Sunday, July 15, 1984

for my money, this was always the ultimate greek show. do it in the "drums" is whimsical and sick -- what other band could have pulled a jam out of this song? jerry's licks in the middle smoke. china->rider is breakneck and nailed. the playin' jam is both high energy and spacy, my favorite '80s quality, and this tops the charts amongst my '80s playin's (band gelling as one).

The show on the 13th tends to get the bulk of the praise from this run do, in part, to the Dark Star encore. Don't let that show overshadow this one. I saw most of the shows at the Greek in the 80s and have most of the recordings. This warm afternoon gets my vote for the best one. The Dancing->Bird Song 1st set opener roars out the gate and tells the listener that the band is fired up and ready to seriously play. The rest of the 1st set is just as hot. The 2nd set is jaw-dropping good.