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Franklin's Tower
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

One of the best played versions from one of the best played shows in the Brent era---ever.
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Shakedown Street
March 24, 1981
Rainbow Theater

15+ minutes of funk w/extended overlapping vocal rounds of "just gotta poke around", etc. before jam Brent adds cool "fuzzy" SFX
1
Big Railroad Blues
Oct. 30, 1971
Taft Auditorium

Check out Keith on this one! He's never been so up front before & right outta the gate!!
21
Cream Puff War
July 3, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

Peppy early version w/Jer belting out lyrics & Pig doin' some nice work on organ. No archive copy exists; got this off 30 Days of Dead-worth the DL!
9
Passenger
May 7, 1979
Allan Kirby Field House

Super-charged EARLY Brent version rips and tears and shreds. Final jam before the coda is the best they ever did in this tune. Goes to 11.
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Wharf Rat
Dec. 31, 1978
Winterland Arena

Great Rat, and a fine show that somehow gets overlooked. They closed the rink in fine form.
Cassidy
April 24, 1978
Horton Field House - Illinois State University

Notable for absence of lyrics "flight of the seabirds" at the end, but the jam itself wraps up beautifully. I'd say this is the best pre-80's version before they started adding the "extra" middle jam that made versions like 10/12/83 so magnificent.
Shakedown Street
Sept. 10, 1991
Madison Square Garden

Just became acquainted with this one. Branford shines & funk ensues.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Dec. 10, 1971
Fox Theatre

Ho-lee-smokes!!! gdtrfb, thanks a ton for this recommendation--the China Cat lick prior to the goin' jam is just beyond tasty. These kinds of hidden gems are just what I come to heady versions for!!!!
Dire Wolf
June 27, 1969
Veterans Auditorium

Def. my fave...Bobby actually sings it great w/nice country twang...can't beat Jerry's pedal steel sound.
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