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21
Katie Mae
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

How can you not love this?
9
And We Bid You Goodnight
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

Little ragged vocally, but a beautiful end to a wide-ranging and justly famous show.
13
Baba O'Riley > Tomorrow Never Knows
May 31, 1992
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

One of the first bits of Dead I ever heard.
8
Terrapin Station
Aug. 5, 1989
Cal Expo

Solidly played, beautiful cacophony at the end as the band varies the outro themes.
10
Spanish Jam
May 16, 1981
Barton Hall - Cornell University

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Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Anyone who gives this a serious listen and doesn't love it can tell me the next three full shows I will listen to. Oh, won't you come listen to Jerry boogie?
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

It's exploratory, it's blissful, and the whole set ranges from what I love about his playing with Legion of Mary and the JGB to the harder edge of the later stuff. And if you have the AUD, you can hear the sound bounce around MSG like the best natural reverb/delay ever, and it's trippy.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Then they hit another verse, slow down some, find another groove, and do it again. And again. And again. There's a great AUD from the 90s, which means the sound is quite frankly better than some of the early tapes, which can be nice.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Sept. 19, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Absolutely! How is this not higher?!?!?! The tempo on the "Help > Slip" is a little slower because of the new keyboard players (and one of them is Hornsby!). This just helps Jerry stay in the pocket the entire time, and the band boogies. The "Franklin's" is nothing but smiles. The band is SO tight, and Jerry is in so deep rhythmically that everything is flowing. I love his blissed out major pentatonic jamming from any era, and Hornsby has the chops to play off him when the tempo speeds up and it gets away from him.
Standing On The Moon
April 1, 1995
Pyramid Arena

Thanks for the reply. I've been spending a lot of time in the mid- to late-70s, so the sound of late 90s Dead doesn't do it for me. Still not a fan of this version, but I will check out some more early 90s stuff.
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