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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.
3
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.

Comments

Pretty Peggy O
Dec. 31, 1983
Civic Auditorium

Locked in and groovy. Jerry is at the height, or should we say the lowest point of his lost years and it's not pretty. But still they sound great and his solo is tasty af
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 1, 1988
Meadowlands Arena

searing
Drums -> Space
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

epic version. I can already see the acid freaks wailing in existential despair during the peaks of space. Mega heady. So good
Mind Left Body Jam
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

2nd set craziness, the dead are hot hot hot tonight..... Endless midi terrapin into a (rare? correct me, heads) 90's MLB. From chill to frantic
Terrapin Station
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

sensational version of Terrapin. Every transition feels like a curtain falling to reveal a new, more emotionally charged and turbulent layer, even though i've heard this song dozens of times. It's just really hitting tonight, Jerry's vocals are killing me dude, come on. How can you resist that man's passion. Jam is insanely heavy