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He's Gone
April 1, 1980
Capitol Theatre

A solid version with a passage about a minute long straight out of the heavens - directly following the a capella section. Must hear.
8
Stella Blue
July 1, 1979
Seattle Center Coliseum

Horrible video with STELLA sound on YouTube.
2
Black Peter
May 15, 1981
Rutgers Athletic Center

The first solo is sweet and beautiful. The outro is short, bluesy shredding.
7
Eyes Of The World
May 15, 1981
Rutgers Athletic Center

The well played end to a S>F>E>E combination. Jerry plays with a theme recognizable from the eyes on DP6.
8
Uncle John's Band
May 26, 1977
Baltimore Civic Center

The encore of the penultimate show of May 1977. It's short, but these people are practiced at this date.
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Sugaree
May 9, 1979
Broome County Arena

The third solo is intense, and ends with a flurry. The whole version is good - a nice, expansive opener of a Sugaree. Some others of this era that are above on this list open their shows as well - 10/17/83, 6/21/80 and 12/28/79
The Other One
May 13, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

This one is such a rich exploration. I was surprised.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 2, 1981
The Spectrum

There are a couple of blown lyrics in Scarlet, and one right before the transition begins, and that usually means Jerry will try to make up for it. I love Bob at the beginning of the transition, and that whole 7 min or so is spectacular and Jerry does work hard. Fire’s great too. I’ve loved finds like this over the years on this site, and I’ll be with this one for a while.
Space
July 31, 1974
Dillon Stadium

It’s called Phil and Ned on the linked source and it’s pretty weird man, as all the seastones stuff from 74 is. Any difference with space is semantic. Aliens have landed and are broadcasting AM radio.
Playin' In The Band
May 4, 1977
The Palladium

The whole reprise after comes a time is fantastic. What an end to a show.
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