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Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

One of those slow stoney '78 versions. nice pace and tempo to this one...
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Row Jimmy
Dec. 16, 1992
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Great later day Row Jimmy!
31
Tennessee Jed
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Not a huge fan of this tune usually but this one is extremely catchy. Maybe it had to do with the fact that they were in Nashville...
13
Terrapin Station
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

Either Garcia forgets the lyrics or they were having tech issues which extends the Lady with a fan portion making this a real unique version.
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Estimated Prophet
April 16, 1978
Huntington Civic Center

The solo in this one resembles 7/8/78. It
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Comments

Dark Star
Feb. 2, 1970
Fox Theatre

Listened to this on the way home today. Love the beginning minutes of this version. From the opening notes, you know "We have liftoff". F'in Love it!
Candyman
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Beautiful.
It Must Have Been The Roses
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

I'm a sucker for the emphatic singing by Garcia in the spring of '78...He really experimented vocally during this time period. Perhaps due to compensating for post laryngitis vocal chords, perhaps the drugs du jour. Either way makes alot of his ballads good. This Roses is one of them.
Days Between
March 17, 1993
Capital Centre

This is one of those songs that is so beautiful and so sad. This was Garcia's swan song. Often times its hard to listen to because its reminiscent of the last day of Jer.
The Other One
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

Garcia is "playing in tongues" through this one. A man possessed...
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