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Jack Straw
April 22, 1979
Spartan Stadium - San Jose State University

Brent's 1st song with the band. Multiple Lesh bombs, rollicking drums, smoking Jerry licks, and impassioned vocals. Fine welcome to the band!
7
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

This is a lightening fast bowl of nose clams, played 100x the speed of hyperspace. Worth it just to hear how fast the boys ventured to take this on
6
The Wheel
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

Not the longest, by any stretch, but incredibly airy and beautiful for Bobby's B-day. Worth a listen for sure
9
Feelin' Groovy Jam
Oct. 2, 1972
Springfield Civic Center

Super interesting jam out of a surprising Truckin' > NFBM jam > Drums > Feeling Groovy jam. The first few min of keys/drum/bass after drums is $$$$
9
Greatest Story Ever Told
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

Seriously high octane. A very subtle St Stephen lick by Jerry in the closing jam

Comments

Playin' In The Band
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre

Very spacey, with circular, swirling jamming. Jerry, Phil, and the Rhythm Devils hard at work in this weaving, dream-like version. This has always been one of my favorite Dick's Picks - having a nice revisit with it. Segue into UJB is flawless.
Wharf Rat
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

Jerry's pleading vocals, his slow, patient leads, Bobby's trill fills, and the incredible, inventive segue (God, listen to Phil and Jerry gather the troops...) into Playing Reprise make this one incredibly special.
Morning Dew
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Say what you like about this show, how there is inherent bias and nastagia dialing back to the first time each and everyone of us heard it - this piece of music on its own, regardless of context, is simply brilliant. The patience, contour, outcry of despair transformed into redemption - this version distinctively captures the essence of the intent of the song, and demonstrates the emotional depth of all the boys can accomplish and elicit in listeners. I've listen to this version in the hundreds (ish +) number of times and I always recalled Jerry's magnificent leads, Keith's delicate fills, Lesh bombarding the highly emotional passages, but on the past few listens I finally heard Bobby's work, his supportive rhythmic fanning on the final peak. I was awestruck. After infinite listens, this version still leaves me learning more and finding more reasons to cherish it. Deserved of all the praise it gets
Morning Dew
May 22, 1977
The Sportatorium

Sweet serenade of siren songs, this is the goodies...! Jerry's vocals are achingly emotive and the culminating peak is dawn at the top of a mountain. Man, this one is a sacred rendition.
St. Stephen
May 5, 1977
New Haven Coliseum

This one gets bluesy and dirty, percussive, and gritty fast. I hear NFA and even New Minglewood-type jamming in the meat of this quesadilla. The real shining moment is the full band reuniting in the final minutes to congregate in a moment of pure, peaked beauty, then dropping back into St Stephen theme.