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Johnny B. Goode
Aug. 6, 1982
St. Paul Civic Center

Not my favorite way for Jerry to play it, but it still rocks.
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Alabama Getaway
May 28, 1982
Moscone Convention Center

Jerry is all over the map with the lyrics.
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Bird Song
Sept. 29, 1980
Warfield Theater

Nice acoustic version.
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On The Road Again
Sept. 29, 1980
Warfield Theater

It would be better if they played it a little faster.
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I Fought The Law
April 5, 1993
Nassau Coliseum

Probably the most hated song they played - even moreso than Day Job.
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Comments

Estimated Prophet
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Yup. Give me a Hornsby Estimated over a 70's one every day. The early versions were flat and tepid. The ones you get from 90-91 are bursting with insane energy - the music and the vocals. Some people are just stuck in their position that anything 70's is better and it's a shame that they're missing out on great stuff like this.
Sugar Magnolia
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

Slow, lazy, unfocused. Any version from 1982 - New Years Eve aside - is better than this. Just another example of 1977 bias.
Monkey and the Engineer
Oct. 11, 1980
Warfield Theater

Beautifully played and sung. A crime it hasn't been posted before.
Sugar Magnolia
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

Personally, my favorite Sugar Mags come from 1982. The energy, focus, drive and execution is there in spades. 8-27-72 has several best-ever versions, but that doesn't mean that every version of every song that day is the best ever.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Aug. 6, 1982
St. Paul Civic Center

I drool over those '82 Sugar Mags. It's insane how intense and focused they are. Oh, yes - the Maxell tape days. God, I loved them. My wife got total revenge on me when she destroyed every Jerry Garcia Band, Legion of Mary and Reconstruction tape I owned. There is still this one version of Breadbox that I have yet been able to replace.
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