Personally I love the Dark Star>Uncle>Dark Star>Wharf Rat sandwich that they did in 4/24/72. It fits perfectly there for me.
Posted Oct 20, 2022, 8:30 PM UTC
Set 1: Truckin', Tennessee Jed, Chinatown Shuffle, Black Throated Wind, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Mr. Charlie, Beat It On Down the Line, Loser, Playing in the Band, Next Time You See Me, Me And Bobby McGee, Good Lovin', Casey Jones
Set 2: Dark Star > Me and My Uncle > Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia, He's Gone, It Hurts Me Too, El Paso, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away
Encore: One More Saturday Night
The El Paso from today is rocking! 10/20/74 + Mama Tried
Set 1: Cold Rain and Snow, Mama Tried, Deal, Beat It On Down the Line, Loser, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, El Paso, Brokedown Palace, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Around And Around
Set 2: Playing in the Band > Drums > Not Fade Away > The Other One Jam > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band
Set 3: Good Lovin', It Must Have Been The Roses, The Promised Land, Eyes Of The World > Slipknot! > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
To be fair, these are two ditties that did not change much throughout the years. Unc from 5/23/72 is a solid one from when they were rocking and rolling
Set 1: The Promised Land, Sugaree, Mr. Charlie, Black Throated Wind, Tennessee Jed, Next Time You See Me, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Me and My Uncle, Chinatown Shuffle, Big Railroad Blues, The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion), Playing in the Band, Sittin' On Top Of The World, Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu, Mexicali Blues, Good Lovin', Casey Jones
Set 2: Ramble On Rose, Dark Star > Morning Dew, He's Gone, Sugar Magnolia, Comes A Time, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away > Hey Bo Diddley > Not Fade Away
Encore: Uncle John's Band
5/13/72
Set 1: Bertha, Black Throated Wind, Chinatown Shuffle, Loser, Beat It On Down the Line, Mr. Charlie, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Me and My Uncle, Big Railroad Blues, Next Time You See Me, Playing in the Band, Sugaree, Mexicali Blues, Casey Jones
Set 2: Truckin' > Drums > The Other One > He's Gone, Big River, It Hurts Me Too, Sugar Magnolia, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away
Encore: One More Saturday Night
First show I went to they did Loser->Me and My uncle->Mexicali Blues. That was the series of songs that really clicked for me, and I started really digging the band. Really like Bobby's cowboy songs, and Loser is a top three Dead song for me.
There’s a dead and company version from Nashville in like 2017(?) that was particularly etherial
10/14/77 for Me and My Uncle. There’s something different going on there. Phil is very prominent in the mix.
Set 1: Jack Straw, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, New Minglewood Blues, Loser, Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, Me and My Uncle, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Bertha > Good Lovin', Candyman, Playing in the Band > Drums > The Wheel > Wharf Rat > Around And Around
Encore: Brokedown Palace > Playing in the Band
Idk about best but 2/18/71 dark star > wharf rat > beautiful jam > dark star > me and my uncle. It’s interesting juxtaposition bringing you back to earth after the most epic one-off jam to the most played song
Set 1: Bertha, Truckin', It Hurts Me Too, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode, Mama Tried, Hard To Handle, Dark Star > Wharf Rat > Dark Star > Me and My Uncle
Set 2: Casey Jones, Playing in the Band, Me And Bobby McGee, Candyman, Big Boss Man, Sugar Magnolia, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away > Uncle John's Band
I just started doodling around with El Paso on the guitar. Damn it’s a lot of lyrics lol. But what a fun song
Well no one’s mentioned the Stayin’ Alive version yet, so… https://youtu.be/GSabS0U_ZZ0
I like those too. Mexicali Blues is cringe AF though, I tend to skip it when it shows up in a set.
The chord changes are interesting in that song. What do you find cringey about it?
The pedo lyrics.
It’s fiction though. You don’t have to like the narrator
True. I also have a right not be grossed out by a song about a grown man partying with a 14 year old girl. I'm not trying to ban the song, I just don't want to hear it.
11/11/73 El Paso is an absolute smoker. Keith is like a man possessed. Definitely my favorite version
1973-11-11 San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena
Set 1: The Promised Land > Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, Sugaree, Black Throated Wind, To Lay Me Down, El Paso, Ramble On Rose, Me And Bobby McGee, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Me and My Uncle, Loose Lucy, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow
Set 2: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Big River, Dark Star > Mind Left Body Jam > Eyes Of The World > China Doll, Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Uncle John's Band, Johnny B. Goode > And We Bid You Good Night
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