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Tennessee Jed
June 19, 1980
West High Auditorium

Killer solo
5
Pretty Peggy O
June 12, 1980
Memorial Coliseum

Curious this isn't on here yet. One of Jerry's best solos ever. Notes disappear into nothing, then the next one digs and bites. Remarkable feeling.
1
They Love Each Other
June 5, 1980
Compton Terrace Amphitheatre

You know a great version of this tune by the first four or five notes of Jerry's solo and this doesn't disappoint. Phil supports beautifully.
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Cassidy
May 31, 1980
Metropolitan Sports Center

Jerry's feeling it. Beautiful solo, intense jam with searching chromatic phrases.
2
They Love Each Other
May 11, 1980
Cumberland County Civic Center

Great Jerry solo. Love it when he starts it slow with the long spaces and odd accents.
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Comments

Candyman
Sept. 3, 1980
Civic Center

The beginning of the solo is an all-time great Garcia phrase, with hesitations and syncopations leading to a perfect question mark. Everything about the rest of it is great too, including what he can't play.
Morning Dew
Sept. 2, 1980
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Jerry does everything he possibly can at the moment in this tune
Althea
Sept. 2, 1980
Community War Memorial Auditorium

It's a good bet something interesting will happen when Jerry fucks up the first line of a song. The rest of the singing is deep and intense. Brilliant solos too.
Sugar Magnolia
Aug. 30, 1980
The Spectrum

Weird how Jerry pushes the tempo and plays power chords when he's frustrated. Fortunately Phil and the drummers keep up with him and there are so nasty-ass power chords and riffs here. Worth a listen.
Bertha
Aug. 27, 1980
Pine Knob Music Theater

Burning, desperate solo. Love it when Jerry plays with rage like this. Probably because Bob really effed him when they went into Miracle at the end of Stella Blue.
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