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Looks Like Rain
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

Tender, soothing, perfect. Brimming with firecracker... jerry rips a mean fret-flyer or two
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Bird Song
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

down to business in the mines of emotion. Tight and incredible. A gem of a intuitive version with lots of rootsy charisma and swingin' euphoria..
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West L.A. Fadeaway
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

Slow and serious. Mickey is masterful as is the overall tone control.Solo could have had more satisfying crescendo, fun lowkey set 1 vibe
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Bertha
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

Tight, awesome playing!! Into a chonky and perky GSET!
2
Feel Like A Stranger
June 19, 1991
Pine Knob

gobsmackingly propulsive, stands with the best, most fluid and excitingly spritely stranger jams. Must-hear.
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Brown Eyed Women
April 6, 1984
Aladdin Theater

That vaudevillian devil may care or fuck off abandon. Awesome immediacy engine ripping energy
Feel Like A Stranger
July 29, 1994
Buckeye Lake Music Center

felt a sudden urge to pivot hard to 94. Totoraitis/Miller source is nicely EQ'd, stranger is nicely jammed out, yas bitch
Samson and Delilah
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

... yep im guilty of coming back around for this one after the S>F>E>E, idk man just one of those tunes that they played a lot but like TJ or deal there are just a LOT of really good ones like this 78 rager. Phil lesh.
Space
July 1, 1978
Arrowhead Stadium

Kool add!!! jerry and the drummers, skittering and furious estimated-ish stuff!
Eyes Of The World
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

There are definitely cooler and more seamless melts from estimated but this combo is so classic and strong that chances of you giving a shit are 0%, great to hear the tune still not speedy and there's some imaginative choices on this one in terms of rhythmic grid emphasis and chord voicings, sometimes quite open and folksy then getting into some of those more block/cluster chords creating little pockets of tension in the scope of the thing, and then also lots of just rocking out in, again, that rock star party time 78 feeling/mindset
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