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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.
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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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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

This version is 100% solid, but it contains zero jaw-dropping moments. It's just another ho-hum tight 1977 version. When you get past half-step, it doesn't sound like an AUD anymore - Garcia's guitar is clear and wonderful. The solos before and after rio grandeo are both too short for my 9/3/77 and 11/5/77 tastes.
Loser
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

The AUD makes it a little hard to hear Keith, but what can be heard is good and the rest of the band really goes after this Loser. A-.
Eyes Of The World
Oct. 30, 1973
Kiel Auditorium

The end of this take is spacey, ethereal and dreamy. November 1973 was magic and it's in the neighborhood.
Scarlet Begonias
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

People may know but the people don't care
Sugaree
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

The second break is where this is best, but even there JG starts fanning too quickly for my taste. There are some big 1977 Sugarees. It would be hard to argue that this one belongs in the May conversation. On the other hand, listening to this Sugaree is still better than not listening to it.
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