7/21/74 – Los Angeles, CA – Amazing AUD Recording!
A rocking Promised Land to start followed by a nice T Jed and a typically sprightly MAMU. Jack Straw is totally excellent, but it is unfortunately pretty short. Jack Straw really rocks. It's, excuse the non-intentional pun, donwright truckin'!!! I guess all of this was building to the downright awesome Half-Step that we get tonight. It's a powerful version.
Keith is VERY high in the mix for a change which is certainly welcome. This then segues perfectly into a great Roses. This should've been done way more often!!! Scarlet Begonias is EXCELLENT! Billy is SMASHING his kit, Jerry's throwing out great little leads left and right, Keith's keys sound great....but most importantly, the band is tight!
Around and Around is ON FIRE! Jerry's leads are scorching! Also, lots of great background piano from Keith. What a great first set! Set two opens with a very upbeat and lively China>Rider. Totally excellent. The band is in sync and firing on all cylinders. Jerry is doing some “background” soloing instead of throwing it all out there. But it's tasteful and his selections are definitely choice. This is easily one of the most teriffic China>Riders played all year. Check out the soloing from 6 minutes onward. PRIMO SUPRIMO!
Big River is HOTTER THAN HELL! Next we get a mammoth 48-minute PITB>Wharf>Truckin>Nobody's Fault>PITB Reprise. About 3 minutes into PITB the jazz jamming begins. The “Miles Davis” portion begins seriously around 12 minutes. We go full on into outer space. Into a lengthy Wharf Rat and back out into a short (ten minutes) Truckin. That being said, this Truckin' is INTENSE! After a minute of Nobody's Fault, we are then back into PITB for another 7 minutes. After a nice Ship of Fools, Sugar Mag and US Blues send us home rocking. Great show!
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