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1
Hell in a Bucket
Sept. 6, 1983
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Punchy and ready!
7
New Minglewood Blues
May 11, 1978
Springfield Civic Center Arena

Bobby's the hypeman for lightning rod Minglewood jamming in Springfield Mass.
2
The Race Is On
Oct. 29, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cFy6NzS1k Heady acoustic Race is On, speedy as secretariat and so killin'! Barrelhouse Brent and gold Cali harmonies
1
Beat it on Down The Line
May 6, 1978
Patrick Gymnasium - University of Vermont

Speedy Beat it on this "five-six-seventy-eight" gig! Awesome!
4
Big River
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

Seguing from me and my uncle, crowd goes nuts. Smooth Rhodes playing and hot jer. Great version

Comments

New Minglewood Blues
March 31, 1989
Greensboro Coliseum

Searing Brent solo on this
Little Red Rooster
Sept. 24, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Super nice transition into an 88 Rooster with everyone feeling a little perky, taking this banger version the extra mile, for sure.
West L.A. Fadeaway
Sept. 24, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Whew multi-armed "VISHNU" guitar blues jamming with a little help from Mick Taylor. Mick and Jerry were probably the most exciting Americana guitarists after Duane Allman's untimely passing. Hearing them over some hot coked-out 80's Dead is uber-funness. Ps the Stones shared the Dead standards Not fade away, Around and around, and Little red rooster in the early days. Not to mention their mutual proximity to the flying burritos, which resulted in keith writing "wild horses", which jerry has also played in his Old and In the Way band with david grisman, john kahn, and some other pranksters.
Feel Like A Stranger
Sept. 24, 1988
Madison Square Garden

incendiary
Row Jimmy
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Crispy and soothingly spellbindingly AMAZING guitar. Oh. My. Goodness. Gracious. This kind of thing is why I would put down Jerry Garcia within a few guitarists when asked to name my best. Top 5, let's say. All i can say, is sending out good vibes to anyone else who became a head during pandemic, we will get by \m/