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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.
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Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
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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.
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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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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 11, 1979
Billerica Forum

I saw that darkstar67. Who else? Apparently the local residents pronounce it Bill - ricka. I bet this would've been a great time.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 1, 1979
Holleder Memorial Stadium

This is really beautiful - all of the rio grandeo stuff. I heard this a while ago and forgot all about it until I saw it come up here last week. I finally listened to the SBD yesterday, but I saw that darkstar67 liked something that Charlie Miller had worked on and there was Bob Wagner's FOB. It's better to my ears than the SBD. (Just like that Jim Wise AUD from 5/1/81). When you hear the crowd react to Jerry, it isn't intrusive - the whole rio grandeo section crackles with the energy of a late Summer show opening up. It's perfect for this time of year.
Got My Mojo Working
April 4, 1985
Civic Center

I heard it. A little mojo flavored wink starts around 7:30, but what will be identifiable are some chords Bobby strikes right around 7:45. They're mojoish, but probably not enough to call this a mojo. The GDTRFB is a little too fast for me, and kind of typical of an area in which this era tended to go off the rails, but I love this jam that follows. I'd be interested to hear what others think.
Wharf Rat
Oct. 10, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

This wharf rat needs some help.
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

I think that this one is 1977 underrated (I said it), primarily as a result of the >jam section that necessarily gets assigned to this Eyes - but don't discount solos 1 or 2 - especially 2 where the extraordinary actually happens. This is Dick's Picks 10 and a nice B&W video is available on YT my friends.
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