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Passenger
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

Huge + screaming + stunning ‘81 version!!!
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Drums -> Space
Aug. 12, 1981
Salt Palace

Spanish Space: “Estimated Prophet>Eyes of the World>Drums>Space>Spanish Jam>Truckin’>Morning Dew>Around and Around>Good Lovin’”!!!
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Good Lovin'
Jan. 31, 1978
Uptown Theater

Super-fun + life-affirming closer to a blast of a show!
3
El Paso
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Powerful version from another under-appreciated spring ‘78 show.
2
Tennessee Jed
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

RPI ‘78! The best show you’ve never heard!

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Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 16, 1978
Uptown Theater

All-time version. If we had better tape - and thank the sweet nothing that we have this one - this one would be far higher. (As you should be when you listen). You can barely hear Phil, but he is going *off* with Jerr, as he did beautifully at this high point in this song’s life. Yowza. Not 4/24 or 1/31, but, man, this is good stuff.
The Wheel
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

‘78 is the apotheosis of the band, for me, but this is still my fav show ever. And this Wheel is every bit part of the magic of this special night. Jerr eventually steers them in this direction…and BOOM…!!!
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

Passable. The coca ain’t working this night, and things are constantly threatening to go off the rails. Sometimes that’s good, but not tonight. GREAT year, fall tour is more on point. And if this is your idea of a dope S>F, ya haven’t listened to enough of the ~242 versions played.
Might As Well
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

Jerr almost too high to sing, but he gets it together, after a rough 2/3 of the 1st set. Threatening to go off the rails for much of the first set, they regroup for this set closer.
Cumberland Blues
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

Man, I love this year + this show starts out great + I almost never talk shit, but the first set goes downhill after TLEO, oddly. This is okay, but they too high, unfortunately. It just ain’t workin’ for a lot of the set, IMHO.
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