Reviewer:
tomthebomb8650
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October 20, 2022
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I love this show
This is really just a jam session, and it's fun as hell. Jerry's playing is lyrical and inventive as he searches out new ideas for the material, the interplay between Jerry and Phil is inspired, and Billy and Mickey just kill it.
This is damn good music.
Reviewer:
Love 1968
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May 23, 2020
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Small correction
The title is:
Look Over Yonder Wall .
Butterfield Blues Band song - I think it's the title track; album before East-West. This version, apparently, with Butter on vocals and harmonica.
Reviewer:
L. Rosley
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June 25, 2009
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“We’re just goofing”
There some awesome Dead in 1968 – this isn't one of them. This pales in comparison to much of 1968, particular January, February, March, and August.
This is not a Dead show -- the Dead were on a break. They had just finished an awesome tour and were now in town recording Aoxomoxoa and regrouping. There were Dead shows the following week, but in town.
At the end of track 1 (miller) Garcia says apologetically “We just playing here. We’re just goofing… Nobody’s up to anything serious.” And it’s true. They’re just jamming for fun, and a lot of the jams aren’t all that interesting or inspired.
This changes Death Don’t Have No Mercy. Jerry starts to get serious, and delivers a good perfornamce. The next track, a Dark-Star-ish jam, and is much better than the blues jams of elsewere. So is the Eleven Jam, which is quite good. Jerry and Phil get into a groove that they just weren’t in earlier. It’s interesting to hear the transformation.
But, the Seven jam deteriorates into repetitive chords – they’re back to rehearsing again, trying to get into a 7/4 beat. It gets better after three minutes or so.
It’s a Sin is an oldie – they hadn’t played it since May 1966, according to Deadbase. (There are some great 1966 shows.)