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Jack Straw
June 18, 1983
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Great guitar work highlights this version, Jerry is dialed in from the get-go. Great show.
1
Not Fade Away
Dec. 29, 1984
San Francisco Civic Center

Posted the wrong date before; anyway, this is a scorcher.
3
The Other One
Dec. 30, 1989
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Don't sleep on this one - super dark and intense version.
3
Playin' In The Band
March 27, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Great version that gets really spooky towards the end. Very nice exploratory passages with Jerry, Brent and the Devils especially shining.
1
The Other One
May 27, 1989
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

An utterly whacked out version. Healy's vocal effects are just plain weird.
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Comments

Dark Star
Oct. 9, 1989
Hampton Coliseum

My favorite part of this one is how it finds it ways back to the second verse. The first break after verse 1 gets way out there.
Dark Star
Dec. 16, 1992
Oakland Coliseum Arena

They did the first verse a couple of days earlier, I think. I think this is also the last time Jerry ever sang the second verse.
Dark Star
March 20, 1992
Copps Coliseum

I've really been loving on this one lately. This is the last time where "Dark Star" really felt like an 'event' at a show, and it holds its own against others from this 1989-91 very well. Good length and stays close to the surface but still has that eeriness I love in a "Dark Star." Vince's organ work is excellent. And yea, garces is right: there are hints of "Fire on the Mountain" at the end. If only.
Jack Straw
Sept. 14, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Should be way higher. Maybe the best Hornsby era version. If 9-19-90 and 6/6/91 can get double digit votes, this can hang with them without a second thought.
They Love Each Other
June 6, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Bruce is excellent on this version. So crisp.
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