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MrMystery

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Brokedown Palace
Oct. 19, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

One of the best solos I've heard on this tune. If you like your solos light on notes and heavy on feeling, listen up.
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They Love Each Other
Oct. 19, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

The intervals and touch and chromatic phrases in the solo are fantastic
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Ship of Fools
Oct. 18, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

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

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

Solo is beautiful
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Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 17, 1982
Warfield Theater

Surprised this isn't higher, blah blah blah. Incredible transition, with Bobby leading the way and Jerry listening closely, making little bursts of melody out of Bobby's jabbing chords.
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.
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