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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!

Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 3, 1979
Market Square Arena

This is very much NOT *the* Scarlet! Haha. Great + interesting + surprising version, but this doesn’t hold a candle to what happened the night of 4/24/78 or the sweet beauty of 1/31/78. Jerr has some really good moments in the last Scarlet run + the transition jam is bubbly + fun, but he’s pulling the band with him all night, it’s not a cohesive + full-force + everyone-involved version/night - it’s a Jerry version. Just like the rest of the night, as he seemed to be dragging the band along at times, especially Phil. (Stagger is a great example, Phil seems uninterested until the crescendo). Even Fire isn’t the heavy jam, it’s light, which doesn’t usually suit the groove. Interesting stuff!
Morning Dew
Aug. 12, 1981
Salt Palace

Telepathic version. From the first note, just lovely stuff from everyone, as an amazing sequence starts to round its final turn: Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > Spanish Jam > Truckin’ > Morning Dew > Around and Around > Good Lovin’.
Spanish Jam
Aug. 12, 1981
Salt Palace

Part of an all-time second set! Amazing sequence…
Estimated Prophet
Aug. 12, 1981
Salt Palace

Jammin’ version from a super-duper show!
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 21, 1977
Lakeland Civic Center

3rd best of ‘77, which is really sayin’ somethin’, but still way behind ‘78. That said, you can really hear Jerr’s embryonic myxolydian. Good one.