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Mexicali Blues
April 10, 1987
UIC Pavilion

Good tempo and jamming.
2
Mister Charlie
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

Slow tempo, groovy and funky.
2
Bertha
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

A soaring melody from Jerry.
1
One More Saturday Night
Nov. 10, 1979
Chrisler Arena

Killer high octane encore on the heels of a sweet Sugar Magnolia. No, Bob - thank you!!!
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Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 10, 1979
Chrisler Arena

It starts off slow and lazy, but as the tune begins to unfold, the tempo gets faster until they are just killing it as a band with the pre-SSDD jam.

Comments

Johnny B. Goode
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

Totally overrated. There are plenty of versions from 1973 that are better than this. Jerry really isn't shredding and Bret's keyboard work isn't all that, when you compare it to the rock & roll piano Keith used to play. Over - Rated. Over - Rated!
Picasso Moon
May 15, 1993
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

The highs at the Silver Bowl on Friday and Saturday were 117 degrees. Come Sunday, people were just sick of it - including Jerry. On Sunday, he had this really big fan in front of him. The band walks on stage and Jerry is wearing white shorts. They get into Picasso Moon to open and right before the instrumental jam, that huge fan blows off Jerry's hair tie. He's standing there, wearing white shorts and his hair is being blown straight out of the back of his head. If you were there, you experienced what was probably the most embarrassing situation Jerry ever faced on stage.
Deal
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

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Deal
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

Every Jerry Garcia Band version of Deal from 1989 through 1992 is better than this.
Liberty
March 30, 1994
The Omni

I don't know, man.....I think he said something about a duck.