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Viola Lee Blues
Feb. 14, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

20 minutes of high energy viola lee blues, crazy building jam before the final verse, everyone playing clean and fast
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Don't Ease Me In
May 12, 1981
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

closes out the show the day after Bob Marley died, great organ, before getting into it BW says "he was a powerful poet and a general revolutionary"
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Drums
May 12, 1981
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

He's Gone->Drums->Space, usually get bored with the longer drums but this one is truly special, real fast and powerful, gets so trippy after 4:15
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Might As Well
Nov. 5, 1977
Community War Memorial Auditorium

DP 34- Jerry and Donna’s vocals are really great, whole band gets into it

Comments

I Know You Rider
May 15, 1970
Fillmore East (Late Show)

afterwards Jerry asks Pig if he wants to play The Rub next by saying "Hey Pig, Rub"? Walked himself right into a hand job joke by Pigpen who responds with "maybe you can get a chance at it"
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 27, 1972
Stanley Theatre

The "Leonardo words from out a silk trombone" line from the 3rd verse in this version is really unique and stands apart from everything i've heard, the only one that sounds close is the Europe '72 one, 5/3, but the way Jerry sings it in this one is definitely better
Loser
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater

Hadn't switched the one gold dollar line to ten yet
He's Gone
May 12, 1981
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

followed by the craziest drums, truly smoking
Row Jimmy
Dec. 28, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

listen after the song ends and Bob says one of the coolest lines of all time