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Franklin's Tower
March 13, 1982
Reno Centennial Coliseum

One of the fastest Franklin's you'll ever hear....The speed and complexity of Jerry's solos have to be heard to be believed
14
Around and Around
Dec. 16, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Jerry's guitar must have nearly caught fire on this 11 minute plus, smoking hot version. This whole damn show is Amazing
147
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 14, 1983
Hartford Civic Center

The Rhythm Devils were jumping 2 nite! Epic, Epic show in Hartford that nite. The boys were on Fire!
13
Desolation Row
Aug. 15, 1987
Town Park

Very high energy Desolation Row. Bobby might have hurt himself on this one.

Comments

Not Fade Away
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

Great call! Pity there's not a board available on the Archive for this show. The tape issues can make this a bit of a rough listen but it's well worth the effort.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
June 18, 1983
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Been listening to this show in the car all week and it just gets better. Love Brent in the background with a repeating, muzak sort of ditty that sounds a lot like "I can see clearly now (The rain is gone)". Bobby starting the refrain on Fire a couple of verses too early then repeating it just like it's supposed to be there. This is top ten material for sure! Poke around on the versions of this show....A couple of the CM remasters aren't bad at all. If I remember right, the occasional audience roars you hear were in response to Mother Nature backing Jerry with some righteous lightning bolts.
Franklin's Tower
Sept. 11, 1981
Greek Theater

Very tasty Franklin's. Another great show at the Greek.
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 18, 1974
Parc des Expositions

The jam is this Playin' is seriously heady. A little Dark Starish in spots and something that sounds very Shakedownish to these ears a little after the 12:00 mark. This is some jazzed up Dead at their trippiest.
Friend of the Devil
Oct. 17, 1983
Olympic Center

Beautiful. I was revisiting this show for the killer versions of Sugaree and Deal and when FOTD rolled around I was thinking; Man.......that's sweet, I wondered where it was sitting here. Very surprised to find it languishing in the basement.