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Pokin' Around

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Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
March 17, 1992
The Spectrum

Bob is adding little lyrical flourishes all night and this is no exception, I hope you're damn well satisfied! Nice keyboards, nice show overall.

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The Other One
May 8, 1984
Silva Hall at the Hult Center

One of my "go to" Other Ones, the middle jam is frenzied and intense, Jerry doesn't know when to stop!
Morning Dew
Sept. 2, 1980
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Explosive finish. Ties with Cornell as my favourite... but quite different! Cornell makes you think wow what incredible playing, but this one sounds like they actually dropped the bomb at the end. How can guitars even do that? And so far down in the rankings, wow.
The Other One
Feb. 5, 1978
Uni Dome, U of Northern Iowa

Super intense peak, second only to October 21st.
The Other One
Oct. 21, 1978
Winterland Arena

The couple of minutes after the last lot of "comin' arounds" is not only my favourite bit of Grateful Dead music ever, but also my favourite bit of ANY music from anywhere, ever! Jerry is in vertical take-off mode and drives it to the highest peak ever, and if that's not enough the savage strumming that follows has to be heard to be believed. Real tension and release stuff that almost always leaves me feeling thrilled, emotionally drained and sometimes even a little shaky! Nobody but the Dead ever had that effect on me.
Truckin'
March 17, 1992
The Spectrum

Nothing below average in the whole show, listening to quite a bit of '92 that I'd not heard before... some overlooked and underrated shows. Nice set list too.
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