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MrMystery

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Submissions

2
Ship of Fools
Oct. 18, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

Beautiful touch on the solo, notes that you can hear disappearing
1
Althea
Oct. 18, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

Damn!
1
Pretty Peggy O
Oct. 6, 1980
Warfield Theater

Solo is beautiful
1
Estimated Prophet
Sept. 30, 1980
Warfield Theatre

Check out Bobby's playing in the outro
4
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
Sept. 30, 1980
Warfield Theatre

I'll be damned. Not here yet. Fantastic jam with Jerry following Bobby's jabs and turns. Also notable because Bobby doesn't trip over the words in Sup
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Comments

He's Gone
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

Great show and great jam, but I can't upvote this because of the colossal train wreck Jerry causes by coming in two beats early on the second chorus of his solo. It'd be OK if he recovered but he didn't. (Nice that he decided to try the whole solo over again though.) His habit of dropping beats (never dropping the time - his time was always great) is a weird thing that popped up around this time and haunted him the rest of his playing days.
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
June 4, 1977
The Forum

Love Jerry's long, looping, elastic phrases in the end jam
Friend of the Devil
June 4, 1977
The Forum

Yes Jerry kills this solo. Listen to the Menke
Wharf Rat
April 25, 1977
Capitol Theater

Love the giant, looping flurries of notes Jerry plays at the beginning and in the end jam.
Ramble On Rose
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Fantastic solo. Cutting, percussive, angry. The riff he plays at the beginning of the second chorus is a monster. Then it's quieter, melodic, settling in triplets until, big surprise, Jerry remembers the words to the Crazy Otto verse.
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