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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.
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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.
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Comments

Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

Up to this point, Deal had one solo over the chords to the verse. This was the first one with a second solo over the refrain chords. A whole lot of shredding follows.
Deal
July 7, 1981
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena

Shortish but great. The first notes of solo 2 are weirdly spacey - I liked this.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Aug. 3, 1982
Starlight Theatre

Pre rio grandeo is pretty disappointing, but Garcia more than makes up for it after the singing of rio grandeo. That section is loud and confident and it slams into franklins tower at 60 mph.
Franklin's Tower
Aug. 3, 1982
Starlight Theatre

This is fiery.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

I agree about Donna and the transition. But what stuck with me was the end of fire when I heard this earlier today. If you made it to the end of fire, you probably voted for this version.
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