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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
2
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.
1
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

Comments

Sugaree
June 5, 1993
Giants Stadium

Perfect summer version for sure. Just sweet.
Stella Blue
Oct. 1, 1994
Boston Garden

Was about to come say what Grendel had already said. Cynically, Jerry's definitely trying to save a song that he fully whiffed by giving it a vocal reprise (which is pretty nice, sure), but there are multiple other HUGE ones from 94 and this one doesn't deserve to be so high. 3/21 and 8/1 are legitimately stunning, and both have much stronger playing as well as even bigger vocal reprises. Overrated as hell.
Box of Rain
Oct. 3, 1994
Boston Garden

Kind version with some nice extra jerry harmonies.
Box of Rain
Oct. 3, 1994
Boston Garden

Morning Dew
April 14, 1984
Hampton Coliseum

major outro. Very well played and solid dew from a great year for em. Jerry absolutely shreds. Great drumming especially in the mid solo.