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SlowlyTooFades

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Stagger Lee
June 18, 1995
Giants Stadium

The jam at the end goes on for a good long time, and Garcia really builds up the feeling. Pity the rest of the show - my last - was pretty bad.
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Truckin'
Oct. 9, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Whereas most versions from this period depend on bombast, this is a fairly well-explored take. Classic sequence of Truckin>O1>Dew.
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Jack Straw
Sept. 26, 1991
Boston Garden

Awesome, eneretic version. The "big-7" ensemble really gets a chance to shine on this one. BH adds vocals.
9
Cumberland Blues
Oct. 21, 1983
Worcester Centrum

A nice long version: urgent as always, but there is a certain sense of relaxed pace to it.
5
One More Saturday Night
March 14, 1982
Recreation Hall - University of California

Great placement: first song of the set, since they'd forgotten to play it the night before.
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Comments

Morning Dew
Oct. 14, 1980
Warfield Theater

The final crescendo is okay, but the guitar break mid-song is really quite strong.
Looks Like Rain
May 16, 1993
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

Yeah, Bob's voice is shot, but Jerry's solo and fills at the end are truly powerful; and he gets really good support from Vince on piano.
Passenger
Dec. 5, 1981
Market Square Arena

Ooh,this one burns.
Dark Star
Dec. 11, 1969
Thelma Theater

Yeah, I'll vote it up. Interesting version, as are both of the shows on DaP's X: we get to see the Dead between the psychedelic Live/Dead (69) period and the more rock-oriented 1970 era.
Morning Dew
Sept. 18, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Perfectly paced version.
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