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Stella Blue
Sept. 2, 1979
Augusta Civic Center

Holy crap....how did I miss this show? Beautiful, soaring version from a very "on" night for Jer and the boys
32
Let It Grow
Sept. 2, 1979
Augusta Civic Center

I don't believe this one's not represented!! 22 minutes long, Brent's first, Jerry's jammin at warp speed....slowing into powerful drums
46
The Other One
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw

Awesomely Scary Jam sandwich covering 35+ minutes with a Me and Bobby McGee middle
23
Two Souls in Communion
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw

'cause I hated seeing a 0 here....From the Netherlends, a great show
41
Throwing Stones
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Maybe not "greatest" but an interesting discordant sort of jam makes this early version worth a listen

Comments

Row Jimmy
Jan. 1, 1965
Rich Stadium

I like the idea of this "version" being used as sort of a site message board. Just too bad it's full of strife right now. I can see both sides of the issue....they each have some merit. BUT neither are worth destroying the harmony of this great site. What's done is done - no amount of explanation or bickering is gonna change that. Can we can just move forward now (maybe with a new perspective on each other's viewpoints) and let the music play? I have 2 cool things to share. Maybe they're old hat to some of you folks but they're fairly new to me. One is the Chrome extension called Grateful Grabber (look it up) and the other is that you can listen to gapless shows on relisten.net. Haven't been able to get it to work with Chrome but it works great in Firefox. Imagine listening to Scarlet>Fire or China>Rider in all their glory without that gap right at the transition. IT IS AWESOME!
Brown Eyed Women
Aug. 24, 1980
Grand Center

WOW! I came for the Woman (which is as awesome as advertised) but I stayed for the music. The whole damn show is HOT! Give it a go. From start to finish, this buried gem will put a smile on your face fer sure
Eyes Of The World
July 31, 1982
Manor Downs

Fast, fluid Eyes. As I listen to this it brings to mind that scene from Reefer Madness where the guy who's on the psychotic reefer high keeps telling the piano player to play Faster.....Faster. Every time this version seems like it's going to run off the rails, Jerry holds true and doubles down.
Eyes Of The World
Oct. 25, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

Awesome intro jam. Needs more love - This Eyes is a thing of beauty, One of many standouts from this hot night in New Haven.
Eyes Of The World
Nov. 5, 1979
The Spectrum

How can you not love an EYes that stretches out to almost 24 minutes? Big thumbs up here.