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Days Between
May 21, 1995
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

Jerry doesn’t miss a beat. Video shows him deeply into this version onstage and you can hear it in his vocals. This one can stand with the greatest.
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Eternity
Sept. 29, 1993
Boston Garden

Spacey and well played. Vince has some sick fills and Jerry plays very strongly. Better than 4/2/95
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Bertha
Sept. 28, 1994
Boston Garden

Very hot version, Jerry’s on fire in the solo and his vocals are perfect. This show is massively underrated vs much of the rest of this fall tour.
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Not Fade Away
May 25, 1992
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Great Vince version. Super hot. Follows the first west coast Attics. Jerry was really feeling it.
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Turn On Your Love Light
July 7, 1984
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Glorious return of lovelight to regular rotation. Phil leads with the riff out of NFA. Can’t imagine what this was like
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Comments

China Doll
Oct. 14, 1980
Warfield Theater

Agree that this version needs far more love. It’s delicate and fragile in just the right way. Jerry’s voice is perfect. Shocking to me that heavy versions that blunder around like 10/11/83 are so high compared to this one.
The Music Never Stopped
March 27, 1987
Civic Center

Outro jam absolutely torn to shreds. Top 5 version here
He's Gone
Dec. 1, 1979
Stanley Theater

Absolutely stunning out jam, textured and wide ranging in scope. From softest valleys to a crazy Gloria jam and a second out jam into CC rider, prompted by Brent and Bob - one of the coolest things they did this late in the game IMO. Needs a lot more attention.
Morning Dew
Oct. 17, 1994
Madison Square Garden

Very strong version. Jerry present and engaged, with some SEARING leads in fact. Unfortunate slight false ending doesn’t knock this one too much in my book - I think it’s better than any other 94 version except 3/27.
Deep Elem Blues
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Fantastic version. Jerry’s tone in 81 is absolutely dirty, and his vocals are great, especially on the last verse where he amps it up a notch. Electric deep elem is pretty much always hot
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