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He's Gone
Oct. 12, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Jerry pushing up the sunglasses deep into this set is a wink that it'll be ok in darker times
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Cumberland Blues
Oct. 12, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

grandfatherly and nonetheless burnin' 89 Cumberland
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Jack Straw
Oct. 12, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Uber-burning version with amazing high harmonies from jer bear
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Drums -> Space
Sept. 29, 1989
Shoreline Amphitheatre

The Devils dabble their paintbrushes of wonderment in what could be "Tribal ambient" esque textures. And space is formidable. Clarion 89 versh.
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Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Sept. 29, 1989
Shoreline Amphitheatre

not THE most tremendous stuck inside but it's still awesome.
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Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
March 27, 1988
Hampton Coliseum

Plenty heady, yeah?
Sugaree
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

Loooooooove
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 7, 1989
JFK Stadium

I love this blastoff of an innocent exciting wicked consonant version! Wow, hang on, pack an inhaler - deep.
Wharf Rat
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater

This kaleidoscopic lyrics by Robert Hunter can be inscrutable but you would never notice because of the Dead's bleary blasting of tight positivity. One of my favorite Dead tunes overall. what a premiere bust-out The debut of this powerfully abstract yet also breathtakingly simple song was, as the heads have noted as a little side journey stolen away from an epically meandering into the high auroras version of DS A magical reminder of the wonder
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 15, 1972
Oklahoma City Music Hall

Reminds me of maybe some minimalism or Coltrane threads. amazing all around really.
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