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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

Revolution
Oct. 12, 1983
Madison Square Garden

Love this version, even though they all suck (sorry!) - truly amazing energy at these MSG shows in 83. Cosmic
Let It Grow
March 25, 1983
Compton Terrace Amphitheatre

Cool version. Very mediocre verses and mid solo without the characteristic-for-the-era speedy playing that Jerry usually played there - but they more than make up for it in the outro. That's one of my favorite things about this band - if they fucked up a verse, or a song, or a show, or even a whole tour, they never failed to recognize that they'd let the audience down a little, and they'd always come back stronger. See: shitty summer tour 94 followed by amazing fall tour 94.
Jack A Roe
Oct. 5, 1994
The Spectrum

Great solo, Jerry came to play on this night!
Space
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

bcarter - I would kill to hear what they would have done to an estimated at this show too, but I think part of the magic is the sparseness (song-wise) of the second set. The meat of the second set is really only a couple songs, and yet they're so unbelievably well executed that there isn't a show around that can really compete with this one.
Dark Star
March 30, 1994
The Omni

Cheers, darkstar. Couldn't agree more. You can find something different in each listen, and isn't that what it's all about? Give the second set from 3/21 a listen if you liked this. Hope to see you in that discussion!
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