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Bird Song
Oct. 19, 1980
Saenger Performing Arts Center

Wildly jammed, possibly the finest acoustic version ever, despite the skeevy sound
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Bird Song
Sept. 27, 1972
Stanley Theatre

Dick's Picks 11 - Jazzy and bouncy with some extraordinary melodies from Jerry
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Bird Song
Feb. 17, 1973
St. Paul Auditorium

Very nice Garcia fretwork. Intense yet breezy, if that makes sense...
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Bird Song
Sept. 10, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

14 minutes of beauty
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Bird Song
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Really dig this one, Jerry is especially hot coming out of the vocal reprise
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Playin' In The Band
Oct. 21, 1973
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Just have to add that I think this medley is a little better than the version they did on 10/27/73; Playin' reprise gets especially wild!
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 7, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Really intense, jazzy version...Garcia is on fire for the whole show, which is one of the best of the year IMO.
Scarlet Begonias
July 18, 1989
Alpine Valley

This transition is as perfect as it gets and one of the best of the '80s, if not all time!
The Other One
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

I think this version as a whole is a bit underwhelming, but the Tiger/feedback section deserves special mention as one of the greatest "spaces" ever performed.
The Other One
Feb. 27, 1969
Fillmore West

"It's really too weird up here, it really is..."
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