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Playin' In The Band
Nov. 23, 1978
Capital Centre

The band tries to catch Jerry and wolf as they’re seemingly on the loose. Traversing through snowy mountaintops. A wonderful journey.
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Good Lovin'
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Brent’s organ takes this to another level. I’m partial towards the Pigpen Version, but this shines in its own ways. Lovely phrasing from Jerry as well
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U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Shocked to not see this here yet. Absolute scorcher from a really great show. Jerry’s tone cuts through like a scorching hot knife. Skin your wife.
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Drums
Aug. 12, 1972
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

Coming out of He's Gone. Billy goes ham, hitting the drums like a machine gun.
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Drums
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

A mighty a primal drum section reminiscent of the early acid test days. Follows after a rare Cryptical and breaks through into The Other One.

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New Potato Caboose
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

Magical. Widely inventive and freedom personified in sound. Imaginative musicianship right here. Phil gets a gold star.
Caution
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Off the rails. Might possibly be the best version I’ve ever heard. Absolutely relentless, viscous, and primal. An assault and attack on the senses that builds, and builds, AND BUILDS. Jerry traverses mountain tops before climbing too high and starts drifting away from our atmosphere plowing through hyperspace at light speed. Stupendously inventive rhythmic interplay between everyone. Mickey and Billy find their inner groove and absolute lay it down. The feedback section is the absolute stuff of legends. No return from this space, this train crash landed on a whole other planet leaving no survivors, only our souls to find their way back home. A brutal, nasty, electric carnival. A whirlwind of flashing colors that melts you to your core. Alarms flash, body and mind disintegrating. The unknown, the absolute edge of sound and music as we know it. Harmonious and Transformation near the end. Utter Annihilation. Another reason why I love the Grateful Dead.
The Eleven
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Definitive William Tell segment that transitions into some absolutely heavy psychedelic landscapes. Jerry leads the way with some blistering licks that channel the true essence of the song. Playing at the absolute edge of oblivion.
Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

The overtones bleeding out of Jerry's guitar before the jam begins absolutely makes this for me. This show has quickly become a top 5 for me because of the connections I've made with other people because of this Dutch Treat. A show I personally overlooked, I have now come to appreciate as one of the best of the year, and of all time. Lovely version that shoots you straight into the void with laser sharp precision.
Spanish Jam
July 19, 1974
Selland Arena

Olé!