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Deal
Oct. 10, 1981
Stadt Halle

Incendiary second solo becomes delicate and beautiful before they build the final refrain.
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Deal
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

You can't compare 70s Deals w/ late 1980 onward. There's a four minute shredded 2nd solo on this one that wasn't a part of Deal in its 1st decade.
3
Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Pre rio grandeo is good, but there are two peaks post rio grandeo, one built off the other and the latter crashes into Franklin's Tower.
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Stella Blue
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

A fluttery and lyrical solo after the bridge and then an autobiography of an outro. There is a video on YouTube.
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Comments

Let It Grow
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

This one is smoked. The next song is what I consider the #1 Deal. Hard to find a better pair to close a set 1.
He's Gone
Dec. 12, 1980
Swing Auditorium

He's Gone
Dec. 12, 1980
Swing Auditorium

This one, with feeling, for John Lennon. The SBD is sterile, but Dave Usborne's matrix brings everything in this heartfelt version to life. A nice way to mourn another anniversary.
Stir It Up
March 21, 1991
Capital Centre

This is great. I went and looked at the '88 one before I watched this one and there is no comparison and not just because of Bob's singing in the Hampton version, though that doesn't help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iFiPMCYl0Q
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
March 18, 1977
Winterland Arena

Jerry cannot remember the words of half step and solos through a couple of verses. Its nice to hear Jerry play over the verses. And you can tell Jerry's trying to make up for missing the lyrics before and after rio grandeo. There are a bunch of 77 half steps up near the top and this one deserves a look in spite of this one almost being instrumental.
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