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Submissions

16
Samson and Delilah
April 20, 1984
Philadelphia Civic Center

Jerry let it fly all on night on 4/20 - so he smoked this one out too.
11
Around and Around
Aug. 5, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Arena

This jam goes off the rails and completely mental. End of the 1st set - sheesh!
10
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
June 26, 1974
Providence Civic Center

This has some bounce to it and just digin' the era's tone.
6
Around and Around
May 25, 1974
Campus Stadium, UCSB

Everyone hits the pocket and it's Full Tilt Boogie for the last minute - WOW.
31
China Doll
May 21, 1974
Edmundson Pavilion

Phil all over this one - Jer and Keith crush the outro...

Comments

Brown Eyed Women
June 9, 1976
Boston Music Hall

This got the disco boogie flavor. +1
Let It Grow
Feb. 10, 1989
Felt Forum

sorry Great Western Forum - not Felt.
Terrapin Station
Aug. 5, 1989
Cal Expo

Jerry senses Shasta from the stage and plays accordingly...Mtn medicine.
Alligator
Aug. 21, 1968
Fillmore West

The 2nd Jam is the gift that keeps giving - check it out to hear why - unreal jam, unreal show. Super Old Testament styled Dead.
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 7, 1981
Des Moines Civic Center

Jerry sprays the fire with a kerosene hose on the final jam. I feel he made up for missing the middle jam tempo shift where he got ahead of himself and blazed by the buildup before the drop. A sbd of this would launch it up the standings at least for '80's renditions.