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Originally Posted by mosholu
Well I like Looks Like Rain on Ace because of the pedal steel solo but live it has not bee n a killer. If you are not a Donna fan check out the Fall 71 tour which was Keith's first with the band and there was no Donna or Mickey Hart that is my favorite period of the Dead. See DP 2 Download Series Vol 3 and Road Trips v3.2 if you want to hear some shows. I have a wee bit of sympathy for Donna as she always claimed she could not hear the band because of the mix. In her earlier life she was one of the background singers at Muscle Shoals so she could not have too bad. However the tapes do not lie (although they may distort) and she never really found a niche in the band.
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I like that era too (check out the Big Railroad from 11/7/71). Keith had that "old time saloon piano sound" in the beginning. Later (77-78) he was pretty much asleep at the wheel.
No sympathy for Donna when she causes me to sprint across my house to quickly get to the volume. Its amazing how great some of the 77 stuff is despite the two of them.
