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It Must Have Been The Roses
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

a most evocative vocalization of the lyrics
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Candyman
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Nashville, where else. Vocally outlandish, solo dead on.
1
Deal
Nov. 13, 1981
Orpheum

crys out for a soundboard
10
Estimated Prophet
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

A stomp into the abyss with extended 1st jam and a fat sound as its supposed to be. Unparalleled.

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Estimated Prophet
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Garcia's 1st solo, the triumphant one, is 30 seconds longer than the version from So Many roads and all around superior with more peaks. I'll leave to others the opining about the 2nd, moody and introspective solo.
Estimated Prophet
Aug. 12, 1979
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

runner up to 5-7-78 which stomps into terra firma with a terrible sustain.
Aiko Aiko
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Should be numero uno- just listen to Garcia growl and enunciate "chicken wi-o.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

the benchmark
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 11, 1978
Fox Theatre

delivers the goods quickly, then gets outta town; a relative to 2/5/78
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