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7
Big River
April 19, 1978
Veterans Memorial Auditorium

Segues perfectly out of MAMU and rolls along beautifully til Jerry goes ballistic on the last solo. Must hear.
5
China Cat Sunflower
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Nice early stand alone with a long intro. You can hear the transition from the old intro to the more familiar pickings of later versions.
5
Darkness Jam
Nov. 21, 1973
Denver Coliseum

Not really a darkness jam but more of a dark star jam than what it's listed as (PITB) leads into Wharf Rat & is beyond beautiful.
8
Wang Dang Doodle
Oct. 22, 1983
Carrier Dome, Syracuse U

The boys really "throw a mess" on this one, making the carrier dome sound like a down and dirty old time saloon. Slinky sick stuff
2
Row Jimmy
April 18, 1987
Irvine Meadows

Check out Jerry's "giddy-up" riffs in the final "Row" choruses!
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Comments

Eyes Of The World
Nov. 5, 1977
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Segues nicely into a pretty killer Samson as well.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 17, 1974
P.N.E. Coliseum

New convert here. A notch above what used to be my #1 of 2/24/74...the jamming in this one beats Winterland by a nose.
Space
April 19, 1982
Baltimore Civic Center

If I had known this wasn't listed yet i would have done this sooner. No other Space in history has Bob and Phil quoting from Poe's The Raven, or laughing hysterically about going to the dentist. No to mention: "It was a dark and stormy night.......wasn't it?" Best...Space...EVER
Deal
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

Needs more love & attention. As good as it gets, coming out of an equally epic LIG.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Had to bump this one up a notch...jam in Fire really gets out there. 1978 makes a run at 1977 for being the best, most consistent year for this combo. '77 is probably smoother, but the jams are a little hotter in a lot of the '78s.
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