Friday, July 16, 1976

At the Boulder Theatre. It was a great show to see as it was an unpredictable set list with a lot of nuggets. I believe this is the only Stronger Than Dirt outside of the few 75' hiatus performances. Just a very jazzy and different approach to what they were doing historically at this point. Look to the last night of this run for a solid second set as well, slightly more historically predictable, but still a good listen through.

DEFINITELY NOT Stronger than Dirt - different key, different time signature, and none of the signature lines. At the very start Jerry plays a run that sounds Dirt-ish and Phil plays a punchy line that sounds like it could go there, but nothing materializes. Later Keith hints at some Slipknot-like stuff; it would be more appropriate to call this a Slipknot jam if you have to label it (it's in the key of A and has roughly the right tempo). I just hear it as a cool jam.