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Stella Blue
Sept. 19, 1972
Roosevelt Stadium

Jer's voice and guitar full of passion. Brings it all back home after a great stretch of tasty jams.
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Stella Blue
Dec. 30, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

Hidden Gem
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Looks Like Rain
Aug. 4, 1976
Roosevelt Stadium

Pretty but Powerful. Donna sounds great this whole Summer but the boys bring the punch here, too, especially toward the end.

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Ship of Fools
May 15, 1977
St. Louis Arena

Love Garcia's vocals on this version. Really feeling it.
Tennessee Jed
Sept. 16, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Performances like this one really make me wish the Dead could have found a way to stick with Bruce as their sole keyboardist after Brent. I know, the high harmonies, but...
Stella Blue
Dec. 30, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

Listening to this show now and shocked there are no votes for this Stella here. Coming out of a rollicking post-space-post-Olin Arageed Iko-Iko>Women Are Smarter that featured members of the Neville Brothers, Jerry leads the band on a version that captures much of the emotion of sparser, 70s-era Stellas, but with a shreddy middle guitar solo. I don't always like that in Stella. I usually prefer the cleaner, more-melodic solos but it fits here. His vocals are spot on and filled with passion. Worth a listen (along with the rest of a very very good show).
Stella Blue
July 13, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

With the band gaining steam after the hiatus and rolling toward the banner year that was 1977, this beautiful Stella Blue features nice interplay between Keith and Jerry on the first solo and everyone coming together nicely for a passionate outtro jam.
Stella Blue
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

This version probably suffers here because of the relatively poor available recordings, but Garcia’s voice is full of passion and he makes Alligator scream during the outtro. Also notable for ending a very long sequence of He’s Gone -> Other One -> Stella that’s full of tasty jams, during one of the Dead’s many top-notch shows in JC Chilltown. ***edit - upon listening to this show after writing above comment, I saw this previous comment and realize it was in response to a different Stella - from the 9/19/72 show, not this one in July '72. Sorry!
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