Every Dark Star

that a song, like a life, can morph and evolve and wind up as something unexpected

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

186. 1989-10-16

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140163 Meadowlands 17:07 (Dark Star I. 11:02; Dark Star II. 5:25) First verse at 5:37. Main theme at II. 2:08. Second verse at II. 3:49. I....
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

185. 1989-10-09

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147611 Hampton 19:19 Main theme at :57. First verse at 1:05. Main theme at 9:54. Second verse at 10:41. Goes into Drums. If the 1984 Dark S...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

184. 1984-07-13

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152162 Berkeley 15:55 First verse at 1:28. Main theme at 9:51, 12:10, and 13:09. Second verse at 13:22. Standalone version (encore). This w...
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Thursday, May 4, 2023

183. 1981-12-31

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12784 Oakland 14:50 Main theme at :06, 3:01, 3:48, and 12:35. First verse at 3:58. Second verse at 13:03. Goes into Bertha. Now Brent Mydla...
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Thursday, April 27, 2023

182. 1979-01-20

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100025 Buffalo 9:23 (“Dark Star” 10:15 -:52) Main theme at 4:20. First verse at 4:50. Goes into Not Fade Away. The listener may want to sta...
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Thursday, April 20, 2023

181. 1979-01-10

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113446 ** Nassau 18:24 Main theme at :07. First verse at 9:09. Goes into Drums. Having revived Dark Star at Bill Graham’s request, they bri...
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Monday, April 10, 2023

180. 1978-12-31

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139554 Winterland 12:26 (1. Dark Star 11:21; 2. Dark Star Jam 1:05) Main theme at :00 First verse at 6:48. Verse melody at 2. :23. Goes int...
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Sunday, April 9, 2023

179. 1974-10-18

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110771 Winterland Jam 11:47>Dark Star 23:51 Main theme at 5:42 and 7:21. First verse at 7:45. Goes into Morning Dew. This is the final v...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

178. 1974-09-10

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135699 London 31:18 Bright Star at 20:15. First verse at 22:29. Goes into Morning Dew. The intro riff takes us into a deliberately paced ja...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

177. 1974-07-25

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12656 24:00 (1. Dark Star 20:57; 2. Slipknot Jam 3:03) Goes into Stella Blue. This rendition feels a tad slower than other recent ones at ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2023

SUPPLEMENTAL: 1974-06-28 (JAM)

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139780 Boston ~31:07 (Weather Report Suite 47:02, from about 16:05 on; Dark Star-like segment begins at 26:00). Mind Left Body jam at 20:40...

176. 1974-06-23

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122269 Miami 22:04 (1. Dark Star 17:21, 2. Spanish Jam 4:43) Spanish jam at 2. :31. Goes into US Blues. This counts as a Dark Star, I say, ...
Monday, March 6, 2023

175. 1974-05-14

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163764 Missoula 26:40 Main theme at :00 and 12:14. First verse at 12:56. Tiger at 19:45. Goes into China Doll. A vigorous Let it Grow jam d...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

174. 1974-02-24

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151723 Winterland 29:21 (29:00) Main theme at 18:26. First verse at 19:04. Goes into Morning Dew. The beginning seems slightly more spright...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

173. 1973-12-18

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113498 Florida 21:44 Main theme at 10:54. First verse at 11:26. Tiger at 19:33. Goes into Eyes of the World. There’s a pause after Weather ...
Friday, February 10, 2023

172. 1973-12-06

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132361 Cleveland 43:32 Main theme at 20:53. First verse at 25:00. Goes into Eyes of the World. There is noodling and tuning, and there are ...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

171. 1973-11-30

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(instrumental) 124131 Boston 9:37 Main theme at :00. Goes into Eyes of the World. The jam at the end of Let it Grow increasingly veers awa...
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Sunday, January 29, 2023

SUPPLEMENTAL: 1973-11-21 (Dark Star Jam)

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88612 Denver “Dark Star Jam” 3:26 After El Paso, the band sounds like it’s sliding back into a PiTB jam; instead they kick off Wharf Rat, b...
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170. 1973-11-11

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83318 Winterland 36:27 (35:22) (1. Dark Star 32:01 [30:56], 2. MLB 4:26) Main theme at 16:21. First verse at 17:33. Mind Left Body jam at ...

169. 1973-10-30

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32367 St. Louis 28:13 (27:08) (1. Dark Star 12:58 [11:53], 2. MLB 3:09, 3. Dark Star 1:04) Elastic Ping Pong jam at 6:21. Mind Left Body ja...
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