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SlowlyTooFades

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Stagger Lee
June 18, 1995
Giants Stadium

The jam at the end goes on for a good long time, and Garcia really builds up the feeling. Pity the rest of the show - my last - was pretty bad.
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Truckin'
Oct. 9, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Whereas most versions from this period depend on bombast, this is a fairly well-explored take. Classic sequence of Truckin>O1>Dew.
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Jack Straw
Sept. 26, 1991
Boston Garden

Awesome, eneretic version. The "big-7" ensemble really gets a chance to shine on this one. BH adds vocals.
9
Cumberland Blues
Oct. 21, 1983
Worcester Centrum

A nice long version: urgent as always, but there is a certain sense of relaxed pace to it.
5
One More Saturday Night
March 14, 1982
Recreation Hall - University of California

Great placement: first song of the set, since they'd forgotten to play it the night before.
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Black Peter
Oct. 29, 1977
Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University

Great contrast between the soft and the loud: from very tender verses to the climax which is superb. For my money this version is to BP what Cornell is to Dew.
Dark Star
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

Yes, that Phil Jam which grows into a version of the theme they'd later use for China/Riders is excellent. And a very nonstandard setlist sequence for the year, Playin> DS> Dew> Playin.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 14, 1991
RFK Stadium

A version where all seven band members really contribute: there's a part in Franklin's where Jerry and Bruce lock into a pattern which is just blissful.
Dancin' in the Streets
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

The most intense version of the "tighten-up" breakdown they used to do in the middle. And Bobby's really on top of his game; his effortless return to the vocals after the jam give me chills each time I hear it.
Mason's Children
Feb. 14, 1970
Fillmore East

Not terribly exploratory (in fact quite short), but perfectly played, and an unthinkably good bridge between some of the best versions of NFA and Caution.
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