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Sugaree
June 13, 1980
Seattle Center Coliseum

Ebbs, flows & builds! Feels kinda funny to mention after chats of '77 Sugarees and Alaska a week away but this whole show is brilliant!
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Terrapin Station
June 13, 1980
Seattle Center Coliseum

Rises from an earthly, eerie place, climbs to a wild, arcane battle. Surreal urgency after ridicous China-Rider-CC....
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Let It Grow
June 13, 1980
Seattle Center Coliseum

Holy Smokes! Rages and then gently glides into a hot China-Rider-CCRider-Terrapin.....
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Drums
June 12, 1980
Memorial Coliseum

Drums into scorching Scarlet-Fire as Mt. St. Helen's erupts again! Say no more...
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Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
June 12, 1980
Memorial Coliseum

Insanely powerful show, from sweet Althea into ripping Deal set closer!!!
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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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