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Playin' In The Band
April 5, 1982
The Spectrum

Playing->Ship of Fools->Playin' Jam = 30 minutes of dead-y goodness
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Eyes Of The World
Oct. 8, 1989
Hampton Coliseum

Tribal, thunderous; perhaps because it comes out of Victim and goes into drumz
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Jack A Roe
March 25, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

Chugs along at a nice clip. It was included on Dozin' At the Knick, which I believe qualified it as heady.
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Bird Song
July 18, 1989
Alpine Valley

1989 was a very good year for Birdsongs. This one deserves consideration along with 10/8/89 and 12/8/89.
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Truckin'
July 15, 1989
Deer Creek Music Center

Rocking. Used on the soundrack of the movie "The Music Never Stopped."
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Throwing Stones
July 18, 1989
Alpine Valley

The booming, venue-shaking percussion hits really suit this song.
Box of Rain
Nov. 1, 1970
Waly Heider Studios

Unbroken Chain? Actually, you could make an argument that the Grateful Dead never did justice to any of Phil's songs. Maybe that's why he's been so incredibly motivated post-Jerry.
Deal
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

It all went downhill from here...
Big River
June 16, 1974
Iowa State Fairgrounds

It's one of my favorite transitions in the entire Grateful Dead live canon. It's one of my goto examples when I want to demonstrate what the Dead could do that other bands can't.
Mind Left Body Jam
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

aka the "Mud Love Buddy Jam" from Dozin' At the Knick. Not sure why they had to give it a different name. Either just for fun, or a legal songwriting credits thing.
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