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The Music Never Stopped
March 23, 1992
The Palace

Truly proves there was some magic on every tour. The outro jam is unreal hot, with Jerry, Vince, and Bruce battling it out. Crazy stuff here!
3
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 6, 1984
Richmond Coliseum

Awesome focused jam and beautiful meltdown outro
2
Aiko Aiko
June 6, 1992
Rich Stadium

Jerry gets really into it in the second half. Not lifechanging, but fun
2
Truckin'
July 8, 1987
Roanoke Civic Center

Excellent, hard-charging version from arguably the best show of 87. Bobby stuttering all over the verses
1
Throwing Stones
April 4, 1994
Sports Arena

Very solid version. Video shows Jerry present and very into it.
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Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
June 13, 1994
Memorial Stadium

This one is just okay, in my opinion. Nice jam at the end that is quite reminiscent of the buildup in 10/14/94, but it doesn't reach the same heights. I would say as far as summer 94 goes, 6/19 is the version. This one is competently played but no more.
Feel Like A Stranger
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

Hey Professor: definitely an accurate assumption I'd say. Unfortunate that this happens across this site and we get top-tier versions languishing. Thankfully, this one's pretty well known at this point which is a blessing. head and shoulders above any other version.
Truckin'
July 28, 1982
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Pretty mediocre verses and the drummers fuck up the peak bigtime. It's all redeemed by an excellent 6 minute outro jam.
Eyes Of The World
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Vince does some characteristic for the era overplaying but Jerry actually lets him take a couple solos and it actually elevates this version to a huge peak around 11 min. Interesting and different Eyes.
Shakedown Street
April 16, 1984
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Are you kidding me? This version fucking rocks! Love jerry SCREAMING "just gotta poke around" before a ripping outro jam. Needs more love
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