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Black Throated Wind
June 12, 1992
Knickerbocker Arena

Nice drive toward the end...
2
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.

Comments

Crazy Fingers
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

Utterly gorgeous ... overall, one of the most beautiful shows in history.
Dark Star
April 8, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

The surge into Sugar Mags is mighty, the jam leading to it is gorgeous... marries Dark Star-Sugar Mags as tight as any Scarlet-Fire or China-Rider... the Sugar Mags into Caution makes it as great a trio as any Help-Slip-Franklins.... This whole Dark Star is full of mountains and valleys and space and roaring heavy metal thunder and gorgeous jams.... Maybe....
The Other One
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

Straight into the Cryptical which is magnificent Primal Jerry!! Another reason why this is one of the best shows ever....
So Many Roads
March 27, 1995
The Omni

Great for 95. Jerry's voice goes someplace strange and brutal, a place we've never heard before.... crazy weird moment in a kind of a crazy weird show, flows nicely into a robust Let it Grow... Earlier Sugaree has great potential and then falls apart so oddly... weird five song first set...Second set has a sweet Days Between leading to a nice Sugar Mags-Fought the Law.... Goes to show even the "not-so-great shows" had a lot to offer.... Jerry was dying before our eyes, but still playing for his life...
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
June 26, 1974
Providence Civic Center

Yeah. Probably the best. Never ever grow tired of it, that's for sure.....