Thursday, October 19, 1972

` ~^|\_@|@_/|^~ ~ / \ ~ I recommend adding this show to your 1972 GRATEFUL DEAD collection. It's not perfect, but it is the Fox Theatre in 1972... Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD. Thanks for the love from the Fox. PS: I guess the beauty of the IA is that we can finally be picky about GRATEFUL DEAD shows. In the old days when we came across a taper we begged for anything they had and were thankful for what we got; my how times have changed...eh?

...really is very good. There is an especially nice jam after the first O1 verse - a lull, which Billy fills, explodes into a jazzy rolling groove with very fast leads. It teeters on the brink of a full Tiger jam, pulls back from the edge, veers back into the weird, and finally ends up back at the theme before spacing into He's Gone. Classic GD group improv at its finest.