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Jack A Roe
Sept. 29, 1989
Shoreline Amphitheatre

You know the crew is feeling spritely and in a cowboy mood when they play this, blessed frequently in '89 with it.
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Wang Dang Doodle
Sept. 29, 1989
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Poker-hot WDD
3
Lazy River Road
June 11, 1993
Buckeye Lake Music Center

Sweet, sweet, down-home and yokey Jerry.
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The Same Thing
June 11, 1993
Buckeye Lake Music Center

Pigpen cut revived for the 90's with the group in kind of a slow crawling king snake vibe. Vince knows how to lay down some organ. Top late form.
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Ship of Fools
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

Premiere of this stately Jerry ballad.
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Eyes Of The World
Nov. 17, 1973
Pauley Pavilion - University of California

Epic Eyes that goes on for nearly 20 minutes.
Bird Song
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

Astonishing. Just beautiful
Dark Star
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

i remember there was one time last fall where I packed two bowls of girl scout cookies and stumbled upon this, and I think that day, if only for a half hour or so, I genuinely lost my conception of identity and completely subsumed into this DS. There's plenty of avant-garde fuckery, flaming Jerry shredding, and even some rippling Steve Reich-esque ensemble passages. This is a "heady version" I would say.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

Jerry putting it all out there and the rhythm devils raising hell. Englishtown 77 is in the top gigs of many Deadheads out there I am sure. The stuff of legend. To me this mississippi is an essential piece of musical history
Not Fade Away
April 30, 1977
The Palladium

Insanely high energy, crackling NFA. My go-to.
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