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CrackStraw

Bob's Guitar #1

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18
Black Throated Wind
June 14, 1991
RFK Stadium

Everyone takes turns taking punches in the end, extremely well played!
7
Stagger Lee
May 12, 1979
Alumni Stadium, University of Massachusetts

Easily the best one I have ever heard, the outro is long and lazy and dominated by Jerry instead of Bobby on slide, check it out!
9
The Music Never Stopped
June 25, 1991
Sandstone Amphitheatre

MIDI explosions, very funky!
3
Jack Straw
Oct. 17, 1978
Winterland Arena

This is very tight and balanced, it almost sounds rehearsed...
12
Jack Straw
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Very weird, intense version, sounds to be a a theme of a wild west action comic book cartoon?
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Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 21, 1981
Rainbow Theatre

Very intense finale in Rider
Not Fade Away
Jan. 12, 1979
The Spectrum

Exceptional version from an underrated tour.
Not Fade Away
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

Reminds me a lot of 6/4 and 6/25/78 versions - for that alone I've gotta up vote it. It lacks psychedelia but makes up for it with intensity.
Not Fade Away
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

Despite having no connections to twin cities I'm a Gopher NCAA hoops/football supporter so i'm a little biased with Twin City shows(Don't think it's a coincidence first Jack Sraw came out of MPLS). I recall really digging this show(not quite as much as 5/11/77) I really need to hear the upgraded source....which I just found :)
Jack Straw
June 25, 1985
Blossom Music Center

Not huge on '85 Straws but this one is really tight and intense. The 'thing' that is heard after 'by the morning light' is very one of a kind and awesome.
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