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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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Playin' In The Band
May 21, 1974
Edmundson Pavilion

I love that this version wanders far from the Playin' theme and becomes more like the open thematic jams that the band would do out of Truckin' or after Dark Star or TOO between 72-74. Very rare for PITB.
Jack A Roe
March 7, 1981
Cole Field House

This is the only version of this song I know of with three instrumentals and clocks in at over seven minutes.. The only reason it is not more well known is the absurd prejudices Deadheads have preconceived in them against the early 80's for various reason which would require an essay into human pysche and how easy it is to mold it.
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
May 8, 1980
Glens Falls Civic Center

Just listened to this in the car yesterday with my son. The jamming is frenetic in between songs!
Jack A Roe
Sept. 26, 1981
Buffalo Auditorium

There was quite a few in 81 after the acoustic shows. All wonderfully upbeat.
Morning Dew
Sept. 26, 1981
Buffalo Auditorium

It is not the longest Dew after 1974. The previious one on the East Coast, .rochester 9/2/80 is certainly longer...just checked, 11:06 to 10:08. Buffalo was probably shorter than a number of Dews in 81 as well, like 9/11 and 12/31. Length aside, it was an excellent, extrememly beautifully played Dew that we had waited for nine months, a over a year on the East Coast since Rochester, to get broken out. Well worth the wait.
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