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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
May 16, 1980
Nassau Coliseum

I heard the senator on sirius last week and they played the track right after he talked to Bobby about the last solo. It's really good, as others have mentioned, probably worth an Althea vote.
Deal
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

May 1, 1981
Bertha
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena

Probably like everybody else, I've heard a million Berthas, so I listened because the reviews were so complimentary. The solo is hammered, an anomaly worthy of a high spot on the list.
Estimated Prophet
May 26, 1977
Baltimore Civic Center

I think this one comes closer to note perfect than all of the other '77 versions. I know there are those who like the song in different eras. For what this song was at this point in its history, this one has it.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 27, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Tremendous. There are some greats in June '76 and this one deserves a place in that conversation. I listened to Usborne's matrix which, as usual, sounded great. I'm feeling some 76 HSF right now darkstar - I'll check those three out.