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Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Dec. 30, 1983
Civic Auditorium
Some of the smoothest rhythm Bobby ever laid down on this tune. Brent provides great harmony. Super sweetness here!
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Man Smart, Woman Smarter
April 24, 1984
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum
Rhythmic, bouncy, Uptempo BobbyBrentastic version
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Man Smart, Woman Smarter
March 26, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena
Love when Brent takes the vocal on 2nd verse PLUS check out the little trade-off he & Bob do on lyrics in last stanza. Bouncy, jaunty, supefun stuff
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Not Fade Away
Jan. 11, 1978
Shrine Auditorium
Solid rhythmic NFA with Donna in good form and a tasty little space outro
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Me and My Uncle
April 19, 1978
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Garciia packs epic multitudes into his brief guitar solo. Check out this WAY under the radar MAMU>BigRiver pairing. One of the best ever.
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The Other One
March 16, 1990
Capital Centre
Great experimentation to this far underrated version--intense as others have described and jam packed too.
When Push Comes to Shove
July 12, 1987
Giants Stadium
Always rank this tune first & foremost on how many lyrics Jerry gets right--the average is around 75% for most versions but here he's 100% nailing it and for a sweet bonus you get an absolutely slamming guitar bridge jam. Easy ups.
Eyes Of The World
June 30, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre
Love when I can still stumble across a version of Eyes that I'm either unfamiliar with or haven't heard in ages and realize how good it is--enuff to drop a comment on the board. It's been said before but with so many killer versions of this tune in its debut year many worthy entries will get lost in the shuffle. At a relatively paltry 20 or so votes this is one of them. Emerging quietly from a DarkStar this one gives you all the gooey flowing jamming that Garcia had going from the git-go in '73 and I'd also point out that the vocal harmonies are pretty sweet on the choruses...just a great, sweet as molasses reading of the tune and a typical for the year great post lyrics jazz clinic. Keith shines in this section, too.
Cassidy
May 11, 1978
Springfield Civic Center Arena
Don't see how this one's been kept hidden for so long...slightly longer jam section b4 the final return and played at a speedy but totally in control clip--Garcia is dialed in as is the whole band....great version sitting weirdly below 10 votes when I got here
Greatest Story Ever Told
Feb. 17, 1979
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Almost perfect, and almost better for not being perfect. You can tell they hadn't played it in a while & it's like Jerry's trying out new stuff in the jam section that he wasn't doing and the results are jaw-dropping if not what one could nitpick as "a bit off" when it comes to sticking the landing. But what he offers in color and energy and pure gamesmanship is more than worth the loss of pure precision. A grade stuff
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