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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.....
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Not Fade Away
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Excellent NFA '87 jam into great Garden crowd and nice GDTRFB/We bid coda riff......
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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.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 14, 1982
University of Virginia

A beauty to start a super second set, after a fantastic first set!! In other words... Great show!!!
Black Peter
May 10, 1991
Shoreline Amphitheatre

Wow. As great (or GRATE!) a show as any those last ten years.
The Wheel
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Urgent and gorgeous, as most '76 Wheels are, in a Playin' sandwich to end the first set. Fantastic show!
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 6, 1980
Rec Hall, Penn State U

Sun's gonna shine on my back door some day. March winds gonna blow all my troubles away. A beauty.
Wharf Rat
Feb. 5, 1978
Uni Dome, U of Northern Iowa

Agreed. This should be so much higher. Possibly the best ever.
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