Wednesday, March 24, 1971

O.K. kids, let's get this straight. This really is the best Hard To Handle EVER! The version on The Phil Zone, as well as ALL others, pales by comparison. The combination of Phil climbing the fretboard and Jerry's bending of strings to climax Jerry's solo simply cannot be clearly spoken about. It just has to be listened to. The music here does all the talking. The intensity of Phils chording and Jerry's 1971 guitar tone is... er... intense.

for all of the bad mouthin' that this era gets from heads, after hearing shows like this, I just can't see it. this show is 100% proof-positive of the sheer power that this band could lay down at the drop of a hat. as much as I dug mickey, his absence here is a plus... they just sound so lean and tough and much less cumbersome when billy is in charge of the drummers chair. anyhow, this show is just a gem...