2/22/74 – San Fransisco, CA
The first show of this legendary year is, appropriately enough, held at Winterland. The show starts sluggishly until BE-Women, which is really enjoyable. I hesitate to say great, but it's good. Mexicali is downright smashing! Wow! From Mexicali onwards, the energy is much better.
Eventually we get an awesome 21-minute PITB. TEN MINUTES IN JERRY PLAYS A FULL-ON SLIPKNOT RENDITION!!!!! :D :D :D Other than that, compared to something like the Godly Boston '74 Jam Of All Jams, this PITB is purely tame. It's enjoyable and all, but it never really goes anywhere and just kinda feels like a way to kill 20 minutes with little in the way of reward.
I should probably end the review here – what I said about PITB basically sums up the rest of the show: Pleasant but unrewarding, if that makes sense. Truly a warm-up gig in the biggest sense of the term. B+ :)
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