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CrackStraw

Bob's Guitar #1

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One More Saturday Night
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

Jerry goes all pop-rock and gets heads bouncing through simplicity and power
5
Jack Straw
Sept. 4, 1991
Richfield Coliseum

Weir/Bruce/MIDI fans wlll have a ball with this one
5
Jack Straw
March 6, 1981
Stanley Theater

Muscle through this aud and come out flexing towards the end
1
Jack Straw
Sept. 29, 1980
Warfield Theater

Jerry's guitar is thin but flies through the fretboard and extends final jam by a solid 45-60 seconds
1
Not Fade Away
Jan. 17, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

Lazy show until the NFA, which is also kind of lazy hazy
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Its All Over Now
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

This is easily the hardest rocking All Over Now
Weather Report Suite
Dec. 12, 1973
Omni Coliseum

Maybe my favorite show from '73. I definitely like the noises the guitars make while packing up the harmonic chorus that leads into LIG. Usually Jack Straws prior to '77 lack variety for my tastes but the one from 12.12.73 has sweet licks during fine verse "Jack straw from Wichita cut his buddy down "sweet licks from Jerry" And dug.....repeat
Cold Rain and Snow
Dec. 26, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Great version but my three go to sugar cubes are 12/27/77, 10/12/83 and 8/30/80 Luckily CRS is one of few songs I can tolerate from all eras and never get bored of it.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 31, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

What''s the difference between a frog? Slightly less than the popularity of a killer 10/31/79
Row Jimmy
April 21, 1978
Rupp Arena

To me this is easily a top ten version
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