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Samson and Delilah
March 19, 1977
Winterland Arena

Hot, hot, hot! Out of, then back into, Playin'. Love Jerry's "Yeah!!"
4
Its All Over Now
April 21, 1978
Rupp Arena

Hottest I've ever heard . . . Bobby's growling, Jerry's solo is inspired, huge crescendo . . . as good as the Faces' romp off their album
11
Big River
Oct. 1, 1994
Boston Garden

Great show, great licks, perfect bar room mood. Hot!
14
He's Gone
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Nearly twenty minutes of He's Gone goodness -- jam goes into Drums then NFA but stays squarely in He's Gone territory with some very nice interplay.
10
Casey Jones
Dec. 10, 1971
Fox Theatre

A lot like the wild December 2 Casey, without the extra solo at the end. A fantastic, complete build-up. Keith goes nuts. Great energy!
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Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 2, 1978
Giants Stadium

I'm just going to keep commenting on this -- hopefully more people will come around to it. Unreal . . . Stoney . . . Psychedelic . . . listen now.
Dancin' in the Streets
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

Seriously funky -- off the new May 77 official release ; out of a prety special half-step, too.
Not Fade Away
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

This one was the highlight of the whole night for me -- really good energy slowly building to some serious intensity -- into Comes A Time. Great pick.
Sing Me Back Home
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Very saddened they mixed Donna's last round of vocals out on the new Complete Europe set. My bootleg boards of this are much better than the release . . . I really can't get my head around why they would do that . . . this is one of Donna's best moments with the band. Don't think it's keeping with the spirit of the band and I'm truly disappointed they would chop up my Dead . . . this version is some of the most heartfelt GD of all-time, IMHO . . .
Looks Like Rain
June 9, 1976
Boston Music Hall

The band takes it really slow and bobby and donna are more than up for the challenge. A great rendition, with beautiful playing from phil, jerry and keith, too!
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