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Submissions

3
Beat it on Down The Line
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Train rippin' down the hot coals of the 1973 track.
6
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
2
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

Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Nov. 17, 1973
Pauley Pavilion - University of California

hot shit. China's exactly what you think of subconsciously when you hear the name of the song. The jamming is truly patient and so tasteful.... Then rider blows up
Looks Like Rain
Nov. 17, 1973
Pauley Pavilion - University of California

Bobby raises the orange sunshine-blotted vibe of here comes sunshine the other, bleaker side of the tripping coin, a trippy and tight LLR. A song that john Barlow realized was an evocative love song when he was singing it to someone and he realized that "It meant me." Wow.
Here Comes Sunshine
Nov. 17, 1973
Pauley Pavilion - University of California

73 sunshine that stirs something in the soul!!! Jerry gets right down to business early in his first tune of the night, stealing faces is guaranteed.
Wharf Rat
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

fucking sick wharf rat in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_zD1_J5eYs towards the very end
Throwing Stones
Sept. 6, 1983
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

poignant and cerebral into a very nice NFA