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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

Playin' In The Band
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

earns the upvote. Classic wavy grooves. Does not depart from the initial pulse but calmly gets more frantic if that makes sense... Clearly everyone is focused and wants to have a great show at msg.
Foolish Heart
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

effortlessly mammoth
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Oct. 13, 1994
Madison Square Garden

pure, aligned, ripping. Rolls away the yuppies and non-vagrants of our moats. busted out only twice after brent and this one rules a lot
He's Gone
March 31, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

Feels like a debauched rim dip poke warts and all, in the spring tour scene. Whole show is mega articulated and precise, Jerry turns it into a sorority rally with smile smile smile!! Never too fast but still brimming with the conversational politeness that yields that pleasant platitude of a nice dead jam, what song is this
Loser
March 31, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

you could definitely take a bath in jerry's shattered vocal lead performance, a man on the edge for sure... searing. Haunting