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Cucamonga007

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Submissions

2
Hurts Me Too
Dec. 21, 1968
Shrine Exhibition Hall

Blues smoker in a tin roofed shack watch for rattlesnakes on the floor.
9
Althea
Aug. 28, 1981
Long Beach Arena

Forceful reading that delivers the goods.
5
Attics of My Life
May 24, 1970
Hollywood Music Festival

A worthy rendition...
12
Alligator
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Psychedelic swamp sludge > Drums > Blind Willie Garcia blues riffing > Caution - pretty damn boss.
10
Caution
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Like drinking a pint of Chulola mixed with poprocks or just deep space mining on Saturn. Either way yer f'd up.

Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 24, 1971
Easttown Theatre

Whole band's got their macho up all over these two...
The Other One
Oct. 19, 1971
Northrop Auditorium, U. of Minn.

Darkness...
Not Fade Away
Dec. 9, 1971
Fox Theatre

Sad to see this had only 1 vote - I hope it gets heard and then given its due.. rollicking is the right descriptor...'71 NFA's had some special sauce. The GDTRFB is sweet justice as well - they hit overdrive smoothly NFA reprise is nice strong gut punch too +1 and more if I could... quality '71 action here.
Not Fade Away
Sept. 19, 1970
Fillmore East

Sweet Lincoln's mullet! Looks like I already bumped this sometime I dunno when before - required listening here.
Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 19, 1981
Sports Palace

I feel like the jam in Sugar Mags is one of their purest rock and roll song expressions - sure they played it a million times but when it was on - it was ON - no matter the era when Jer decided to flip the boogie switch and Bobby was screaming his shorts off - GAME OVER - just listened to Dallas 11/24/72 and that's a MOFO ... just a different styled one than this but both gotz the same roots. I love it when Jer soars over that Sugar Mags engine.....