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LagerandGospel

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Jack Straw
Oct. 18, 1983
Cumberland County Civic Center

Blistering ensemble performance
57
Althea
March 28, 1981
Grugahalle

How can this song get any hotter? Perfection.
9
Satisfaction
Nov. 8, 1985
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Smoking and seriously hot barn burner. It's that good
48
Stella Blue
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

Powerful.
136
Bird Song
March 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum

Soaring, lilting, transcendent.
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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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