The Dead broke out the first China Cat and first Eleven and played the first extant version of Dark Star on this day in 1968. However, its the masterful psychedelic duel encapsulated in the exquisite Spanish Jam, the amazingly focused and tensely energetic Other One Suite, and the Schoolgirl - with the band’s playing just barely matching Pig’s intense, pregnant harp and bawdy, bluesy vocals - that really rise above. Give it all a listen at Grateful Dead of the Day.
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