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6
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.
3
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

Cassidy
March 23, 1974
Cow Palace

Worth an upvote for the novelty and the fun, but like the Bertha from 2/18/71, it's in its infancy and not very solid yet. Pretty clear after this performance why they shelved it for 2 years.
Cassidy
March 23, 1974
Cow Palace

Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Aug. 30, 1981
Compton Terrace Amphitheatre

I see someone else was listening to SiriusXM this morning...just a plain ol lovely version, nothing crazy but 81 has such a great sound
Playin' In The Band
July 15, 1984
Greek Theatre - University of California

Anyone else skip to the end of the first verses when a playin' comes on so you dont have to deal with the body of the song? Honestly, and I know this might upset people, Playin' is a very weak song. The jams out of it are of course generally sublime but I can never enjoy listening to Bob scream "playin playin in the band" over and over again. I just want the jam, man. Great version btw
Bird Song
July 15, 1984
Greek Theatre - University of California

Very beautiful version. Lovely, flowing jam and perfect vocals. Brent and Jerry sound beyond wonderful together singing the last verse after the jam.
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