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Pretty Peggy O
July 18, 1990
Deer Creek Music Theater

Jerry’s vocals as heartbreaking as ever. Gorgeous, lilting.
9
New Minglewood Blues
July 18, 1990
Deer Creek Music Theater

Brent rips!!! His last one!
1
Dire Wolf
June 11, 1992
Knickerbocker Arena

Dire Wolf! Just another Dire Wolf, but still... It's Dire Wolf!! Fun show overall!
2
Loose Lucy
Sept. 21, 1974
Palais Des Sports

For pure, sheer fun, few tunes beat a great Loose Lucy! This is a great Lucy!!!
2
Eyes Of The World
Nov. 26, 1980
The Sportatorium

At times pretty, at times a little weird, but somewhere past 8 minutes, it's downright gorgeous...

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!!!