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1
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Nice Playin'. Jerry finds a few good riffs. Not usually a fan of late era playins, as Jerry's speedy playing is so integral. He plays pretty well here
3
Cassidy
Oct. 30, 1984
Berkeley Community Theater

Picture perfect. Soaring leads from Jerry and crashes exquistely back into the verse
2
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 28, 1984
Berkeley Community Theatre

Hot Playin>China Doll>Playin. Long and exploratory on both ends, especially for 84.
2
Jack Straw
Nov. 29, 1994
McNichols Sports Arena

Very hot tour opener. Jerry's playing is excellent. This show is the only good one from this weird little run in Colorado.
5
Ramble On Rose
Sept. 29, 1994
Boston Garden

Shockingly good. Only good things to say about the Boston Garden run from this tour. These first few nights allayed fears after awful summer tour.
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Comments

Supplication
June 27, 1985
SPAC

Legitimately upsetting to hear Jerry Phil and drummers ready to go into lazy lightning 5-10 times during this four minute jam. Sucks that Weir would do shit like this sometimes, IMO. Still enjoyable jam of course but would have been cool to get the LL.
Dire Wolf
Oct. 11, 1980
Warfield Theater

There’s nothing better than this one. First one I heard and there isn’t anything out there that’ll ever exceed it. Sweet little 5 seconds of crowd before the intro that’s burned into my brain.
Row Jimmy
March 26, 1987
Hartford Civic Center

Very sweet version. Jerry’s vocals aren’t too hot (honestly prefer 84 to 86-87 for his voice) but this one is kind enough that I don’t care.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Really fantastic dynamic version. 76 never fails to spark a little joy for me
Bird Song
June 13, 1994
Memorial Stadium

Probably better and definitely heavier than 6/19. Really underrated one.
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