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Promised Land
Oct. 8, 1989
Hampton Coliseum

Final jam here is smoking. Crowd is roaring and the whole band is on fire.
13
Truckin'
Feb. 23, 1974
Winterland Arena

Absolute fire blues here. This is crushed, awesome version from an awesome show
10
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 20, 1978
Cleveland Music Hall

Cooks powerfully, absolutely spaced out version. Really cool improvisation here, really great stuff.
6
Franklin's Tower
Nov. 20, 1978
Cleveland Music Hall

A psychedelic mind-fuck. Some racing and cool interweaving beats and solos. Really flowing and awesome version.
10
Pretty Peggy O
Nov. 20, 1978
Cleveland Music Hall

A constructed super beautifully contained version, one of preseance and atmosphere

Comments

Uncle John's Band
Nov. 16, 1970
Fillmore East

Gdtrfb, you are right on with this one. The harmonica intro fits perfect. An Uncle John's Band that captures the essence of it all, great find.
Eyes Of The World
Nov. 11, 1973
Winterland Arena

This whole sequence has been seared into my DNA, Big River>DS>Eyes>China and then followed by one of the best Sugar Mags ever. This Eyes has Jerry, already on Neptune following the Dark Star, absolutely flying at light-speed through the cosmos, couldn't ask for a better sequence... one of the greatest all time shows.
The Other One
May 13, 1973
Iowa State Fairgrounds

This Other One sounds too me almost like a Dark Star. There is an entrance into some deep dark territory, space, weirdness, but controlled dichotomy and organic playing as one between all, but especially the back and forth between Garcia and Lesh. An immortal jam sequence for sure.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
July 17, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Strong late 80's smoker, Bobby plays some China Cat licks in the first instrumental break, very cool
Truckin'
Oct. 18, 1978
Winterland Arena

Explosive show ender. Great post Egypt-run