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Grateful Dead May 2, 1981

The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA | Listen on archive

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17
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Beautiful version with a great transition.
4
Bird Song
Swirling version with brent and jerry wrapping their lines around each other. a cosmic masterpiece.
4
New Minglewood Blues
Loaded with cheese and ripping jerry and brent just what makes a great 1980's version of minglewood
2
Promised Land
Sick rocking ending Jerry just shreds your face right off your head. Amazing high energy
8
Estimated Prophet
This one has the riff's you seek. Humdinger - S>F, Estimated>Terrapin yowza. Rideout into Terrapin sweet.
8
Althea
Slow and funky with a lot of note bends like all good Althea's. A real cool mellow pace allows the funk to develop smoothly.
5
Sugaree
The 2nd solo is great. Nothing never heard before, but constructed perfectly.
3
El Paso
Smokin' hot version with Bob
1
Cassidy
Great early 80s version. Give this whole show a listen. Why stop there the next night in philly is even better
1
Candyman
Nice laid back candyman. Love jerrys solo in this one
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