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FreedomHaul

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Little Red Rooster
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Highlights for me were Bobby's voice bouncing around the hall and Jerry's super sweet tone.
26
Sugaree
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Quick tempo and nice bounce, with some great band support under Jerry's triplet ideas during the solo.
13
The Wheel
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Emerges delicately from "Drums."
3
Drums
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Even the "Drums" from this show is a step-above, and > "Wheel."
10
West L.A. Fadeaway
May 10, 1987
Laguna Seca Raceway

This version swaggers.

Comments

I Need A Miracle
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

Ah, you beat me to it! Second above, and I've honestly never heard the "Miracle" material done so well.
Franklin's Tower
May 17, 1978
Uptown Theater

Shreddy bouncy triplet Jerry!
Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

I honestly haven't heard the rest of the '72 box yet (working through parts of '90, '84, '78-9, '73), but I have this show in pretty frequent rotation every time I have like 4 full hours I can listen to something. The whole show is fantastic, and this PITB opener is just unreal. Slow Jerry peak mid-way through, superb band interplay. Although I'm a bourbon man myself.
Estimated Prophet
May 15, 1977
St. Louis Arena

Thanks man. I posted that a while ago, and I think this is the best version of this tune from the 04-77–06-77 run of shows.
Estimated Prophet
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

Yeah, this is a superior version. During most of the May versions of this tune, I kept wanting them to stretch out a little, and they do here. The result is worth hearing!