2/24/74 – San Fransisco, CA – Dave's Picks Vol. 13 (up and down, but the highlights are mega)
After a Bill Graham intro, US Blues is a totally rousing opener. Candyman is the next highlight worth mentioning. Excellent rendition! After Jack Straw, we get a really nice and interesting China>Rider.
Chian Cat is much slower and mellower than usual and it's definitely interesting. The jam before Rider is just AWESOME. Overall, this China>Rider is SEVENTEEN MINUTES OF SICK!
The next point of interest is an eighteen-minute PITB! Great stuff! PITB is frickin awesome and goes way ouy into jam-space like the previous night's TOO. Killer. A rousing Cumberland opens set two rockingly. Roses and Big River are nice, but next up is a ROCKING Bertha. This is a “perfect” version. Awesome.
After a wicked WRS, set two closes with a rocking Promised Land. Set three three begins with the mother of all Dark Stars. It takes about 10 minutes to coalesce from pure space, but once the rhythms get going, it's a great exercise in free jazz jamming. Also, if you can believe it, THE MAIN THEME DOESNT COME IN UNTIL 18 MINUTES IN!!!!! At 24 min Jerry breaks out the wah pedal while the rest of the guys go full on Spanish Jam up in this bitch! Overall, the Dark Star has great moments, but in the end it feels less than the sum of its parts.
It segues seamlessly into a chill 13-minute Morning Dew. DEW IS FRICKIN SUBLIME AND PERFECT. Things get rocking again with a great Sugar Mag! Overall, great moments, but the show is too up and down for my personal taste. :)
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