9/9/72: hollywood palladium, hollywood, CA.

the fall of 1972 is loaded with great performances, and this night is no exception. the first set is a nice mix of ballads, rockers, and some extended jams. a few highlights include a sweet and poignant sugaree, a fine black throated wind with some lovely picking and subtle wa-wa action from garcia, a rollicking deal highlighted by keith’s saloon style keyboards, and a bird song and playing in the band in their full ’72 glory. the second set is also ripe with great stuff. after a few snappy opening cuts, the band rolls out a 70-minute sequence that really smokes. he’s gone and truckin’ are played with real gusto, but it’s the other one that extends the outer limits of the cosmos. the interplay between the musicians on the weir-kreutzmann penned number is a real pleasure to witness, resulting in one of the most satisfying extended explorations of the year.

after the encore the boys squeeze out a funky little stars and stripes forever jam, which concludes with some fun stage banter from jerry: “we’d like to play some more, but some of the boys are already in tijuana…you know how it is.” we certainly do.

https://archive.org/details/gd1972-09-09.sbd.miller.105458.flac16