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Ship of Fools
Aug. 22, 1993
Autzen Stadium - University of Oregon

Late era haunting fragile beauty. With 50 years upon his head…..
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El Paso
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

Galloping version! Superbly fun! Listen to Jerry rip!!!
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Throwing Stones
March 29, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Jerry’s guitar scorches to a nice crescendo. Moving.
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El Paso
April 11, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

Oddly out there, ending a great trilogy of Half Step-Franklin's.
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Looks Like Rain
May 9, 1979
Broome County Arena

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Uncle John's Band
Nov. 10, 1973
Winterland Arena

EPIC. EPIC. EPIC. This sequence, done perfectly from time to time, is one of those things that makes the Good ‘Ol Grateful Dead the finest band in the land. When the gorgeous Dew segues seamlessly back into UJB, then finds its way back to that Playin’……it’s as epic as any piece of music ever recorded, as powerful as anything Mozart, Beethoven, whatever, whoever, ever composed! I kid you not at all! And…. Epic is not a word to be used lightly!!!
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Seriously! This is so amazingly just about exactly right! I totally forgot I wrote comment here already, came here to write about how we have a lot of versions way over 100 points, etc. Then realized I didn’t even vote for this one!! LOL!
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

A tsunami from a ghostly symphony!!! It surges, ebbs and flows. The transition is phenomenal. The whole shebang is brilliant!!
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

PHIL BOMBS GALLORE!!! Heavy metal thunder SLIPKNOT!!!! Shocked I never voted for this, one of my favorite shows ever!!! Glad to make it 101!!!
The Other One
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

Both Crypticals (the intro and the outro) are total scorchers on this night!!!!! As Bill Graham calls them at the start of this brilliant piece of music, the Last of the Gay Desperadoes were capable of being the greatest hard rock band in the world. Or as Miles Davis said, they were just a brilliant jazz band who played rock…..
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