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He's Gone
May 10, 1980
Hartford Civic Center

Jerry and Brent going off the rails in the outro jam and shifting major. Sounds more like an Eyes of the World jam with a slowed down shuffle.
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Feel Like A Stranger
May 10, 1980
Hartford Civic Center

Unique outro jam as they figure out how to segue into Comes A Time. Yep you read it right, bet you never thought those two would be paired
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Terrapin Station
July 3, 1994
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Phil and Vince absolutely on fire on this one. Cycling through many MIDI tones. Outro has a nice fusion jam with strong slinky Phil leading into Drums
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Terrapin Station
Aug. 4, 1982
Kiel Auditorium

Incendiary improv. Completely breaks away from Terrapin into type II bliss mode (sorry, but not sorry to use Phish terminology)
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Brother Esau
April 22, 1983
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Standout version with an extended marimba intro that's a dinosaur stomp if I've ever heard one
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Eyes Of The World
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Caught my non-deadhead friend dancing to this version -- highly recommended!!
Eyes Of The World
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

Caught my dead-hating friend dancing to this version. Highly recommended!
Wharf Rat
June 25, 1995
RFK Stadium

Truly heart-wrenching version. Just wonderful coming out of the drums > space (which is absolutely looney, vapor-trash-amazement). My go to version of this song. Jerry ballads are just so much more weighty when he's near death.
Drums -> Space
June 25, 1995
RFK Stadium

One of my personal favorite versions // the portion beginning at about 13:50 could have been used as the music in the Mos Eisley Cantina -- truly world music from another world. Shades of The Residents work in the 90s and a demonstration of the Rhythm Devils' proto-vaporwave predilections.
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