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Black Peter
April 23, 1984
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Dark with stanky Jerry riffs over Bobby whammy work. Right in my wheelhouse but might not be everyone’s cup of tea.
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Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 21, 1971
Auditorium Theatre

Whole band flexes their muscles on this one - press play and watch the room spin.
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Spanish Jam
April 23, 1984
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Atmospheric - Spaniards In Space
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Jack Straw
April 23, 1984
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Crushing in that very dark ‘84 style
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Alabama Getaway
April 5, 1980
SNL NBC Studios

Lightning fast- I can only imagine the barkers that were carved backstage this night.
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Comments

Feel Like A Stranger
March 25, 1986
The Spectrum

Get your funky jams here - shit hot Stranger...don't mind the year it delivers. My first and only Scar>Touch and I was begging the gods for Fire and I got Rain instead - pranksters!
Cryptical Envelopment
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Super freaky gooey jam here. +1 fo sho
Not Fade Away
April 28, 1971
Fillmore East

Needs more votes - rockin, raw, piercing and urgent THIS is the NFA. Plus Bobby survives an aneurysm on the reprise. DS>SS>NFA>GDTRFB>NFA - this string is mental.
New Minglewood Blues
Dec. 26, 1970
Legion Stadium

Super Chunky Crunchy Blues Jamness.
Bertha
April 27, 1971
Fillmore East

110 % agree with all of the above - this was the first one heard by my ears and it remains definitive.
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