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Deal
June 12, 1980
Memorial Coliseum

A mighty show and a mighty Deal!
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Wharf Rat
Dec. 31, 1980
Oakland Auditorium

Standard issue, so it's pretty darn good.
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Sugar Magnolia
Dec. 31, 1980
Oakland Auditorium

Great sandwich of a great set. Bill Graham is Father Time, sounds a lot like Bernie Sanders!
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Deal
Dec. 31, 1980
Oakland Auditorium

Rips nicely, caps a fantastic 2nd set of 3!
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Althea
Dec. 31, 1980
Oakland Auditorium

Sweet and simple, from a real nice 3 set New Years show!
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Comments

Casey Jones
Oct. 2, 1977
Paramount Theatre

The Dead prevail! is probably how I should say it, though, since I don’t even know if it’s a technical failure….. could have been a failure of Jerry’s brain, forgetting the words after 3 years! Either way, this is a rare, fun beast of a return!
Casey Jones
Oct. 2, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Jammiest CJ ever! When mics fail, Jerry will prevail!! (See 2/5/78 Samson, etc….)
Uncle John's Band
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre

Opens in reverse, yep, with the rocking sense of urgency we usually find in the coda, one of the best pieces of music ever, and it's just a fulcrum for one of the all-time-grate jams (Estimated-Terrapin-Playin-UJB-Drmz-Wheel-China Doll-Playin), a sequence most Prog Rock bands wish they could come close to after years in a studio, and the Dead just did it night after night on stage with little-to-no preparation, creating masterful works of art like it really was no big deal, improvisational masterpieces..... And the Wheel-China Doll is exquisite!!
Jack Straw
May 21, 1977
Lakeland Civic Center

Best? Maybe. Super fluid and rocking, the usual May of '77 grateness......
Terrapin Station
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

Everything we want from a Terrapin!!!
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