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Not Fade Away
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Nice vocal jam with the crowd taking part, only wish they jammed it longer. Brent sounds amazing on that Hammond, but is anyone surprised? DvP39
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Man Smart, Woman Smarter
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Brent tickling the ivories and Jerry noodling away, just beautiful. Builds into the drums really nicely. Released on Dave's Picks 39
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Brother Esau
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Just the right amount of cowbell. Dave's Picks 39
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Throwing Stones
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Off of Dave's Picks 39. One of the earlier pairings with NFA, transition could be hotter, but all in all good jamming
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Samson and Delilah
March 15, 1990
Capital Centre

Unbelievable that this wasn't already up here. Legendary show, this Samson nothing to scoff at. Good god almighty
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Alligator
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

My god, gotta love that tone, Jerry was just so damn fast at this time, and mickey and Billy are absolutely soaring. Primal dead at its finest
Sing Me Back Home
June 21, 1971
Chateau d'Herouville

The video of this is awesome and the sound quality is spectacular. Jerry pours his heart into this one. Gorgeous, and I know some love Donna, but it's nice to hear this song done by the original 5.
The Other One
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

How this one is so low blows my mind. The other one is segment is like a manic roller-coaster, with everyone in perfect stride. Not a note out of place, not a single moment that seems to sputter and that's way more than can be said for every version above this. The cyrptical is as good as it gets, TC and Jerry are perfectly in sync. I imagine everyone in attendance was just gob-smacked and before they could wrap their heads around what just happened, Dark Star begins..
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Nov. 17, 1972
Century II Convention Hall

Phil is on fire throughout the transition with Jerry dancing over it, absolutely thrilling, comes down to earth for the start of rider. Phil goes nuts during "I wish I was a headlight!" and drops a nice few bombs at the end. If you've got the Dave's picks and the right set up, it's perfectly crushing
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 7, 1978
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Bobby coming in with the slide for the finale. Not as outrageous as some others from 78 but a solid in the pocket groove, first at red rocks, what's to hate
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