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Deal
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Easily one of the best from 1972.
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Sugaree
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Damn - this is one of those sweet under the radar versions.
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El Paso
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Duh. It's 1972. Bob nails it.
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Big River
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Overlooked show. This is still 1972 and the band still kicks butt. It's not just all about Europe.
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Jack Straw
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Beautif vocals. Well played. If you're distracted, this will still make you bob your head.

Comments

Shakedown Street
Sept. 22, 1991
Boston Garden

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.
Dark Star
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

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.
Dark Star
Oct. 26, 1989
Miami Arena

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.
Mexicali Blues
Dec. 28, 1984
sf civic ctr

.....and the crowd's response is surprisingly tepid.
He's Gone
May 6, 1981
Nassau Coliseum

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.