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LagerandGospel

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Sugaree
July 30, 1983
Ventura County Fairgrounds

During this Sugaree, that cranky old beast, The Grateful Dead, wakes up and starts churning, eating all the energy from the crowd, and fire emerges.
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Saint of Circumstance
May 16, 1981
Barton Hall - Cornell University

BOOM! We discover on this Spring day we are SAINTS. The band begins climbing a crescendo, and we follow it...and fight the bulls of fate and time
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Friend of the Devil
July 4, 1984
Five Seasons Center

beautiful. Rich, luscious tapestries painted, Garcia shimmering inside and out, and Brent scat humming along with his Rhodes for awesomeness
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The Other One
March 18, 1988
Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium

Emerging out of space, this Other One has some heat along with Weir's distorted vocals squashing your brain.
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Throwing Stones
March 18, 1988
Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium

A song I rarely listen to, this one has balls. Weir leads the band through a song that would rock a stadium filled with Metalheads, let alone Deadfans
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Comments

Saint of Circumstance
June 16, 1993
Freedom Hall

I don't like 1993 Grateful Dead. I saw this and thought it would be terrible. But honestly, it sounds good. Its a good version...they sound pretty good. I still don't like 1993 Grateful Dead, but this isn't so bad.
Tennessee Jed
Jan. 22, 1978
McArthur Court, U of Oregon

Normally skip this song. But this one is good, and Jerry has a great tone for this show.
Black Peter
Sept. 25, 1981
Stabler Arena

I'm in a place where I really prefer the post-coma 1986-1991 Black Peter's. But this one jumped out at me. Get the aud or a matrix. This is a really good one.
Stagger Lee
June 7, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Never really cared for the later versions. But this one seriously cooks on all cylinders. All the cooks in the kitchen make this story roar off the stage. Listen!
Althea
Dec. 14, 1980
Long Beach Arena

At first it sounded like an average 1980's version, but Jerry gets inspired on the last solo and raises the energy notch. Good stuff.
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