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To Lay Me Down
May 11, 1981
Coliseum

Probably the sweetest instumental in any version.
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Sugar Magnolia
March 10, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Jerry plays Bob's double time rythym in lead at the end. Unique and intense.
3
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
April 23, 1983
New Haven Coliseum

The band is absolutely on fire during this night, the first set and on this duo. It amazes me that this amazing show is totally forgotten.

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Sugar Magnolia
Aug. 3, 1982
Starlight Theatre

Amoung the best ever here. Killer show.
Sugar Magnolia
May 4, 1981
The Spectrum

Any Sugar Mag from Spring 81 makes the list.
Sugar Magnolia
Sept. 2, 1980
Community War Memorial Auditorium

The best Sugar Mag ever without Duane Allman.
St. Stephen
Oct. 11, 1983
Madison Square Garden

No offense my friend but Box aint St Stephen - what is but Dark Star? This was a crazy night that we waited years for. My God, the endless teasing in the space was tortue then but seems epic now lol....I remember being told on the train into Grand Central by a friend that they were going to play it as they had soundchecked it the previous show in Greensboro. "Yeah, right! Heard that one before" I replied.. Oh to open one's mouth and joyfully insert foot! As far as shocking, Rochester, 9-2-80 when they went from Aiko ( when it was still AIKO) into Morning Dew (when they still did only a few a year). Not THAT was clutch the heart and drop shocking.
Shakedown Street
May 16, 1981
Barton Hall - Cornell University

This was the very first version the band ever played with the vocal reprise at the end, totally ad-libbed at the time as it was the fourth and final time the song was played that tour and not something the band would have rehearsed and restructed beforehand.
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