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Brown Eyed Women
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Every bit the equal of Cornell. 8/24/80 still has a better solo, but this is 1977 y'all.
5
Tennessee Jed
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Perfect, with some filthy guitar in the outro.
2
Scarlet Begonias
June 12, 1984
Red Rocks Ampitheatre

1984 audience only standalone Scarlet (touch) at Red Rocks. Great solo, excellent transition.
6
Ship of Fools
March 22, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

10 minutes, on YouTube and worth a peek in b/w scarlet>bucket and terrapin.
5
Hell in a Bucket
March 22, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

Out of Scarlet Begonias to open the second set, with some teases of the song in the transition.

Comments

Althea
Sept. 9, 1982
Saenger Performing Arts Center

Totally good. Definitely some bounce, with crisp, clean playing. Bobby plays some nice rhythm fills on the slide - nothing too screechy like so much of the Weir slide of 1978. Jerry misses a line just before that outro, which is great, as Grendel says. Sometimes I think Jerry tried harder to play well when he couldn't remember the words. I myself don't particularly care if they nail the words or not. But nothing's worse than uninspired playing or too much cocaine.
Truckin'
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

I guess we know now what Ann Coulter goes by on headyversion.
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Jerry is going to steal your wife. I believe it. I like some other versions of this song, but I show this YouTube video to the aliens when they visit and I'll tell them that it's the best. They don't have any points of reference against which to evaluate the claim. (As it turns out, 10/21/78 is really the best.)
Black Peter
Jan. 30, 1970
The Warehouse

The third time's a charm. This is a big story in grateful dead history. For the next part, see the song called truckin'.
Feel Like A Stranger
April 14, 1984
Hampton Coliseum

I listened to this on the strength of the last recommendation. I felt like the Stranger list is dominated right now by official releases and shows with popular sbds and I was hoping that this one would be something special. The runs that Jerry plays right before the wheels get smoking round midnight are pretty cool. The outro is good, but I listened to 3/14/81 right afterwards and I felt like I heard a version just as good - if not better. Everyone's got their go to versions for particular songs. I have my share of biases (the DP3 Eyes of 5/22/77 comes immediately to mind) that I developed when I first fell in love with particular songs. I voted for this one all the same.