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Tennessee Jed
Feb. 27, 1994
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

length immediately raised my eyebrow and the cut is indeed deep and raw... Amazingly kicking and clawing, jer bear sermonizing
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Drums -> Space
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

unique minimalist jam w/ bruce after a mesmerizing passage culminating in LIG. tribal ambient dankness and soul crushing midi flute apollo 90 shit..
1
Eyes Of The World
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

jesus they're late for the plane on this version, autobahn Eyesie. defiant, rewarding stuff
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Estimated Prophet
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

flecked with blues licks and modal harmony... explosive stuff excellent yelping and melt
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Might As Well
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

with feeling

Comments

China Doll
Feb. 8, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

totally chilling, surely this is a major version for the era. Maybe gets lost in the sea of 80's california shows but truly epic stuff, the solo is bone crushing, melodramatically the hammers of the velvet curtains begin sighing in the rain as glamorous beauties fall in puddles of filthy trash soot. Epochal caves of space evoked by Garcia's throat ripped performance. Mind ripping performance that cuts to the core and plunges headfirst back into firecracker pitb.
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 8, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

fusiony and focused. Painterly and stratospheric. after china goes even further into avant marimba wackjob.
Franklin's Tower
Feb. 8, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

full of generous juju, supremely chill mid80's rhodes and heavy phil vibe. Tunneling to icy bliss through the caves, more trains and buses assemble
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Feb. 8, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

breezy and super on, soaring Jer bear vocally and instrumentally, spritely and layered accompaniment, twinkly lush crescendoes and cresting arcing grandioh jams.
Stella Blue
March 21, 1994
Richfield Coliseum

spine tingling rendition... Essential.