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New Minglewood Blues
March 27, 1991
Nassau Coliseum

Gets this long, strong, Bruceless show going
4
Samson and Delilah
June 24, 1976
Tower Theatre

Welcome, two drummers.
14
Scarlet Begonias
July 16, 1990
Rich Stadium

Morphs out of Sugar Mag, skips the "Aint nothin' wrong" verse and gets right to the solo; clean vid/ fun times
6
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Oct. 1, 1976
Market Square Arena

Rises, catches the wind, and soars '76 style
2
Bird Song
Sept. 16, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Birdsong has left the building... only to return to earth, center stage
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Comments

Dancin' in the Streets
June 22, 1969
Central Park

Home run of a version right here
The Other One
June 17, 1991
Giants Stadium

Got 2nd row center from mail order and haven't been the same since... again.
Jack Straw
Aug. 4, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Center

Interesting observation (applies to other songs/ works both ways, e.g. jam extended, jam shortened). Often occurs gradually, but not necessarily. The kite string definitely runs out aways on 7/31 too, but this period seems to be a turning point. So many previous versions you wonder why it gets 'cut down' so quickly. In any case, yeah, Jer's solos scale a chain of high peaks here.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Oct. 1, 1976
Market Square Arena

This one's 43 yo today and still my favorite. So many reasons... but Jerry's leads are just so inventive, creative, and varied.
Not Fade Away
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

No longer off my radar! +1
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