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Me and My Uncle
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

Very nice solo from Jerry. Phil is all over this as well, some great melodic bass playing that compliments the song very well.
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Jack Straw
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

These early 70s Jack Straws have so much Charm. Silky smooth rendition full of grace and wonderful joyous interplay. Surprised this isn’t here yet.
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Mexicali Blues
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

“It’s polka time!” Shouts Bobby at the beginning of this one! Honored to submit this one. Absolute rager from an underrated show.
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Candyman
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Passionate and poignant. Fantastic Fall 72 version.
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Black Peter
Oct. 18, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

Stunning organ parts that take the song to a different level. Feels like I'm going down a lazy river without a care in the world.
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Dark Star
Dec. 26, 1969
McFarlin Auditorium, SMU

Wonderfully creative. Tapping into that stream of consciousness that Dark Star is so well known for. The Feelin' Groovy>Tighten up jam really takes the weight off the heart after exploring some deep and dark places. Lovely version with a short and sweet Bobby solo during Tighten up, and a superb thematic jam at the end with Jerry summoning rainbows with each pluck of a string.
Dancin' in the Streets
April 12, 1970
Fillmore West

Freedom personified in sound. Gonna miss you Phil.
Dark Star
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Phil Lesh has passed to the great beyond. Thank you for the gift of music Phil, and for making my life, and so many others better with your powerful and timeless music. May the 4 winds blow you home again.
Viola Lee Blues
Feb. 2, 1968
Crystal Ballroom

Hardcore psychedelia. Ice cold playing with their telepathy on full display. Pigs organ tone is lush and adds SO much to this version. Feedback, chainsaw ripping playing, what a juggernaut. I can hear Dr.Frankenstein shouting “ITS ALIVE” as you hear this monster come alive. Some of the tightest and most locked in playing I’ve ever heard from the band, Billy and Mickey are stomping like giants, and destroying everything in its path. Pure destruction. Everything I love about primal dead.
I Wash My Hands
Dec. 5, 1971
Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden

Plain gorgeous. The Dead in 71 were the best damn saloon band of all time, taking a powerful Stonewall Jackson tune and taking it to church. Jerry does some wonderful squeals on the guitar that really ring like a bell, beautiful and timeless.
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