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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 19, 1972
Roosevelt Stadium

Terrific 72 version w/ Across the Rio Grandee-o
2
Wharf Rat
Oct. 30, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

It's Quite an Honor...
5
Tennessee Jed
Oct. 18, 1974
Winterland Arena

Slowest of the fast versions?
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El Paso
Oct. 18, 1974
Winterland Arena

This is an incredible, unique, fast-paced version. Bob's singing is superb and Phil's bass playing is lickety-split in the best possible way.
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Don't Ease Me In
June 30, 1985
Merriweather Post Pavilion

Incredibly high-octane version from a great show!

Comments

Friend of the Devil
Oct. 17, 1972
Fox Theatre

Terrific shuffle version! Billy snd Bob really give this a rhythmic punch.
Touch of Grey
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

A fiery version! Very compelling--but what would have happened if the GD had released a version like this in 1982 (5 years before the studio, slowed down and more magisterial version)?
Me and My Uncle
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

Best ever version! Sung as if happening in real time, with a frantic desperation (not an cozy recollection). And, as others have said, Billy and Keith (throughout this whole show) become full equals in the band with their fantastic "shoot 'em up bar band" playing
Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

Despite Bob's forgetting about 2/3 of a verse, this is one of the very best Sugar Mags. It's played about about 1 degree slower than later on--and that makes it all the more ferocious. And Jerry and Phil's tone! My oh my.
Loser
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

Played with an almost fearsome authority.
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