Eyes.
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Comments

Dark Star
April 8, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

Ok so just heard this today on Sirius - Hoooly Shit is all I gotta say - ditto all the above comments take the trip, see for yourself and get yer brain scrambled with some very fine acid jazz - not PITB scrambled but another kind of scrambled. This is alot to process - kitchen sink stuff here -that taken as a whole works, I must admit my taste runs to '69ers and 2/13/70 ... but Keith's accents really do it for me the jam into Sugar Mags is incredible - the deep space mining work at 5:40 > TOO jam is some serious tasty action and the play out of SSDD that cruise missiles into a hot of course Caution?! GTFO. I gotta borrow my wife's car more often.
Morning Dew
Feb. 24, 1974
Winterland Arena

Muy bueno - peaks and valleys here in spades....
Not Fade Away
Sept. 18, 1970
Fillmore East

And another thing this has some real focused hocus pocus - love the AWBYG tease as well -- es muy divertido. I see I've been here before. been here before hahaha...SQ is top notch to boot.
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Killer with Manzarek/Doors styled shit happening and all sorts of OO weirdness.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
May 11, 1980
Cumberland County Civic Center

DSO played this show last night in Portland - went back to the original - this indeed cooks hot. +!
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