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Black Throated Wind
June 12, 1992
Knickerbocker Arena

Nice drive toward the end...
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The Wheel
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Maybe just another Wheel, but this show, especially after the Lay Me Down, felt to be all about recovering after saying good-bye to Brent.....
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Not Fade Away
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Excellent NFA '87 jam into great Garden crowd and nice GDTRFB/We bid coda riff......
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Greatest Story Ever Told
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Out of Second Set opener Bertha with a crazy weird segue into Devil with a Blue Dress....
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The Music Never Stopped
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

RIpping coda. End to a great first set.
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Crazy Fingers
Aug. 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall

Like the Help-Slip-Frank on this night, this is just about as close to perfection as they've ever been, which is always a bit Weird, when they really don't miss a note. Definitely a toss up between this and the Beacon.... But I might love the Beacon a little more for it's roughness!!!
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

For some crazy reason, I'll always take this (and a whole bunch of others) over the Great American, which is so perfect, I know. But maybe that's why... Great American is just a little... too perfect.... Absurd, I know!!!
Pretty Peggy O
April 16, 1978
Huntington Civic Center

WoW!!! Great beauty. As is 5/9/77. Totally amazing. Still gotta say 9/3/77 is the greatest Peggy-O ever (DP 15). Like most great ones, it doesn't have just a few powerful moments. It's powerful throughout. One of the few versions of anything I can say is my absolute, all time favorite (along with the Half Step from that show, and the He's Gone-NFA....). Sick show. A lot of Heads from the Bronx at that one in Englishtown...
Wharf Rat
May 12, 1981
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Scorching.
He's Gone
May 12, 1981
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

One of the best. Coda chant with the crowd will send chills. Less than a week after dedicating it to Bobby Sands this one goes out to Bob Marley. A different sort of version, just as powerful, with a different sort of jam into drumz. Wild and mellow. Very cool sorta Miracle-Other-Jam. Magnificent.
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