samba:

  I'm from D.C. and saw Grin many times,was in the same social circles as them. Nice surprise to see them show up in the Vault. The write up is less than accurate though. They were a trio for most of their run,with Tom only joining at the end,after Nils had made contact with Neil Young,by waiting for him in the dressing room of Cellar Door .Grin was on hold while Nils played w/ Crazy Horse,then they got the record deals that didn't go anywhere,that's when they were a 4 piece,and adopted a more hard edged sound with 2 guitars. I liked the earlier version better. When Nils came back from playing with Crazy Horse he'd started doing all these cheaps rock star tricks,like flips off a minitrampoline,which got catcalls from the hometown crowd. Played well though.
  The statement that Nils sang well because Grin got good reviews doesn't make sense. Neither does the idea that they were on tour when they played in Gaithersburg,which is a suburb of DC, part of their home turf. 
  DC had a great local music scene in the late 60s early 70s. All the big names came through,and there were definately local musicians on the same levels.  I used to see Danny Gatton ,and Roy Buchannan,and EmmyLou Harris in the clubs Washnington has always had an important music scene,the first flat disc Gramaphone player and records were invented there. The City was home to Bo Diddly ,Duke Ellington who played his last gig at the high School I went to was a native  . Marvin Gaye , Roberta Flacke,(she was my friends music teacher)Roy Clark, Joan Jett,Link Wray ,Patsy CLine,Libba Cotten ,Donald Byrd,Tim Buckley, Jelly Roll Morton,the Clovers ( love potion #9) Henry Vestine,of Canned Heat,The Country Gentlemen ,and the Seldom Scene,John Fahey,Charlie Byrd(played guitar on StanGetz jazz/Bossa classics) were all DC area musicians.  Ahmet Ertegun son of the Turkish ambassador founded Atlantic Records in D.C.
I'd like to see Love Cry Want show up in the Vault- they were truly mindblowing
  The Vault is a great gift ,thanks.