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Here Comes Sunshine
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

Just a lovely version. Beautiful little mid solo and lovely synths and harmonies from Vince. These spring 94 shows are almost universally underrated.
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Truckin'
April 5, 1995
Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum

MAJOR PHIL VOCALS HERE
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Truckin'
April 2, 1982
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U

Nicely jammed into from He's Gone, awesome Bobby, Jerry and Brent scat on the outro and high energy
2
The Music Never Stopped
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

HEADY outro jam with all members contributing. Great barroom keys from Vince and some speedy playing from Jer. Basically unknown show, great 1st set!
2
Space
Sept. 12, 1990
The Spectrum

Beautiful rendition of Handsome Cabin Boy/Two Soldiers lasting over 3 minutes in the middle
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Comments

Viola Lee Blues
Nov. 10, 1967
Shrine Auditorium

hold on to your hat! The last few minutes of the jam are monstrous; more primal and psychedelic than later versions imo. This is the kind of music that turned on the first generation of heads, and yeah, it really was never the same after ~1968.
Eternity
Aug. 4, 1994
Giants Stadium

Absolute dogshit show; where did Jerry's awesome spacey playing here come from???
Terrapin Station
Sept. 17, 1994
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Cool outro jam.
Bird Song
May 23, 1993
Shoreline Amphitheatre

I'd call this version an ambitious failure. Spacey, but not in an interesting way, and the strumming jam at the end (which usually never fails to salvage even the weakest of 90s bird songs) doesn't come together at all. Not bad, but not worth an upvote.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Dec. 9, 1994
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Yeah this is weak. Nice percussion for sure, and Vince is working his ass off (as he always did!), but Jerry's basically gone. impotent licks. Who are the 24 people that voted for this?
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