The Other One
Dec. 8, 1973
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U
This version, and this show, is just sick sick sick. Most of this is a jam which continually teases Other One but is rather jazzy and purposeful until a (short, I hope) cut suddenly brings it into what sounds like some unique territory very briefly before it finally, truly coalesces into a genuine Other One around 18:20 after about a minute of more intense flirting and pulling back; before it’s certain that it’s definitely happening, Weir sings the verse and it begins to disperse, with a light, bubbly touch but energy and focus, into a truly weird space which is almost a cross between 60s feedback, a 12-02-73 type meltdown, and a Space from the late 80s
