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Mama Tried
Feb. 1, 1978
Uptown Theatre

Energy! Nice solo too.
2
Brown Eyed Women
Jan. 30, 1978
Uptown Theater

Awesome. Very elongated solo and some nice verse flourishes
1
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

Not going to dethrone Veneta by any means but still a worthwhile spacey, concise, chilled out rendition. Some nice melodic chord jamming from Garcia.
1
Loser
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Was surprised to see this wasn't already here. Phenomenal solo from Jerry and some beautiful cascading keys courtesy of Keith
2
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 17, 1978
Fox Theatre

Very subdued but staccato sounding solos if that makes any sense, pretty standardly great 78 version here

Comments

Space
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

Checked out this second set for the first time today, lives up to the hype 100%. This d>s is just awesome and the meld back into playin is A1 Grateful Dead. Happy to add my vote
Drums
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

Very tribal sounding. If you close your eyes you might feel like you're about to get sacrificed to the Grateful Gods
Eyes Of The World
Aug. 10, 1982
Iowa Fieldhouse - University of Iowa

This one is definitely respectable but the only super fast eyes I can really get behind is still Colgate '77, and its largely because that one isn't TOO too fast. I find that the faster the song gets the less room there is for the creative phrasing that's engineered to align with the chord changes; that element to me is what makes the solo sections give you those unmistakable GD goosebumps. The tempo on 8/6/74 for example is probably just about perfect. Not knocking this one by any means as it's one of the better 80s renditions I've heard, just not my cup of tea personally.
Bring Me My Shotgun
July 12, 1970
Fillmore East

I had no idea that demo even existed, pretty sick. Love that ambient buzz. Lots of neat little tunes and Pig's dirty blues vox in top form
Eyes Of The World
April 2, 1973
Boston Garden

This is a beautiful performance, not sure why I'm only just now listening. First two solos are knocked out of the park-- listen for Keith's delicate, beautiful backing in the second solo. Outro smokes as has been pointed out already. Top shelf '73