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Hard to Handle
July 1, 1970
Winnipeg Fairgrounds

The only recording available, it starts in the middle of the instrumental break.
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Big River
Nov. 24, 1978
Capitol Theatre

Cool uptempo version with solid vocals.
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Johnny B. Goode
Dec. 26, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Hot one on Dick's Picks 5.
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Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 5, 1984
Charlotte Coliseum

A very strange opening - it sounds like Jerry doesn't want to play it.
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Death Don't Have No Mercy
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Only part of the intro survives, but what's there sounds good.
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Comments

Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 13, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Pretty guitar solo by Jerry.
Wang Dang Doodle
Sept. 13, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Triple threat on the jams from Vince, Bruce and Jerry. This is probably the most underappreciated first set song from later years.
Tennessee Jed
Sept. 14, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Nice guitar work by Jerry - slow and creepy, getting up to that peak.
Feelin' Groovy Jam
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

One of the reasons I don't consider myself to be a head is because they don't have a sense of humor. I post those MAMU and Mexicali as a joke. Do you really think I consider those to be among the best versions ever played? Well, there are Mexicali's from 1991 that deserve top billing but that people who are stuck in the 70's don't understand the brilliance of the Hornsby era.
Feelin' Groovy Jam
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

I bet you also mistake Mind Left Body Jams for Dear Prudence Jams.
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