Dig that intro.

Phil is a beast on this one.

Auburn beats Georgia!!!!!!!!

Diggin' that intro. MSG is always good.

Friends come by to help.

Criminally underappreciated!!! Bruce is just off the charts wow. His performance is so spectacular, that it may very well be the greatest single song performance for anybody playing the keys for the Dead. Jerry picks and chooses his spots and does his part to pull off this masterpiece.

I think the Jam->Feedback segment is better than the Dark Star. That tiny but insanely good Caution Jam that breaks off into what begins as a high energy Feedback is just amazing.

I can't believe this is bumped higher than Cleveland!!!!! Jerry's voice is shot - he sounds absolutely horrible. The drum machine and Jerry playing that MIDI flute are an abomination. If you listen closely, Dark Star actually ends around the 16 minute mark. I completely discredit anything that happens after that as being part of Dark Star. This should be labeled Dark Star->Jam. Give it a good listen and tell me where there's anything Dark Star going on for the last 10 minutes. To me it doesn't count, but about the 20 minute mark, mainly Brent is playing around with the theme from The Twilight Zone - think end credits theme. That I find fascinating. Fascinating, but not Dark Star.

.....and the crowd's response is surprisingly tepid.

It's time for me to piss in your beer. I don't get the love-fest over this version. Jerry's vocals are weak, with that tired, broken down sound to them. Once He's Gone is over, you can't attach the other jams that take place when it obviously stopped being He's Gone. Taking away the subsequent jams that aren't part of He's Gone, what you're left with is just a decent version, certainly nothing to give it its ranking here.