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Ramble On Rose
Oct. 17, 1972
Fox Theatre

Love Keith’s flourishes here. Great version with perfect vocals
7
Friend of the Devil
Oct. 17, 1972
Fox Theatre

Oh so sweet
1
Alabama Getaway
Sept. 30, 1980
Warfield Theatre

Pretty energetic Alabama Getaway>Promised Land to start off the electric sets
6
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 10, 1971
Fox Theatre

Awesome near 7 minute Playin that starts to go out there as it would much more in a few months. Really interesting period for the band imo
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Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Sept. 3, 1980
Civic Center

Surprised this isn't on here yet, if only for the great outro jam. check it out
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Deep Elem Blues
Nov. 28, 1980
Lakeland Civic Center

Love the acoustic early ones, but this is wonderful. Great vocals and tone by the whole band
Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Oct. 27, 1979
Cape Cod Coliseum

30 trips version, mislabeled as 10/2/79 (at least on spotify) but hot stuff here
Dancin' in the Streets
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

The Tighten Up jam in the middle of this is epic! fast as hell and wonderful. Love '70 Dancin's
Dark Star
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Great choice for the 30 trips album to represent '68. So much packed into 10 minutes...a microcosm of what this song would become. Feels like the infant version of the Live/Dead one four months later. TC is awesome in this era on Dark Star too imo
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

I've gone a few years convinced (and still, to some extent) that the 12/26/79 UJB is the best ever. But as soon as I saw a SIXTEEN MINUTE version of this, I had to listen to the whole second set and this one does not disappoint. the 79 one is still special to me, but god damn this playing is ferocious and dark and explores every nook and crevice you could possibly want from the song. Monster jam, monster show.
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