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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 14, 1976
Shrine Auditorium

The last halfstep of '76. After Rio Grandeo everyone including the crowd gets into it. The source is a B+ AUD.
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U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Topical
3
Ship of Fools
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Timely
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Franklin's Tower
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

Different types of solos at each turn: straightaway, Listen-to-the-music-play, spacey, bluegrassy
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Brown Eyed Women
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

This one is fiery, especially the solo, in the vein of 8/24/80, including a hint of a Delilah Jones growl.
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Comments

Deal
Nov. 28, 1980
Lakeland Civic Center

This is quite strong, closely related to the top 5 deal two days later at the fox. Cornell and the Field Trip (which round out the top 5 after 11/30) are, as is their habit with other songs, unjustifiably out in front of this deal, though I'd say this one is more like top 20.
Deal
Sept. 2, 1983
Boise Pavilion - Boise State University

Around the 6 minute mark on the excellent Hunter Seamons matrix, Jerry plays a sequence that he frequently uses to slow the second Deal solo down to get ready to sing the refrain. But in this version, the whole band locks into the sequence and the peak that comes out of that energy sustains the song for another three minutes. I've been on a early 80s Deal search and this one is a great one to call it a night on.
Deal
July 31, 1983
Ventura County Fairgrounds

So many peaks. He's sailing sublimely along like 5 seconds into that 2nd solo and he never looks back.
Deal
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

I couldn't agree more. A blown lyric is a strong predictor of imminent shredding.
Crazy Fingers
June 26, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

This is pretty good. The outro shifts into the minor key a little too quickly for me, but the rest of the song is beautiful.
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