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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

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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