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7
Estimated Prophet
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Filter attack on the bridge, contrasts well with the burst-into-flames version from the night before
1
Bird Song
Nov. 13, 1987
Long Beach Arena

Clean and exploratory, with active Brent, yet not as telepathic as others
1
Bertha
Nov. 13, 1987
Long Beach Arena

Quite enthusiastic/ recording is crip --- test me, test me... BOOM!
1
New Minglewood Blues
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

Elastic and lilting drive – perfect for those somersaulting leads out of the halfpipe
2
Here Comes Sunshine
March 29, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

But a snippet of its ancestral epics, Jerry delivers enough HCS concentrate to raise more than a few goosebumps

Comments

Me and My Uncle
April 20, 1983
Providence Civic Center

Check. Like a pinball stuck in the Jerry & Phil Bumpers.
Caution
Dec. 12, 1969
Thelma Theater

Yup, it's the jam that brings us to Caution that gets me to vote for this one.
Blow Away
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

And that none of this seemed to matter to ‘naked pole guy’, as he is known on other websites, who just kept right on getting a sunshine daydream sunburn…
King Solomon's Marbles
March 23, 1975
Kezar Stadium

What you all said and more. One of the -- if not the -- most energetic jam. Insistent, unrelenting...
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 2, 1973
Music Hall

Yes, and you realize that anew each time, it seems. In this case, the He's Gone gave me a chance to pick up the marbles.