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FreedomHaul

Grateful Novice

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6
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 11, 1984
Civic Center

Bobby totally blows the first verse and then they backslide into an incredible jam.
9
Shakedown Street
Oct. 11, 1984
Civic Center

Monster version from Maine!
1
Looks Like Rain
Sept. 1, 1979
Holleder Memorial Stadium

Bobby kills it.
4
Big River
Sept. 1, 1979
Holleder Memorial Stadium

Giddyup.
5
Bird Song
April 16, 1989
The Mecca

Some nice swirliness in the solo. Video online as well!
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Comments

Drums -> Space
April 19, 1982
Baltimore Civic Center

I can't imagine how much cooler/unbelievably freaky this would have been live/if I didn't know what was coming. . . . Holy [i]shit[/i] that was weirder than I thought it was going to be! It sounded like some dissociative nightmare hurdling towards you at 1,000 miles per hour—images, sounds, concepts fragment, break down, coalesce in unfamiliar forms, haunted voices taunt your memories. Egads. That was a lot. There was very little to stand on during that. But AH that > in The Wheel.
Deal
June 30, 1984
Indianapolis Sports and Music Center

Ceaseless energy.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Dec. 13, 1980
Long Beach Arena

This is a great version. Top-notch Scarlet with a great transition and then killer Fire. Watch your face during that middle solo, Jerry might melt it clean off.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 2, 1978
Giants Stadium

I'm embarrassed by my early comment and publicly retract it. This is 30 minutes of The Best Stuff.
He's Gone
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Hands down the greatest version of this I have ever heard. The band hits a groove and rides the wave forever. Great vocal coda, everyone's cooking. Jerry hits the good stuff and mines deep. A must-hear, top-shelf performance.
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