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Row Jimmy
Sept. 20, 1974
Palais Des Sports

Billy's doing some interesting stuff on the drums here! And excellent solo from Jer! Vocals too!
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El Paso
Sept. 20, 1974
Palais Des Sports

74 versions really captured the western tone well. Short and sweet.
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Beat it on Down The Line
Sept. 20, 1974
Palais Des Sports

Rough start but gets real solid and fun
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Bertha
Aug. 5, 1979
Oakland Auditorium Arena

Jerry calls for Bertha then proceed to royally flub the lyrics LOL. Solid bouncy version though.
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Sugar Magnolia
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

Phil and Brent really escalate the dance party factor of this tune in later years. Great performance this night. Just sheer fun. Comes to awk end.
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Promised Land
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

Also their first performance since the death of Elvis, just a month prior. They begin with an Elvis classic, Promised Land.
Not Fade Away
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

They are absolutely bringing it. Turned up to 11. Everyone. This one is nuts.
Drums
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

You know they were ready to duke it out during this drums section with all that energy they’ve been bringing this show. I was real excited to hear this drums and they BROUGHT IT!! This is some of the best drums I’ve heard from these boys, no joke. Real dark magic and awesome sounds emanating from this one.
Dancin' in the Streets
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

This one is MAJOR! This whole show is major!! Killer dancing. garcia is throwing down some real creative disco runs, sending the crowd into boogietown. Drums have had awesome energy this entire show. The band sounds so righteous and professional with explosive energy.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

Fuck this is a nice Fire. Cool, calm, and collected. So remarkably well-executed by everyone involved. Then comes that final jam and, oh, that tone just screams at you. Keith rarely chases Garcia’s leads with his piano, which I like, but here he plays it and it sounds great during the jam. Then Garcia runs away into oblivion and everyone is in an absolute frenzy. HUUUUUUGE ending jam here that wraps up perfectly.
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