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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!
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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

It Must Have Been The Roses
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Great version - nice little Lost Sailor tease at the end of the song. Nice to hear Bobby playing around with that riff over a year before the song debuted.
Black Peter
Dec. 31, 1969
???

Beautiful, crushing vocals. Love the 69-70 electric versions.
Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Cassidy is interesting. In the mid-80s, they added the extra G#m/C#m "sharp turn" in the jam, and that added a lot of depth to the song. In 94 they added an extra part to the jam, before the minor key climb back into the verse, in which they quieted down the jam for a moment. Interesting to see that develop in real time through summer 94 - 7/23 is another cool version. Also nice to see Jerry could still hack it, at least a little bit, on any one song from this show.
Playin' In The Band
July 19, 1994
Deer Creek Music Center

Hey it's maybe moderately more interesting than other 94-95 Playins but this really just feels like noodling to me. I'm a HUGE fan of 1994 Dead but this aint it. Nice noise to have on in the background while doing work but if you guys think this is fantastic idk what youre smoking
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 7, 1985
The Spectrum

Great moment in the outro where Jerry screams "across the rio grandeo" raises his fist and you can hear the crowd go wild.
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