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6
Bird Song
Dec. 28, 1983
Civic Auditorium

Dark, spacey, very psychedelic. Really fits the '83 sound.
3
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
July 21, 1974
Hollywood Bowl

Hot hot hot!
17
Ship of Fools
June 20, 1974
The Omni

Flawless take. Jaw-dropping.
26
Terrapin Station
June 16, 1990
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Terrapin > Jam > Space. Over 40 minutes.
18
Victim Or The Crime
June 19, 1991
Pine Knob

Dissolves into quality space, then > Scarlet Begonias.

Comments

Wharf Rat
July 5, 1978
Omaha Civic Auditorium

Jerry’s last solo is notably fierce and forceful.
The Seven
Sept. 29, 1969
Cafe au Go-Go

FIRE. Exquisitely incendiary primal Dead.
Doin' That Rag
Sept. 29, 1969
Cafe au Go-Go

Well worth checking out. This song improved as the year went on, I’d say.
Sugaree
March 27, 1995
The Omni

Very unique (and lengthy). I mean, it’s ’95, and the usual caveats apply (somewhat), but this is a good illustration of the band exploring new directions very different from those of just a few years earlier — continuing to evolve, in other words.
Cassidy
June 18, 1976
Capitol Theatre

Short, as these early versions are, but they really make it count, especially in the closing (in what would become the jam).
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