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Stella Blue
Oct. 10, 1994
USAir Arena

Beautiful version from a totally unheralded show. Jerry's impassioned vocals in the verses blew me away.
3
Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Spacey, LONG, jam. There's a video, and you can see Bob smiling as Jerry somehow nails the last climax of the jam and they slam into the chorus.
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Cold Rain and Snow
March 23, 1995
Charlotte Coliseum

Hot version - Jerry's guitar tone is thicker than it was in 94, he's totally present and playing some of those added riffs like in 10/12/83.
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Cassidy
Sept. 18, 1982
Boston Garden

Lots of very under the radar shows in 82. This version is perfectly executed from start to finish - great end jam with huge finish.
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Uncle John's Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Pretty hot version. Nice mid solo and shreddy outro that heads into a spacey jam. Great vince contributions and Jerry firing on all cylinders
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New Speedway Boogie
Feb. 19, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Jerry into those vocals. Hot hot hot. Vince's keyboard tone is great - sounds like a hohner clavinet sample.
West L.A. Fadeaway
Feb. 14, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Center

Sick brent synths like that live rarities version ive been commenting on today. Super funky and grimey. another STONED VERSION - there might be more faded west la fadeaways than any other dead tune
West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

Heard the liberty rap on GD XM. I love hip hop and rap and I love the dead but this didnt work for me haha! Nice to see bob trying new things though. Looks like im eating my own words about filling up these comment sections with nonsense huh! Definitely timely at points - see 4/24/78 stayin alive teases....
West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

Bobby's been rearranging some tunes very weirdly. Havent heard that but ill check it out. Yeah, one of the things I love about this version is how it sounds so incredibly early 80s - generally, we often view the deads music as timeless but it was actually in fact often constrained by the vagaries of the time - see brents synths here. Glad you liked!
West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

Darkstar, cgarces, the usual suspects, etc: you may like this one - cant describe it better than FADED but have a listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y8DpOypGAo
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