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Beat it on Down The Line
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Train rippin' down the hot coals of the 1973 track.
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Drums
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Can't believe I'm submitting this. Long and fun drum circle that's notable because our Jer Bear whips out a steel pan and joins in.
2
It Must Have Been The Roses
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Jerry tearing the standards book asunder with this elegant poetic brilliance
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Big River
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

For a few minutes wembley in '90 becomes the fillmore in the summer of 1970, the way the Dead just slide into a no-nonsense Big River. Shivers
2
Loose Lucy
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Smokin' and refined version of this deep cut, on "All Hallow's Eve" as a chap might say
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Wharf Rat
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Sparkly, twinkly wharf rat fairy dusted onto an autumn 73 set. but i'll get back on my feet someday bridge on this version is quite sad stuff. Then wall of sound PhilBombin' up phuckin' up yer head. Lucid and chunky, graceful and silvery wharf.
Wharf Rat
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

weightlifting champ of a wharf!
Black Throated Wind
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Huge, heartfelt version
The Other One
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

Wow. Look out the line for the Devils and strap in for TOO->Wharf->Wheel.
Uncle John's Band
Dec. 31, 1987
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Smashing version of UJB. a popular byte-sized line about the dead is that they were intentionally apolitical, but we can distinctly view the lyrics of UJB as a call for socialist and environmentalist humanitarianism, as well as "ain't no time to hate" and "are you kind?" as a rousing anti-fascist call. It's hard to say what the snake flag meant in 1970 audiences. But hey, Tucker Carlson and other Fox dipfuck acolytes go to dead shows. Goes to show, Not a group that had their head in the clouds thematically all the time, they had a pulse on things going on.
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