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Submissions

3
Beat it on Down The Line
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Train rippin' down the hot coals of the 1973 track.
6
Drums
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Can't believe I'm submitting this. Long and fun drum circle that's notable because our Jer Bear whips out a steel pan and joins in.
2
It Must Have Been The Roses
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Jerry tearing the standards book asunder with this elegant poetic brilliance
2
Big River
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

For a few minutes wembley in '90 becomes the fillmore in the summer of 1970, the way the Dead just slide into a no-nonsense Big River. Shivers
2
Loose Lucy
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Smokin' and refined version of this deep cut, on "All Hallow's Eve" as a chap might say

Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

Sizzling with spirit, this titanic disco ball version glides with the ease of quebec bound herons. Gnarly stuff
Truckin'
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

rocks. fucking. hard!!!!! Clip is the must
Eyes Of The World
Sept. 5, 1985
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Perfect melt, resplendently acrobatic lead work with gloriously fruitful lines, rhodes textures and a nice 'n easy backing of gently undulating funk. Revelatory to hear them take their time with it and shows that the surrounding gigs were a window of clarity
Estimated Prophet
Sept. 5, 1985
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

brent drives this one as a woodpeck bulldoze into the moons of Mars. Sparkplug rhythms
Box of Rain
March 19, 1990
Civic Center

Thick goopy and deeply meant, deluxe supreme