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4
Promised Land
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

Great second set version after a 45 minute jam and emotive China Doll.
10
Easy Wind
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

Major screw-up of the lyrics here, Pig tries to make up for it and then Jerry just steals the show. I can dig.
5
Me and My Uncle
April 30, 1977
The Palladium

Great transition out of Mama Tried! Real cool little western pair in the middle of a fantastic first set
3
Mama Tried
April 30, 1977
The Palladium

Awesome Mama Tried > Me & My Uncle
2
Alligator
April 21, 1969
The Ark

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Deep Elem Blues
Nov. 28, 1980
Lakeland Civic Center

Love the acoustic early ones, but this is wonderful. Great vocals and tone by the whole band
Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Oct. 27, 1979
Cape Cod Coliseum

30 trips version, mislabeled as 10/2/79 (at least on spotify) but hot stuff here
Dancin' in the Streets
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

The Tighten Up jam in the middle of this is epic! fast as hell and wonderful. Love '70 Dancin's
Dark Star
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Great choice for the 30 trips album to represent '68. So much packed into 10 minutes...a microcosm of what this song would become. Feels like the infant version of the Live/Dead one four months later. TC is awesome in this era on Dark Star too imo
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

I've gone a few years convinced (and still, to some extent) that the 12/26/79 UJB is the best ever. But as soon as I saw a SIXTEEN MINUTE version of this, I had to listen to the whole second set and this one does not disappoint. the 79 one is still special to me, but god damn this playing is ferocious and dark and explores every nook and crevice you could possibly want from the song. Monster jam, monster show.
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