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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.
7
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.
2
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

Eyes Of The World
Sept. 12, 1981
Greek Theater

This is really Eyes > Jam. It starts at '77 speed and then gets to contemporaneous hyperspeed. It's better than starting at cocaine hyperspeed. The two breaks are amazing - blitzkrieg butterfly. There is a unique jam to follow into a pre drums minispace. It starts slow but they get into something interesting, if you are into those kinds of somethings.
Estimated Prophet
Sept. 12, 1981
Greek Theater

Jerry Garcia plays fast.The tone he uses is heavy on bass, soft and jazzy. This is good.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 12, 1981
Greek Theater

The highlight of the show for me is this china cat. Jerry Garcia is playing the guitar like a toy, hammering the first programmed "solo" as hard as possible. The transition is the absolute shit. I dare you to listen to this. The rider is good, but after the transition they're coasting to intermission. China>Rider before the break and S>F after. Just saying these people are right about the setlist.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 12, 1981
Greek Theater

I'll vote this for the fire because I like the first two breaks in that song. But I have expectations for this year and this song that are not entirely met. The transition is a tad disappointing in spots. It still kills a bunch of 90s S>F for me, but to each his own, right?
Bird Song
Sept. 12, 1981
Greek Theater

The solo doesn't start well for my taste, but the place that it gets to is a dark kind of jazz that I love. This is "top something", though I don't have more than 10 versions of this I really know by date so I don't want to overstate it. But it's good.
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