5/14/74 missoula: without the washoe zephyr blowing, a much tighter show. potent LOSER, “sweet susie” returns. 2nd SCARLET BEGONIAS finds a little flight with cool wah-wah rhodes & donna vocalizing over jam, though very much (to my ears) about having a fun new weir-involved rhythmic/harmonic conversation; all working together to click it to fresh space, before landing in IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES. casually brilliant k. godchaux throughout, especially 21-minute PLAYING IN THE BAND. [2/6]
centerpiece of the show is 48-minute WEATHER REPORT SUITE > DARK STAR > CHINA DOLL, elegant ’74 dead. LET IT GROW widens & dissolves into restless pre-verse DARK STAR jamming, nearly dissolving into ’69-ish arpeggio diamonds. post-verse noise blossoms, opening from garcia’s thick fuzztone into free freakout that opens to 5+ minutes of kreutzmann-led jazz dancing. the wild fuzz returns for CHINA DOLL via a psychedelic split guitar signal, the clean tone running in parallel. [3/6]
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