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CrackStraw

Bob's Guitar #1

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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 6, 1970
Kresge Plaza - MIT

My only rec from anything out of '70 - this entire show has special place in my heart
4
Throwing Stones
July 17, 1988
Greek Theater - University of California

Perfect final chorus. Love it when Garcia chimes in with 'and you got yours!'Like he's directly speaking to his bandmates
2
Promised Land
June 25, 1978
Autzen Stadium, U. of Oregon

This one is VERY sloppy,but rocks the hell out. 9/10 thanks to Jerry/Keith interplay
3
Jack Straw
Jan. 13, 1980
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Mean and ugly. Build up will not dissapoint
8
Cold Rain and Snow
Aug. 30, 1980
The Spectrum

Unique,fuzzy, a pillar from a great show
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Comments

Jack Straw
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What are you waiting for? Listen to this.
Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 10, 1979
Chrisler Arena

^Someone in band gives positive reinforcement after a killer BTW from 6/14/91. For the contrary check out Garcia after LLR 12/30/78, paraphrasing: "Weir you started that thing off so fucking slow man, so slow'....'I'll start it even slower next time'
Big River
Nov. 10, 1979
Chrisler Arena

Jerry does go nuts around 3:37-4:51.Fact checked .Maybe Silver medal winner of first set. Brent being his usual fall '79 self. Gold goes to freaky CRS to start show. This is a really strong show wish Bobby's guitar wasn't buried in the mix.
Aiko Aiko
Aug. 30, 1978
Red Rocks Ampitheatre

Red Rocks '78 part two has some great gems. Love this Iko that is indeed out of easily the strongest IIHTWTG
Believe It Or Not
July 17, 1988
Greek Theater - University of California

Gomorrah's little brother. I love this version and the killer Throwin' that follows. Let me show how I love it, vote up or not? I got to see this song performed by DSO back in '09 in Ithaca for their 2000th show. I was in the ~10-20% of the audience who actually recognized the song, lost my shit during the opening riff and it almost brought me to tears - believe it or not.
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