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2
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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Comments

The Music Never Stopped
May 16, 1978
Uptown Theater

This one has a great mid-jam and the transition is smooth. The outro picks up steam and Jerry fans away at a peak twice. This show has a partial SBD, but this is in the AUD portion of the show and I was not totally impressed with the fidelity of what I heard. Still a nice version.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 17, 1978
Uptown Theater

I'll give this a second vote - not because it's as good as a '77, but because of the loping, rolling guitar stuff pre rio grandeo. I wouldn't mind any of the rio grandeo section happening as background music to my daily life.
Franklin's Tower
May 17, 1978
Uptown Theater

Each solo is a novel take on the song on this first halfstep>Franklin's opener. There are hiccups, but a pretty epic second song of the night too. This will stack up well against easily better than 75+% of the other stand-alones.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 15, 1988
Greek Theatre, U. Of California

The Fire is the story here - every break has something fluent and crazy. The Scarlet is ok, but that didn't send me here.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 30, 1979
Stanley Theater

Jerry goes back to the bridge mistakenly after the first solo break – which is the better break of the two. The transition is fiery, but my favorite element has to be Brent's sound right as FOTM starts. The Fire is short a verse, but both breaks are perfectly solid. Jerry usually lands on his feet like a cat when a mistake is made and he does here.
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