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El Paso
May 11, 1977
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

Crisp and nimble
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 9, 1983
Hampton Coliseum

One of the best of the year
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Loser
Oct. 29, 1977
Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University

Every song from this show should be on here. This Loser is certainly deserving, solo is on point.
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Good Lovin'
Nov. 4, 1977
Cotterell Gym - Colgate University

Intense and quick jamming. Charged Bertha > Good Lovin' to open the legendary trio, 11-4, 11-5,11-6
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Nov. 23, 1978
Capital Centre

Stunned this wasn't posted earlier. Superb 1/2 step opener, Garcia plays melodically and beautifully.
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Comments

It Must Have Been The Roses
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

Soulful and emotive rendition, maybe the best double opener of the year, with close competiiton with the 7/15 opener of Dancin'>Bird Song.
Feel Like A Stranger
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

October 84 was smokin'. Powerful opener here, with everyone on the same page, great exploration of the depths of this song. Feel like a Stranger is definitely one of the better opening songs in the Grateful Dead's repertoire. This version is as close to perfect as your going to find this fall tour, besides maybe 10/18 which is nearly just as intense.
Bird Song
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Really great version here, jazzy and thoughtful.
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 16, 1994
Sports Arena

Cgarces, I agree, there were some great moments in the 90's. But as a whole I cant see the era stacking up to the others, there were definitely some outstanding highlights. The Morning Dew and S>F you cited are both some of the best versions of those songs, and spring and fall 1990 were both awesome tours. However, consistency wise the whole era just doesn't do it for me. There are too many performances where the sound is just not appealing IMHO. Peace.
Estimated Prophet
Dec. 16, 1994
Sports Arena

Generally I am not a fan of 90's material, but this Estimated is just out of this world, also to add there is an awesome transition into he's gone, the deep space they were exploring in that Estimated, balanced perfectly the mellow and cool vibes of he's gone. My personal favorite version of the 90's.
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