A mighty a primal drum section reminiscent of the early acid test days. Follows after a rare Cryptical and breaks through into The Other One.

Shocked that this hasn't been listed! Great energy with some decimating lines from Jerry and Bobby is screaming his big ol heart out. Great version.

Jerry and Bobby create a beautiful space before TOO. A conversation in strings. Billy and Mickey create primal, carnivorous music. Hunting music.

What a crown jewel Pretty Peggy O can be. A truly tender version that washes away all my worries. These 74 versions are quite special.

The Dead take the Parisians through a cowboys surrealist day dream. Check out how both Keith and Jerry are utterly locked into the music.

"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.