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Tennessee Jed
June 13, 1994
Memorial Stadium

Really clean lines, honky tonk subtext, and straight-up OOmph
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 7, 1985
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

gliding, bouncy, breezy, athletic, inspired.
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Dupree's Diamond Blues
Sept. 7, 1985
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

gorgeous one.. Squishmeister
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Day Job
July 1, 1985
Merriweather Post Pavilion

it is not a Deal but it still rocks with bristly intensity!!
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Drums -> Space
June 25, 1985
Blossom Music Center

Brent is one great musician... he comes up with a long melt, weir in tow, thrilling kits duet, so weightlifting, noisy bursty space into guitars!!! A+
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West L.A. Fadeaway
July 2, 1988
Oxford Plains Speedway

Kind burritos kind tanks kind bud. Then again by this point most were probably on harder shit at these shows. Stellar version one to drive way out of your way just to feel something then lock yourself in the room. Weir's crying modulus and tiger unlocking cheat codes. Like George Martin of fabs fame said "I suppose dope, soft drugs like marijuana and so on inspired that freedom of the generation" This is the sound of that nascent flower power curiosity crumbling into middle-aged malaise.
Jack Straw
July 2, 1988
Oxford Plains Speedway

two words, maine. love. WORD DUDE this is a pink sunset slammer, Mike Tyson at the bag type. another restraining order jack
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
June 18, 1983
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Yep this is a WET CARAVAGGIO ya bunch of wooks this ascends turn the volume up and pray for redemption. Phil gets a little lost in the crusty AUD but god they stretch out on this, reminds me of the Manor Downs and New Haven raveups, this is a great year for scarfire. It's the way jerry paints a crunchy Rembrandt on it.
Looks Like Rain
July 14, 1985
Ventura County Fairgrounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCsRzZU59XA Have not found any other footage from this era that even comes close to these 2 songs on a hot "trouble ahead" day. Real champion of an LLR, jam and gentle build is a gurgling balmy stream. Feels like you are feet away from the big man shredding
Uncle John's Band
April 17, 1982
Hartford Civic Center

the connecticut love is always on point, and as is quite often the case, the Space is a must in this sequence, the Devils set up a remarkable launchpad for ambient hijinx from all setting up a reaaaallly nice UJB angel limbo that jerry doesn't want to leave. The version itself is crackling too, gorgeous.
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