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Dire Wolf
Dec. 21, 1978
The Summit

Sweet Solstice Wolf!!!
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Stagger Lee
Dec. 21, 1978
The Summit

Jerry’s tone at this show makes this perhaps the heaviest version ever played!!!
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Me and My Uncle
Nov. 25, 1979
Pauly Pavillion

Spirited MAMU > Big River! (Criminally underrated show)…
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Friend of the Devil
Oct. 6, 1977
Activity Center. Arizona State U

Transcendent version + with Jerr going full-on spacey! (Weird, like the whole show!)
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Passenger
Jan. 10, 1978
Shrine Auditorium

Perfect encapsulation of this show: not a lot of highlights, but absolutely rippin’, at the same time.
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Candyman
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

Great vocals throughout this show…
Candyman
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Indeed, Danny; both Nashville shows are fire. The December show is more jammin’, with the best Dr. Bob AUD ever + the last ever appearance of the second Bean. But they feelin’ it, in prep for another all-timer at Illinois State two days later. What a run. This is the height of the band, tippy-top of the mountain…
Althea
Nov. 29, 1980
Alligator Alley Gym, University of Florida

Energetic version from this magical + short fall SE run. Blows away the LBC version, so let’s just get that straight, Mainline.
Althea
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Bobby is the hottest player on this particular version, which doesn’t even begin to approach the top-5 version played less than 2 weeks earlier, on 2/26/81. Who gives a good goddamn about the latest MSG release with respect to which versions bring it? You ain’t listened to enough if this is top-10 all-time. Yeesh.
Hard to Handle
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

More energy than any of the others up here in this stratosphere…
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