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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

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 14, 1994
Madison Square Garden

one of the best ever period. 94 alchemy God damn, those were some lucky deadheads in MSG. The jamming is so fluid and high-spirited, like water flowing from the Hudson into the Atlantic on a beautiful day, looking out from the esplanade in Battery Park. The scarlet begonias, and the jamming afterward, make no mistake, is amazing. But the reason this version has over 100 votes is the unstoppable, titanic 21 minute version of Fire on the Mountain. It's just fucking insane, don't know how else to describe it honestly. Absolute euphoria, mate. Jerry's soloing on Fire on the Mountain, is just freaking awesome, he makes Lightning Bolt sing in harmony using some dope ass harmonizer pedal. After sweeping the audience and the band away for 8 straight minutes, Jerry looks over at Weir and gives him a sly little grin before singing the second verse. A true fireworks ending, the whole band sends it skyrocketing through the roof of the garden, Devils go into double time, it's quite remarkable stuff, and those lucky deadheads lose their mind with an ovation that lasts until Bobby starts the next song. Overall I have rambled on about this version as I have been processing it for the first time, but when all is said and done this is one of those versions that I would show somebody to try and get across to them what makes this band so special. heady and sparsely rippin' beauty rollin away the dew :-)
Row Jimmy
July 25, 1974
International Amphitheater

Boy howdy!!!!!!! Shredding!!!!
Bird Song
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

Came up on my shuffle and nearly brought me to tears. This might be my favorite version of any Dead song. Just magical. How can you hear this and not be moved by its majestic power? And by the way, it's hard to believe that we have that wonderful color footage of this and others from the day, but miraculously, we do. zero in on Weir or Lesh at any given moment and your mind will be blown. And Garcia is just flying, obviously
Hurts Me Too
April 26, 1971
Fillmore East

stank face
Sugar Magnolia
June 26, 1974
Providence Civic Center

Man this is the goods right here, DP12. Long, jammed out,and lots of Jerry. Liquid gold. Kreutzmann is slamming the tubs like a champion boxer. Excellent version of one of my favorite Dead tunes.