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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.
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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.
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Ship of Fools
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

Premiere of this stately Jerry ballad.
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Dark Star
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

The cycle around the sun again guided by Mickey talkin' jive and the rotunda of low frequencies incurred by the hour long DS/Other One, enough in that for several "repastes"
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

Replete with chordal texture and Phil bombs and Billy is so locked in. God damn it this is amazing grateful dead music. It's a leaner meaner and more nasty reading of Scarlet Fire than most of the chill af blissed out 77 versions. It's understandable that 77 gigs, especially from the spring, can get lost in the shuffle when there are so many. But this one we have footage of
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

Feels like cracking into a pivotal chapter in some long mysterious tome. youtube is magical, watch phil really getting into the zone with mickey :') the source of the goods
Box of Rain
Sept. 24, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Touching version of this allegorical Hunter master stroke.
Drums -> Space
July 2, 1989
Sullivan Stadium

Who says Midi is bad? Ripping, if that's even the right word, 89 Space with Jerry and bobby.
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