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This show never gets play or much talk but I've been a fan for about 14 years since I first discovered it on the archive. It has one of the most beautiful Peggy o versions from this era not to mention a soaring help>slip>frank suite.



There is something about 78' I like and this show is a perfect example. Keith isn't yet playing like crap and just following jerry and bobby note for note, he actually acts with some color and he's still got some energy and brightness to him at least here with this show. I'm a big fan of he 78' uni-dome show as well. But Mickey has been back for a few years at this point and on this recording in particular there is great clarity to the interplay and syncopation of the drums. I love the doubled up almost slap back rhythmic effect you can hear from the syncopated beats on this peggy-o.



Jerry is playing strongly, forthright and elegantly here as well. Really the last vestiges of the sound he had during this time..only a year or two later he has already started to change his style a good deal, but here you still get that touch of the bluesy jerry from the early years mixed in with the jazzy direction the band has gone and mashed into these country/pop rock tunes in that unique way only the dead could do.



Jerry is popping and floating and bubbling all over the fretboard here really getting into the little on/off repeating lick patterns with those classic jerry hammer on and pull offs that we all love! What's also of import is that at this point in 1978 you still have Jerry's full throated singing voice which again within a few years had degraded noticeably, but not here. Here he sings beautiful and colorfully. Especially on this underrated franklins tower! Listen with confidence folks.

- January 30, 2015Hidden gem