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Easy Wind
March 21, 1970
Capitol Theater

Exceptional jamming with a great solo from Weir. Jerry and Bob feed off each other the whole time. Unfortunately, tape cut ends it abruptly.
23
I Need A Miracle
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

Miracle>>Shakedown. Mind-blowing smooth transition. Energized version, but really this one sticks out for the transition.
11
Sunrise
Oct. 2, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Garcia nails the solo
2
He's Gone
Sept. 29, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Great version, from an unheralded show.
4
Sugaree
Sept. 29, 1977
Paramount Theatre

A shifted gear in the set sends this one up a notch, punchy and powerful emotive soloing.

Comments

Loose Lucy
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

Clicks, everything, guitar, bass, drums, piano. Also, not to forget, Garcia's solo reaches a pretty nice peak. All, in all perfect way to set off this show.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Nov. 5, 1977
Community War Memorial Auditorium

This is worth every second it takes to listen. Bridge jam is as powerful as they come, can hold with the likes 9/3 and 11/6
Estimated Prophet
Dec. 26, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Grendel, I agree with the points you made, this 5-25-77 mosque version is way overrated, and those other versions you point out certainly point to certain songs having the benefit of the date they were played on, and other factors such as-- the "first time played" so on and so forth. These versions you've mentioned-- and I agree-- are not disputed as being great versions, but they are not the best. In this case, however with this Estimated there is no case to be made, where this mosque version can be considered the best. This 12/26/79 version is better, and thats by a long-shot. However, the thing is, there are many more examples of this. We need to up-vote more Estimated Prophets just to get this Mosque out of there. Its misguiding and a complete wrong assessment of the song's top versions.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 6, 1980
Rec Hall, Penn State U

Blazing
The Other One
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Fat version, with Phil playing his ass off.