A solid version with a passage about a minute long straight out of the heavens - directly following the a capella section. Must hear.

Horrible video with STELLA sound on YouTube.

The first solo is sweet and beautiful. The outro is short, bluesy shredding.

The well played end to a S>F>E>E combination. Jerry plays with a theme recognizable from the eyes on DP6.

The encore of the penultimate show of May 1977. It's short, but these people are practiced at this date.

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the greatest United States Blues. Giant, fat barre chords, ominous sounding bass lines and Bobby destroys one of the later verses on the slide. Jerry Garcia murders the guitar and steals your wife.

I spend most of my music listening time listening to the grateful dead, so believe me when I say that I'll take a Me and My Uncle over a whole bunch of different stuff. All the same, this song does not inspire strong feelings in me. The novelty of this version is welcome and that plus the already sublime context should make this number one, but I'll try the one the wingnut keeps talking about too. And those may be the last ones I ever queue up on my own.

It’s hard to say with certainty whether they knew this was their last show. The four breakouts would suggest it to some: Greatest Story - 1st since 10/18/74; Big Railroad Blues - 1st since 10/19/74; High Time - 1st since 5/26/77; The Wheel - 1st since 2/3/78 (and the only one in '79). And Donna Jean herself appears to suggest that they were perfectly well aware. According to the following excerpt from a David Gans interview with Donna Jean from March 28, 1998 in Philadelphia, PA, the decision was made at a meeting at the Godchaux house between 1/22/79 and 2/2/79. I’ve put the key phrase in ALL CAPS - this is Donna Jean speaking: "I get questions: 'Did you guys quit or were you fired?' And I say very honestly, it was both. Very much both. I LEFT A TOUR MID-TOUR ONCE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT TOUR WAS, BUT I LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOUR. I JUST SAID, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. SO IT WAS AFTER THAT TOUR, THEN KEITH AND I DID ONE MORE TOUR. AND THERE WAS A MEETING AT MINE AND KEITH'S HOUSE, AND THE WHOLE BAND CAME, AND THEY -- I BELIEVE IT WAS BOBBY THAT SAID, "WE THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO DO YOUR OWN MUSICAL THING, AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO." AND WE SAID, WE AGREE. THAT'S WHERE *WE* WERE AT. SO IT WAS A VERY MUTUAL DECISION. BUT THEY DID SAY THAT. I WANT TO GET THAT ON RECORD. THERE WAS A MEETING AT OUR HOUSE, AND THEY LET US KNOW IT WAS TIME, AND WE LET THEM KNOW WE WERE DEFINITELY IN AGREEMENT <CHUCKLE> THAT IT WAS TIME.” Donna Jean was not present for 1/20/79 (there's a dark star that night, btw) and 1/21/79, the last two nights of a tour. The next (and final K&D) tour begins 2/3/79 (awesome S>F that night), so there's the timeline. To be fair, here is another take on their departure which contradicts Donna Jean's account as to when and where the decision was taken. But it does makes an interesting claim about when Garcia first heard Mydland: http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2011/02/october-26-1978-paramount-theater.html

This one is top 5 for me. The last time round in the Scarlet solo is what really separates this version. I don't like to complain about AUD sources because that's part of the fun with the band. But I'd love to hear the "note" everyone is talking about in an official release. I'll live.

Other versions above on this list will be smoother, more laid back and more aesthetically "perfect." But the solo in this one cooks with gasoline. And Jerry knew he had just kicked the hell out of it too - listen to that growl on "Delilah Jones was the mother of twins." I cannot think of another time when I've heard Garcia's voice sound like that. Here's a version with as many comments as it has votes - usually a good sign around here.