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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.
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Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
March 27, 1988
Hampton Coliseum

Plenty heady, yeah?
Sugaree
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

Loooooooove
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 7, 1989
JFK Stadium

I love this blastoff of an innocent exciting wicked consonant version! Wow, hang on, pack an inhaler - deep.
Wharf Rat
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater

This kaleidoscopic lyrics by Robert Hunter can be inscrutable but you would never notice because of the Dead's bleary blasting of tight positivity. One of my favorite Dead tunes overall. what a premiere bust-out The debut of this powerfully abstract yet also breathtakingly simple song was, as the heads have noted as a little side journey stolen away from an epically meandering into the high auroras version of DS A magical reminder of the wonder
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 15, 1972
Oklahoma City Music Hall

Reminds me of maybe some minimalism or Coltrane threads. amazing all around really.
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