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The Music Never Stopped
April 14, 1978
Cassell Coliseum - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bob blows some lyrics, but the midsection and outro are fluent and soaring. Lot on the list not as good as this one.
2
Uncle John's Band
Dec. 31, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Excellent rendition with available A video and sound on youtube through music vault.
2
The Music Never Stopped
Oct. 29, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

Honorable mention on the old dead clubhouse page, but not on here. There's a youtube video with great sound. See for yourself.
4
Cassidy
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

A unique sounding Cassidy. Parts of this almost sound like a studio release of a different band playing like the dead.
11
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

MSG Scarlet Fire from the Fall of '82 - great transition.
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Comments

Shakedown Street
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

I listened to this really loud and I would suggest to anyone doing the same.
Truckin'
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

I concur. If you dig 11/2 or 11/6/77, this is some of that same vintage. Jerry couldn't sing second half of this show [and none the next night at all], so he went after it the only other way he could.
Playin' In The Band
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

The SBD linked from this page has the timings wrong. The following is also a SBD, but the tracks are split appropriately: https://archive.org/details/gd1978-01-06.sbd.wizard.24629.sbeok.shnf
Loser
July 22, 1984
Ventura County Fairgrounds

This is great. It helps that the SBD is of such a high quality.
Sugaree
April 12, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

Many Sugarees have a minimalist 3rd solo that's really more an interlude than a solo break. This one has a full 3rd solo where Jerry plays (for lack of a better phrase) understated hummingbird for the majority until he gets into a beautiful peak episode from 10:30-11:30. Three solos: good, better, then best.
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