Supercharged Billy at the helm deconstructing and building layers of structure like a master architect. Some of his most inventive fills put to record

Notable for coming straight out of Cumberland and the alternate lyrics “And I Grabbed the Bottle, Grabbed Him in the Jaw” A cowboy classic.

Firing on all cylinders right out the gate. I'm certain Jerry's fretboard caught fire after that first solo. Impossible not to groove to.

Delicate. Like a last waltz of the cowboy and his love, with each lick from Jerry conveying the urgency of the story. Keith makes such an impact here.

Part of the beginning is cut off, but that doesn't stop this train from rolling on down the mines. Short and sweet.

This chrysalis brings forth a beautiful butterfly that flutters its beautiful multicolored wings with such grace. This LLR is a gem, and upon listening became my favorite version of this song. Endearing vocals from Bobby and Donna with Jerry’s playing being the definition of melodic. Stunning.

12 votes? Let’s get this boosted up folks. Bobby really is the McCoy Tyner to Jerry’s Coltrane. Especially from 70-72 I feel like is prime Bobby because his willingness to go out on a limb to showcase his keen ear and push his imagination to the absolute forefront of the music. That being said, This Playin’ absolutely showcases why this is. Around the 8:50 mark we enter a ritual summoning spirits of old to guide the band towards new planes of existence. Fall 72 is the Necronomicon of Playin’s with each version being a unique ritual, seance, or spell with different intentions. All of which have this distinct ghost like quality. What a great version from a great show.

Jerry cuts through like a crosscut saw on this one. Country chops put on full display as Bobby and the band give the performance of their lives. Killer version played with immense passion, I can see this story of a West Texas Cowboy play out so perfectly.

This whole show has this Sci-Fi futuristic energy to it I can’t quite put my finger on. This Eyes continues this theme of traveling on a highly advanced rocket ship that soars through galaxy’s and journeys into rips in the space time continuum. Love this early 73 sound for Eyes.

This is a mind melting journey of extraterrestrial proportions. The Phil solo is flowing with acidic energy. The music that follows with Billy and Phil is a tribal display of African percussion through melodies of old passed through generations and the beats that followed mankind since its inception. Out of nowhere we get thrown into a nebula of colors inconceivable to the naked eye, and geometric landscapes beyond our understanding. This all melts away quite quickly, I imagine a UFO on some far away martian planet, infested with skittering space bugs, which infests the spacemen inside of the ship and takes them through existential horrors beyond anyone’s imagination. The music at this point feels like a cosmic glob of melted colors. One hell of a weird ride, just like how I like them, also Jerry does this dominate/diminished arpeggio sequence near the end of the song that I hear quite frequently at the end of a DS or TOO in early 73, anyone have a name for that sequence of music or is it just a random lick that was common during its time?