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Beat it on Down The Line
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

Really nice and rolls right along.
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El Paso
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

Even the El Paso is top-notch!
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Friend of the Devil
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

Beautiful FOD here. High quality 80s
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Let It Grow
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

Unbelievable this isn't on here! INSANE jam!!!
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Not Fade Away
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Comments

Blues For Allah
Oct. 6, 1981
Rainbow Theater

This is gorgeous, and it's certainly a mournful second setlist. Perfect prelude to The Wheel.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

I would agree that there was a shift when Brent came along, but that started almost from the beginning of his tenure in '79 (go check out 11/1/79 if you haven't). The Brent era tends to get dismissed by some of the fanbase, but S>F's really benefitted from his work, mainly because Keith was almost a nonentity on many of the earlier versions. That said, Jerry was so brilliant in '77-'78 that it really becomes a matter of what your personal tastes are. I can appreciate both eras but I lean towards the early Brent years on the whole. Just my two cents.
Estimated Prophet
Oct. 6, 1981
Rainbow Theater

Expansive outro that transitions superbly into He's Gone
Looks Like Rain
Oct. 6, 1981
Rainbow Theater

This is too good to have not been added yet.
It Must Have Been The Roses
Oct. 6, 1981
Rainbow Theater

Agreed. Even this song, which I normally don't get into , is performed with great care.