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Loose Lucy
May 5, 1990
California State University Dominguez Hills

Sweet, powerful latter-day version on a hot afternoon on the soccer field at Cal State.
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Hard to Handle
April 17, 1969
Washington U.

Fantastic early H2H when Jer was still rippin' it with the slide!
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Good Lovin'
Dec. 19, 1969
Fillmore Auditorium

Why isn't this rager on here yet?! Maybe not as long as some, but full of that early Dead energy that we love so much!
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Mason's Children
Dec. 19, 1969
Fillmore Auditorium

Absolutely ROCKIN' Mason's kicks off the eeeelectric portion of this show. This might be the first one ever played...they rip it up!
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Feb. 21, 1973
Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois

Rippin' C>R from when they were first starting to open it up...'73 goodness.
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Turn On Your Love Light
Feb. 1, 1970
The Warehouse

40 minute RAGER? In N'awlins? With Peter Green? Well, alRIGHT!!!
The Other One
May 15, 1970
Fillmore East (Late Show)

This one is a beast! Pretty sure it's from the early show, though.
Shakedown Street
April 2, 1989
Civic Arena

Shakedown was like the white whale of my touring career. Took me so long to see one live! This smoker was one of the first I missed (sitting in the freezing, riotous parking lot that night), and upon listening, probably the best.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Nov. 24, 1979
Golden Hall, Community Concourse

The China Cat starts a lil' shaky, but they get it together...Jerry goes FAN CITY on the end of this Rider...what a turnaround!
Estimated Prophet
Oct. 26, 1989
Miami Arena

Maybe my favorite version ever. I love the unhinged way Bob screams "MY NAME" twice in some of these latter-day versions. Incredible jam into Blow Away and Dark Star. Just an amazingly energetic and psychedelic show!
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