Some really nimble guitar work by Jerry. Ripping version

Great dichotomy between Jerry and Duane's solos

The SBD I scooped had a Wang Dang Doodle-ish soundcheck that came with it. Some pretty slinky shit. Worth checking if you can track it down

Patient build into a soaring version. Glides nicely into a Playin' Reprise

Massive version! Was spinning on the treadmill at the gym and felt like I was going to run through the wall. Serious way to open a show!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.