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18
Cold Rain and Snow
June 17, 1976
Capitol Theater

Cold Rain and Slow - very mellow cool version they seem to be tooling around the arrangement - Bobby and Keith standout on this one.
27
High Time
June 19, 1976
Capitol Theatre

Intro is long and dreamy all Jer + Keith. Jerry and Donna's vocal work is lovely here.
8
The Music Never Stopped
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Jazzy Jazz .... Donna's nicely in tune for a change.
3
Promised Land
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

This one's all country upfront and then country fried on the outro...nice! (source:CM)
3
Smokestack Lightnin'
July 14, 1985
Ventura County Fairgrounds

They hit the groove on this one so Jerry can throw the nasty sauce on it. (source:CM)

Comments

Feel Like A Stranger
March 25, 1986
The Spectrum

Get your funky jams here - shit hot Stranger...don't mind the year it delivers. My first and only Scar>Touch and I was begging the gods for Fire and I got Rain instead - pranksters!
Cryptical Envelopment
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Super freaky gooey jam here. +1 fo sho
Not Fade Away
April 28, 1971
Fillmore East

Needs more votes - rockin, raw, piercing and urgent THIS is the NFA. Plus Bobby survives an aneurysm on the reprise. DS>SS>NFA>GDTRFB>NFA - this string is mental.
New Minglewood Blues
Dec. 26, 1970
Legion Stadium

Super Chunky Crunchy Blues Jamness.
Bertha
April 27, 1971
Fillmore East

110 % agree with all of the above - this was the first one heard by my ears and it remains definitive.