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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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Spoonful
Oct. 31, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

This is a rare tune that I really question if they ever actually played all that well. This may be the best version. But it’s just fine. Nothing more. Duncan helps make it not entirely a bore. Totally take or leave with this song almost every time it comes up in a set list. Shame because Cream did real legendary stuff with this tune. In right Dead fashion, guess they figured they’d do the opposite. Lol
Uncle John's Band
Sept. 18, 1974
Parc des Expositions

Bumping this to #1 spot this Christmas (: Glorious UJB & certainly am of the mind that Keith-era UJB’s reign supreme.
Comes A Time
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

I’m definitely more of a huge fan of the ‘76, ‘77 performances of Comes a Time, especially on the vocals and the more searing guitar work that I find is offered on those. However, this one is absolutely beautiful from one of my favorite Grateful Dead shows ever. Certainly intimate and emotional and intimate, particularly at the end.
Next Time You See Me
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Sharp as a tack. Not the most impressive song they’ve ever performed, but good fun nonetheless. Harmonica action here is fun. Garcia’s tone is great. Pig’s vox couldn’t be better.
Sugaree
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

This one’s obviously all about Garcia’s extremely sensual guitar work during the solos of this performance. You can truly hear him working that brain power to get “there” in this performance. It’s really jarring. You can hear reality slipping, and Garcia settling into this Sugaree entirely. Now the kicker: the final verse. Particularly the final 2 minutes. You’d be hard pressed to find better all-around, cohesive sound from this band than those last couple minutes. Donna, in particular, could not possibly be in a better place than where she is at that moment. Those harmonies hit me in the gut each time I hear it.
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