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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
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Jack Straw
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

Rolls like a locomotive, jumps like a Porsche
Let It Grow
April 1, 1988
Meadowlands Arena

Great show, but no Let It Grow
Promised Land
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Total liftoff!
I Second That Emotion
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

Perfect solo... great example of how Jerry gets inside a song.
Attics of My Life
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

"Oh my god!"
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