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Jack A Roe
Sept. 29, 1989
Shoreline Amphitheatre

You know the crew is feeling spritely and in a cowboy mood when they play this, blessed frequently in '89 with it.
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Wang Dang Doodle
Sept. 29, 1989
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Poker-hot WDD
3
Lazy River Road
June 11, 1993
Buckeye Lake Music Center

Sweet, sweet, down-home and yokey Jerry.
5
The Same Thing
June 11, 1993
Buckeye Lake Music Center

Pigpen cut revived for the 90's with the group in kind of a slow crawling king snake vibe. Vince knows how to lay down some organ. Top late form.
5
Ship of Fools
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

Premiere of this stately Jerry ballad.
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It Must Have Been The Roses
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Rinky dink welnik synth jostles with hornsby for room amid a good ole toad-in-the-gas-pipe lead vocal. Headiest passionate delivery, heartstrings country last round rallying cry!!
Me and My Uncle
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Habanero. blistering piercing rosebud, theatrical chaw
Drums -> Space
April 1, 1994
The Omni

it's 31 minutes and much of it, rather than just straight up zaniness, is going for a drone sound art thing. rich resonant tones and blissfully self-contained. when cyberjazz does emerge it's moody and frothy.
That Would Be Something
April 1, 1994
The Omni

excellent!! lots of fun, bluesy
He's Gone
April 1, 1994
The Omni

Just wonderful, luscious vocals, ascendant lead work, spider web coda.
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