Of a latherous second set. Joe Jupille and David Gans Epic Evan S. Hunt 2008-11-15 02:38:06 2008-11-15 02:38:06 5 A mixed bag: DS is not stellar but transition into El Paso is nice; Paso has blurry sound especially on vocals and played slower than I personally like to hear it; into a noodly Jam that becomes lively, into NFA that's tight though a bit blurry at first then the sound becomes clear and it rocks (with a beautiful bit of China Cat from Jerry about halfway through; into Jam, into GDTRFB, with a hint of Charlie somewhere in here, into closing with NFA again. Best parts are the second part of the first jam and the first NFA. These show the boys at their best, unadorned by any crappy female vocals, stripped down and rockin'. Well worth a listen. Well worth a listen ScarlettChina 2008-11-16 06:24:04 2008-11-16 06:24:04 3 First,the Dark Star> El Paso segue is great,and, personally,I can't recall ever hearing it done before,but,by no means,am I saying that it hasn't.Now the previous review kinda took a stab at the lovely Mrs. Donna Jean,and I know that she was sometimes,well most of the time,off key,but,in her defense,she really has a beautiful voice,and I don't hear people trashin' Bobby all the time! He completly slaughters alot of blues tuned with his singing and slide nonsense!It would have to be hard to have,damn near,all of your live shows recorded and put under so much scrutiny,ya know? Everyone has bad nights,and some have way more than others,like in Donna's case,but the period that she was in the band is widely accepted as one of the best,if not the best,period of the bands long history.What I said about Bobby wasn't ripping him at all.I love Bob Weir,and I really don't care for Donna Jean in the least,but just think that we should cut her some slack.PEACE,LOVE,&THE GRATEFUL goddamn DEAD! Ease up on Donna! AUGUST-WEST420 2009-06-08 20:38:31 2009-06-08 20:38:31 4 the boys are loose, happy wicked casey jones bird.dog 2009-06-11 16:17:01 2009-06-11 16:17:01 4 A first set Dark Star in '71? And it's not even the high mark of the show? Nice partial of the highlights from this performance, the extremely well jammed NFA> GDTRFB is one of the very best! C'mon David, where is the rest of this show? This three performance swing through Texas deserves to be an official release! Thanks David! Cliff Hucker 2009-11-15 13:10:12 2009-11-15 13:10:12 5 Wow. Wish that was downloadable. That is some EXCELLENT Grateful Dead music. Epic. jamiejoon 2009-11-23 06:13:43 2009-11-23 06:13:43 5 Short but sweet. Yet another take on the rainbow of sounds and rhythms that only the Dead could produce. The Jam is incredibly nuts good. Once again, redefined Jerry. I agree with ScarletChina below. Donna's not in the band, and her Playin screams alone should have had banished her from the stage. Don't know what AugustWest 420 is talking about. Compare her to Bobby? Please. You could compare Bobby to Janis- that would be great- apples to apples. They could both scream chords, whereas Donna just screams bloody murder. Embarrassing, as one reviewer said about her from another show. Nice/different sound (Donna Sucks) tomatoman66 2009-12-05 15:26:18 2009-12-05 15:26:18 5 7 4.43