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He's Gone
Sept. 22, 1991
Boston Garden

the feeling on this rich, blue-hot hornsby one is that of exquisite elegance in that puffed-up mindless sense
1
Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

tight, gallopping, mournful, phil
1
Drums -> Space
July 6, 1990
Cardinal Stadium

bill and mick dip their toes into a dozen things, keeping their turntablism abreast of the breathing tree of life. Sensational stuff. Continued
1
Little Red Rooster
Sept. 3, 1988
Capital Centre

everyone impatient to bust out passionate stuff on this searing version
1
The Wheel
July 2, 1988
Oxford Plains Speedway

Strap on the goggles and microscopes to find traces of this in jerry's playing as soon as the intro dies down into a no nonsense sparkplug wheel

Comments

Row Jimmy
Dec. 19, 1978
State Fairgrounds Coliseum

whoa. jerry hybrid slide, lots of speaker counterpoint seeping futuristic watercolor of a dynamite wicked slow one
They Love Each Other
Dec. 19, 1978
State Fairgrounds Coliseum

keith sings
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Dec. 31, 1985
Oakland Coliseum

heroic! Really full throttle version - screaming work from all
The Other One
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

magnificent sequence cresting between the states of foggy memory and visceral unforgettable nowness with a magical electric bluegrass ease. Total shredfest, punchy cratering and amazingly tight- a scary roller coaster puddles beautifully into concert hall shenanigans.
Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Nov. 2, 1979
Nassau Coliseum