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Submissions

2
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 4, 1986
Cal Expo

Fast but very neat and tight. Cool version from the best run of 1986.
4
Promised Land
June 28, 1985
Hershey Park Stadium

Motherfucker out of "Cold Rain & Snow." Shit hot and rockin'. A bit sloppy but full of energy.
2
They Love Each Other
May 29, 1992
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

Vince is admittedly awful here, but Phil and Jer make up for it. Cool version.
1
Big Railroad Blues
Dec. 28, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

Not a great show, Jerry still finding strength after the coma. This BRB, however, smokes.
10
Passenger
April 15, 1978
William and Mary College Hall

Always the little song that could in any set it appeared in. This one rocks.

Comments

Cold Rain and Snow
Sept. 16, 1993
Madison Square Garden

This should be way higher. It might well be the best of the whole decade. Incendiary version.
Shakedown Street
Sept. 16, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Really great NYC version. Also, strangely, the first since May of that year.
It Must Have Been The Roses
Oct. 12, 1983
Madison Square Garden

This may be my new favorite version. Jerry puts everything he's got into it. Really soulful performance in the middle of a first set that thrills relentlessly.
High Time
March 16, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

Fantastic version.
Easy Answers
Oct. 15, 1994
Madison Square Garden

I.....I....I can't believe I am upvoting a version of this song. There's an undeniable energy to this one, and Jerry plays some really interesting and creative stuff that deserves a better home than this dumpster fire of a song.