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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

Stagger Lee
July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium

Hell yeah. Amazing version, shredding firey cut with lots of down-home chuggin-along fare taken to the stratosphere by chops
When I Paint My Masterpiece
July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium

Passionate chorally-rockin, smashing When i Paint.
Walking Blues
July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium

Tasty Bob comping and Brent shredding on this 89 version
Greatest Story Ever Told
July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium

yeah, just great stuff. Bertha->Greatest Story->Cold rain and snow on the fourth of july 1989, it's as good as it sounds and everything is just rocking hard today.
Bertha
July 4, 1989
Rich Stadium

Truckin' up to buffalo, mothafucka!!!! How have I never seen this...... Amazing. Jerry's voice is stunningly incredible today. Mickey and Brent are feisty, filling in with bombs a-plenty. dynamite version pretty interesting rhythm toward the end of the solo! Notable for Bobby "High 5" countin during the solo section - king of polyrhythmic emphasis and that kind of interlocking singing that keith richards craved in mick taylor - the weaving