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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 1, 1979
Holleder Memorial Stadium

Phil Bombs, climactic build up, gospel sing along. Wonderful!
33
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 1, 1979
Holleder Memorial Stadium

Amazing and wonderful interplay between Phil and Jerry, Not your typical version.
19
Ain't Superstitious (Meet Me on the Bottom)
June 28, 1985
Hershey Park Stadium

Awesome. Of the few times this was played, this is perhaps the tightest and fiercest.
6
Black Peter
Sept. 19, 1987
Madison Square Garden

The crowd erupts during this as Garcia is truly happy to be alive one more day. Chilling.
22
Smokestack Lightnin'
June 24, 1985
River Bend Music Center

Absolutely smoking version comes crashing out of a jam of he

Comments

Eyes Of The World
May 13, 1983
Greek Theater

Blistering. I use to dismiss the early 80's and 1983 especially, but this Eyes and this concert (and the other 2 concerts at the Greek for Spring 83) are awesome.
Eyes Of The World
March 19, 1990
Civic Center

This is a good one. Not much during Spring of 90 is bad.Almost all is solid and energized.
Eyes Of The World
June 25, 1978
Autzen Stadium, U. of Oregon

A good version. Jerry has some searing guitar lines in this one.
Looks Like Rain
April 4, 1986
Hartford Civic Center

1986 isn't the first year that people think of when it comes to dynamite performances. But this song captures everything amazing about this song you'd want. Howling Garcia leads, howling Weir shrieks, and the band is for at least one song at this show on fire. You must listen to appreciate.
Hell in a Bucket
March 26, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

One of my favorites right here. Muscle for sure.