Jerry’s solo is off the walls crazy. A train going top speed and I promise that train won’t slow down! Great energy here overall.

As Jerry shouts, “You know he had to die.” BANG! A massive gunshot right on rhythm. Great reprise with great drum work from Billy and Mickey.

Jerry takes off and soars. Gets really heavy, and out there FAST. Experimental passages and new themes explored. This is what the Dead do best.

Billy and Mickey flowing in and out of the main TOO rhythms. They’re both putting each other to the test as they really get deep in this one.

“At this risk of being repetitious we’re going to do another song in the key of G.”-Bob Weir. This version is quite sweet. Patchy audio, great version

Thank you for reminding me of this show Carrion. Love your reviews and thank you for your contributions on this site. These feedbacks were some of my favorites to listen to when I first got into the band. I feel like I’m levitating as the band performs this black magic seance. Jerry really speaks on his guitar, quite eerie and macabre. This is a tunnel full of mirrors with no end in sight until suddenly, falling like a single water droplet into a calm and stagnant body of water as the band Bids you goodnight. Haunting as always. Short and sweet as they say.

So much heart!!! As wonderful and exploratory as this song becomes, I always love it when the band play this song before it becomes the absolute juggernaut it’s known to be. I feel like the essence of the song is at its purest form during the early months of 72. That being said, this one is quite regal and grand. Tip toeing around and allowing themselves to get lost in the void. Jerry is sharp, shooting cosmic rays at the listener and making his guitar cry out. The interplay is quite refined and you can hear just how intently everyone is listening to one another, especially with Phil, he seems to dance with Bobby here which allows Keith and Billy to lay a foundation for Jerry to build, build and build.

This swings hard. This is right up there with the Olympia version for me. Lots of phenomenal dynamic buildup. Billy dances so elegantly, creating these bursts of energy and then taking the rest of the band by the hand and guiding them into nirvana. Garcia’s makes his guitar talk during the second solo of China Cat, and the interplay between him and Billy is truly wonderful. A tango. The Rider is absolutely full of wonderfully creative interplay, listen for yourself and see what you can find!

Not super refined, but if you want to hear a really hot Big River with Jerry on vocals, this is the one. This used to be my favorite for a long time, it’s got such a groove and you could tell the band was really liking the direction of where this particular song was going to. Would’ve been cool to hear Jerry take the lead on this more.

Post Hiatus Dire Wolves get all the love, but there is something so endearing about this particular performance. A true electric folk performance. The vocals are perfect, the passion is there, and it’s just so endearing. This might just be me but this the best Dire Wolf I’ve ever heard, and it’s not for the solos, it’s just for how brilliantly performed this was. No showing off, just a band conveying a story. Really just a wonderful and magnificent version.