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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

Ripple
Oct. 29, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

Spritely and ripe with the truths of life's fountain is this sensational '80 Ripple.
Bird Song
Oct. 31, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

Love this version.
Little Red Rooster
July 7, 1989
JFK Stadium

everyone is crazy on this, locked in, rip roaring Rooster!!!!!!!!!
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 19, 1976
Capitol Theatre

By 76 this song was definitely tested, worn in, so on Slip they seriously just go. Extremely heady youtube of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEA5zgNk0ec That groove bobby instigates at 10:26, the rippling tidal waves of Mickeys virtuosic cymbal work, phil n bil bombing and crunching and jerry's mockingbird wail, an important early slip in new jersey, franklin's is jazzy immediate and punchin', just resplendent! /// What an amazing sound 76 has, so patient and exploratory.
Deal
May 6, 1978
Patrick Gymnasium - University of Vermont

Yeah, barrel-fire, insane 78 Deal, they take off hard