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8
Cumberland Blues
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

Killer show
16
Cryptical Envelopment
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

Killer version with a great latin jam after the drums, and the reprise goes into dire wolf.
3
And We Bid You Goodnight
Oct. 31, 1971
Ohio Theatre

No words, just the melody at the 6 minute mark of one of the best GDTRFB ever
9
Mama Tried
Dec. 31, 1976
Cow Palace

Great Show
8
Mexicali Blues
Nov. 17, 1973
Pauley Pavilion - University of California

Hot version

Comments

Scarlet Begonias
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

Best stand-alone version for sure. Goes into a beautiful IMHBTR
He's Gone
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

Excellent jamming
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

The final part when they come back to the verse is crazy, I don't think I ever heard something like it.
Here Comes Sunshine
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

What a perfect way to start the DIck's Picks series, this is insane.
Dark Star
Sept. 19, 1970
Fillmore East

Stars out really quiet and mellow, very contemplative. After the first verse the band falls quiet, the silence is filled with electricity and expectation, until they finally release all the withheld energy and they never look back. When you think they are done they fall into a very short but delightful Feelin' Groovy Jam, the whole rest of the song is one tremendous peak. Just before they fall into second verse Jerry throws in some beautiful passages. Beautiful is just the word to describe this version.