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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

West L.A. Fadeaway
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

fedora and a brown raincoat and briefcase in the garage waiting for the man. Lesh goes doctor manhattan at the last peak
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Show this one off as a mid 80s HSF thats a true knockout, wicked and tight and sprawling.
Let It Grow
April 26, 1983
The Spectrum

Great pick, wow this one is a cezanne!!! Mush, big man, mush..... you think of the 80's as speedy and there are still versions that make even tour hounds of those days go shit dude... Blistering!!! you can basically see their jaws grinding on this one it goes blood diamond mine deep. lesh and brent get tones going in a creepy way as the others go apeshit Tippy top.
Looks Like Rain
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

rolls the dice on a tears in your coffee divorce in real time on the rain soaked dose addled clowning crowns of crowds.
Friend of the Devil
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

quite a nasty one isn't it? drooool. im a big post-keith head recently so it's extra special to hear him dust off those ivories and make em shine on this daring thematic resplendent show, top 5 for me