Thank the gods
! @jenks is a solid source too
fuck it then, said rendition has two solos - one slide, one conventional or viceversa - and after the double solos on Peggy O later on 5/5/77 it might be my favourite solo ever played
too many sources compete for attention with the abominable cultural packages surrounding the band but 72-77 are constant gold at a rate not really found elsewhere among live acts outside of jazz and soul, always viewed yoghurt weaving patchouli gimps with complete disdain so it’s a slow burn moving through the 72-77 pantheon
also a band where declining health in full glare of media, audiences, parasitical money men and irresponsibility masked as personal liberation make post spring/summer 78 concert footage really grim viewing
with Row Jimmy from March 77 you get a warming up of the engine room at the start of their spring May 77 burst of shows, moving on across the east coast and this rendition of Row Jimmy is/was a majestic indicative taster of what was to follow
intriguing overlap in terms of dating obsessions if you look and compare the jungle thread, say, with it’s yearly focus points covering transitional production styles around 91 vs 92 vs 93 vs 94 (and proto hardcore N.Y. thread Benny did), differences in evolutionary trajectories, micro/macro adjustments in production techniques hence in the same way Betty Cantor-Jackson is one of the truly unsung heroines in the history of recorded music
anyway, tenderness and bliss and yes it goes on a bit after the second solo so when you feel the momentum drop fade it out into a humming spring night. different to the Cornell show‘s licks, I’ve played it to all our kids as a lullabies at background volume to settle them to sleep
/coolstorybrrrro