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Black Throated Wind
July 27, 1994
Riverport Amphitheatre

Surprisingly good. Nice rave-up at the end, and Jerry's fills throughout are genuinely great.
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The Other One
March 26, 1995
The Omni

Spacey, atonal version. Shows where they were headed in 95 - a lot of interesting sounds.
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Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
March 28, 1984
Marin County Veterans Auditorium

Cool version that Jerry starts and the band jumps on while Bob works out some gear issues. Last one ever, first in years, and only electric version.
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Morning Dew
March 26, 1995
The Omni

Very powerful vocals from Jerry. Beyond intense "I guess it doesn't matter anyway"
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It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Feb. 19, 1995
Delta Center

Last version. Not perfect, but especially soulful. There's a nice new video up on youtube and jerry's very animated.
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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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