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Grateful Novice

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Submissions

2
Sugar Magnolia
Dec. 4, 1973
Cincinnati Gardens

Bumpin little intro to this beauty.
6
Let It Grow
March 31, 1988
Meadowlands Arena

Great version from Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 2
15
Drums -> Space
Sept. 10, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Heavy (and long) drums, short space, > Dark Star, but it sounds like they stay in Space for the monster post-verse 2 jam.
8
Me and My Uncle
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Great version. Nice Jerry, nice Keith, emotive Bobby. Sip your bourbon in the desert.
3
Not Fade Away
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium

Funkiest playing of the intro material?

Comments

Loser
Sept. 11, 1982
West Palm Beach Auditorium

Vicious.
Franklin's Tower
March 13, 1982
Reno Centennial Coliseum

Hot and short. Unreal how sure Jerry is on all these leads.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 11, 1982
West Palm Beach Auditorium

I'll come right out and say it, this is one of the best band interplays I have ever heard. Archive comments talk about Jerry being low in the mix, and I think it's also a purposeful move on his part to bring his volume down because the band is absolutely cooking. Solid efforts from Brent, Phil, and Mickey's cyclic patterns especially, but the whole group is simply locked in.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 11, 1982
West Palm Beach Auditorium

Incredible version. Manor Downs has long been my go to '82 "S > F," but I'm reconsidering this now.
Let It Grow
Sept. 11, 1982
West Palm Beach Auditorium

This is a serious version. The song never really clicked for me till now. Check it out. (edit) This is incredible. The whole show has a weird quirk about it that I love, and this as a powerful set I ender is part of it.