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LagerandGospel

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

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

Amazing and wonderful interplay between Phil and Jerry, Not your typical version.
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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.
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Smokestack Lightnin'
June 24, 1985
River Bend Music Center

Absolutely smoking version comes crashing out of a jam of he
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Dark Star
March 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum

I've always loved this one. Portions of this Dark Star made it to "Infrared Roses" album.
Sugaree
Oct. 17, 1983
Olympic Center

This is rough, but pretty much the best 80's sugaree. It's jams are stratospheric. Anchorage has nothing on Lake Placid. LISTEN TO THIS ONE.
Bird Song
March 21, 1986
Hampton Coliseum

This is an amazing and intense version. People might blow this one off if they look at the date, but Weir and Garcia play and improvise together and create a work of beauty.
Looks Like Rain
Oct. 31, 1985
Carolina Coliseum - University of South Carolina

This is the one you play for your friends when they ask, tell me about the '80s and the Grateful Dead phenomena?
Estimated Prophet
May 10, 1986
Frost Amphitheatre

1986 doesn't always come up on my radar. But this show, and this Estimated is amazingly hot with Weir powerhouse grunge chords and piercing psychedelic lead guitar lines shrieking from Garcia.
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