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Beat it on Down The Line
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

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.
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Cryptical Envelopment
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

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.
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The Other One
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

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.
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Drums
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

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.
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Uncle John's Band
July 11, 1970
Fillmore East

“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

Comments

New Potato Caboose
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

Magical. Widely inventive and freedom personified in sound. Imaginative musicianship right here. Phil gets a gold star.
Caution
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Off the rails. Might possibly be the best version I’ve ever heard. Absolutely relentless, viscous, and primal. An assault and attack on the senses that builds, and builds, AND BUILDS. Jerry traverses mountain tops before climbing too high and starts drifting away from our atmosphere plowing through hyperspace at light speed. Stupendously inventive rhythmic interplay between everyone. Mickey and Billy find their inner groove and absolute lay it down. The feedback section is the absolute stuff of legends. No return from this space, this train crash landed on a whole other planet leaving no survivors, only our souls to find their way back home. A brutal, nasty, electric carnival. A whirlwind of flashing colors that melts you to your core. Alarms flash, body and mind disintegrating. The unknown, the absolute edge of sound and music as we know it. Harmonious and Transformation near the end. Utter Annihilation. Another reason why I love the Grateful Dead.
The Eleven
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Definitive William Tell segment that transitions into some absolutely heavy psychedelic landscapes. Jerry leads the way with some blistering licks that channel the true essence of the song. Playing at the absolute edge of oblivion.
Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

The overtones bleeding out of Jerry's guitar before the jam begins absolutely makes this for me. This show has quickly become a top 5 for me because of the connections I've made with other people because of this Dutch Treat. A show I personally overlooked, I have now come to appreciate as one of the best of the year, and of all time. Lovely version that shoots you straight into the void with laser sharp precision.
Spanish Jam
July 19, 1974
Selland Arena

Olé!