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The Wheel
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Maybe just another Wheel, but this show, especially after the Lay Me Down, felt to be all about recovering after saying good-bye to Brent.....
1
Not Fade Away
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Excellent NFA '87 jam into great Garden crowd and nice GDTRFB/We bid coda riff......
1
Greatest Story Ever Told
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Out of Second Set opener Bertha with a crazy weird segue into Devil with a Blue Dress....
2
The Music Never Stopped
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

RIpping coda. End to a great first set.
6
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

Classic China-Rider from a great run. 9/18/87 is legendary, but this show, and a lot of the shows from this tour, just as fantastic.

Comments

Dancin' in the Streets
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Builds from Dark Star- Main Ten into a POWERHOUSE. A bit like one of the best ever, 5/2/70 (which maybe IS the best ever...). Great!
New Orleans
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Totally agree. This right here, New Orleans into Searchin', plus the Mystery Train-My Babe, the Me and My Uncle, probably the first Around and Around, all of it really is the total definition of Garage Band Rock and Roll. Raw, rollicking and nuts! So awesome! And Jerry brings it all back down to Earth with a gorgeous Baby Blue, and the rest of the set is pure primal Dead. And yeah, the Lee recordings are very nice indeed!
Dark Star
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Any Dark Star with a Main Ten is a 5 star Dark Star. The surge into Dancin' is ridiculous. This entire show is classic and amazing. The first half of the electric set, as Carrion Crow says in another post, is pure Garage Band Rock at it's rawest and absolute best.
Ballad of a Thin Man
March 27, 1988
Hampton Coliseum

And it's very true. Give me some milk or else go home!!! Nobody roared it better than Bobby.
Dear Mr. Fantasy
March 27, 1988
Hampton Coliseum

Excellent. Epic night.