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Shakedown Street
Aug. 28, 1981
Long Beach Arena

Yeah, this one shakes the walls. Get gully
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Shakedown Street
Aug. 13, 1979
McNichols Arena

Lesh bombs to shake the Rockies
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Mission in the Rain
June 18, 1976
Capitol Theatre

Not sure why this Jerry track didn't stay in rotation. This one is the goods
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He's Gone
Dec. 1, 1979
Stanley Theater

My original tape read He's Gone > Jam > Jam. Excellent version here
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Black Peter
July 8, 1990
Three Rivers Stadium

Jerry is haunting on this one. Beautiful

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.