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Jack Straw
June 4, 1978
Campus Stadium - University Of California

For the love of Jerry you MUST listen to this immediately. Cease all other activities and prepare to have your jaw hit the floor!
13
The Music Never Stopped
Sept. 24, 1976
William and Mary College Hall

Seguing out of a sick Franklin's Tower it gets fast, flawless rolling licks from Jerry and great timing from the rest +killer final Jam
5
Brokedown Palace
April 19, 1982
Baltimore Civic Center

Sweet end to a magical show. Perfect harmonies w/Brent. Only flaw is when Bob says "careful up there" to someone doin' somethin' werid in the rafters
118
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 20, 1984
Philadelphia Civic Center

Talk about slipping through the cracks: This is a classic long, jamming sick slick trip thru both tunes. Intro to FIRE one of the best ever performed
33
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Nov. 6, 1977
Broome County Arena

Outstanding version with a nice Jerry-led jam early in the tune, after the first verse.

Comments

Dark Star
Jan. 2, 1970
Fillmore East (Late Show)

It's the brief addition of cowbell around :22 in that gets my upvote, But in all seriousness, even though official releases always get a bump in the standings, this one deserves it. Even the requisite space section, which morphs from near complete silence to some TC spaceship sounds, doesn't detract from the excellent overall musical output. Very sweet star.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 2, 1981
The Spectrum

Young Dog knows his stuff. '81 is indeed a great year for exploratory S>F's...some are a little rough around the edges but in terms of thick, colorful, chance-taking jams esp. in transition to Fire, there are a lot from this year under-appreciated on the board. This is definitely one of them. Try also Lehigh 9/25/81.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 14, 1990
Madison Square Garden

^^^^ Yeah I’m going to check the rest out for certain. Can’t understand why this was so far under my radar til now. It is hard to crack the top 20 but I do know it’s better than a whole bunch above it currently.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 14, 1990
Madison Square Garden

At (as of now) a mere 6 votes this is without a doubt in my mind THE single most underrated version of any tune on this board (supplanting the Bertha from 5/26/77). As stated above this really could be a top 10 all time version (if not top 10, top 20 for absolute sure). This must be listened to by more posters here...it is a phenomenal version for any era featuring (among other things) a crazy good Wind in the Willows Jerry bridge--confident and melodic and in a grand ol' groove)....the lyrics are nailed & delivered with gusto ("Heart of gold banDDDD!") & the transition to Fire is a mind meld with a terrific Garcia solo blissfully absent of any MIDI meddling. Some great jamming in Fire as well and a lot of nice calypso percussion adding background color throughout. It's just stupid to leave this lying down here in the single digits. It's better than every damn 90s version miles above it (and I mean EVERY one) and it's exactly the sort of rendition this board was created to expose--an unheralded version that no one knows about but would love if they did. Come on, folks. Step up to this one.
Drums -> Space
March 2, 1992
The Omni

The jackhammer stuff is in the latter half...the first is some amazing calypso/marimba stuff that bounces and flows. A lot of drums/space is background music.....this one is a sit up & take notice.