Friday, February 27, 1981

I recommend listening to all three from the Uptown run. Especially the last two nights. There's very few shows I can think of that are a waste of time to check out. I know what you mean about Bobbys Super-fuzz distortion in the late 80's. The thing of it is Bobbys ears are so good that he knew that distorted guitar tones would combine perfectly in constrast with the ultra-clean sounds coming from the other instruments.

What to say, get all three nights, though I find this to be the best of the three by a very small margain. The 2d set is great from start to finish. The Scarlet>Fire is sublime, Jerry finds a zone during the 2d jam of Fire that will leave your tongue wagging. The Estimated is long and funky, the Eyes, I found a bit short and fast for my taste. The highlight for me is the deep, thoughtful reading of Wharf Rat with a great post "Ill get up and fly away" jam from JG.