The blues is strong here, Jerry's solo is truly incredible. Keith laying it down with Pigpen in the Garden rapping up a storm. One of the best.

The band tries to catch Jerry and wolf as they’re seemingly on the loose. Traversing through snowy mountaintops. A wonderful journey.

Brent’s organ takes this to another level. I’m partial towards the Pigpen Version, but this shines in its own ways. Lovely phrasing from Jerry as well

Shocked to not see this here yet. Absolute scorcher from a really great show. Jerry’s tone cuts through like a scorching hot knife. Skin your wife.

Coming out of He's Gone. Billy goes ham, hitting the drums like a machine gun.

"None of that wanna buy a watch shit" Lesson learned, don't take advantage of Keith during his first time in the big apple. Not a big Tennessee Jed fan, but the groove is irresistible, one of the more funky versions I've heard. I love the tempo for this a lot, and Jerry really is telling a story here. Just perfect.

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Just when you think it stops, we get reminded that the storyteller has a few more things to say. The way the band can use these songs in a way to tell a different story each time, I imagine a drunk old man telling stories of old in a non linear fashion. Was it even true? who the hell knows, but I'm enjoying the ride and the ramblings. Imagine if they let that Deal go down though?

One of the most powerful and wonderful versions of this tune ever performed. The boys were really in their cowboy era with this one. High grade double dipped saloon music. Absinthe and tequila, couldn't have said it better myself.

The way they land on Mexicali Blues is what makes the Dead so great. Like being picked up in a twister and landing in some far away old saloon with a peso in your hand. It's so unexpected and uncanny, they take a real risk and boy does it pay off. I think this is what this whole sequence of music is all about, risks. The rewards, or even when you're falling off the cliff and you're just going with the chaos. Dancing with insanity. This is as psychedelic and heavy as you can get, area 51 experiments out west. A spaghetti western in the sense of the process of spaghettification when you get near a black hole. Billy is the unheralded hero of this in my opinion, but everyone's got something to say here. Powerful and a real peak into what the band has become with Keith in the band. Just absolutely insane and needs to be experienced, it has that same star quality as 4/24/72's Dark Star sandwich. my jaw needs to be picked up off of the floor.