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Mama Tried
Feb. 1, 1978
Uptown Theatre

Energy! Nice solo too.
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Brown Eyed Women
Jan. 30, 1978
Uptown Theater

Awesome. Very elongated solo and some nice verse flourishes
1
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

Not going to dethrone Veneta by any means but still a worthwhile spacey, concise, chilled out rendition. Some nice melodic chord jamming from Garcia.
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Loser
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Was surprised to see this wasn't already here. Phenomenal solo from Jerry and some beautiful cascading keys courtesy of Keith
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Eyes Of The World
Dec. 17, 1978
Fox Theatre

Very subdued but staccato sounding solos if that makes any sense, pretty standardly great 78 version here
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Comments

Loser
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena

Absolutely perfect + uncompromising explosion from Jerry out of the solo back into the chorus. The Cornell loser was my favorite (and my first foray into the dead!) until I started listening to this one- for what its worth, the pinch harmonic section of the solo I'd still give to Cornell but the solo back into the chorus is defined by this version.
Cold Rain and Snow
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Hahaha I love this site. I think we all fall victim to a bit of pretentiousness and over-indulgence here and there, as sometimes personal favorites are so favorite its angering to see them at any spot but #1 (11/30/73 eyes of the world, smokes 8/6/74 like a loaded bowlpiece). I'll totally acknowledge that this crs is objectively probably not the best and I sympathize with the feeling that it shouldn't be #1, but it's my personal favorite and justifiable to me at #1. darkstar67- I'm a younger head at just 18, but had I been born then I can imagine that I might've found you. Cheers
Cold Rain and Snow
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Gonna have to agree with darkstar67 here. For me, the guitar tone Jerry had going in feb 78 works well enough with cr+s to make it legendary, even if it isn't necessarily the most out there. Yeah sure the vocals are definitely on the weaker side, but Jerry's tone on dp18 is just my favorite, and that's why this one gets my vote.
Eyes Of The World
June 18, 1974
Freedom Hall

Best wall of sound recording ever?
Dark Star
Sept. 27, 1972
Stanley Theatre

Probably the most pure jazz fusion dark star. Bobby's chord stabs and riffs sound like they're straight off Bitches Brew and Jerry's goin wild too. Not to be missed
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