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Stella Blue
Oct. 10, 1994
USAir Arena

Beautiful version from a totally unheralded show. Jerry's impassioned vocals in the verses blew me away.
3
Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Spacey, LONG, jam. There's a video, and you can see Bob smiling as Jerry somehow nails the last climax of the jam and they slam into the chorus.
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Cold Rain and Snow
March 23, 1995
Charlotte Coliseum

Hot version - Jerry's guitar tone is thicker than it was in 94, he's totally present and playing some of those added riffs like in 10/12/83.
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Cassidy
Sept. 18, 1982
Boston Garden

Lots of very under the radar shows in 82. This version is perfectly executed from start to finish - great end jam with huge finish.
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Uncle John's Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Pretty hot version. Nice mid solo and shreddy outro that heads into a spacey jam. Great vince contributions and Jerry firing on all cylinders
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Comments

Ain't Superstitious (Meet Me on the Bottom)
March 29, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Mickey throws like 8 drumsticks at Matt Kelly at the end of this one. Kelly had apparently just shown up after being pretty much cut off by the Dead (Billy in particular, I believe Kelly stiffed him a lot of money)
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 28, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Love Jerry's "Wish I was a headlight" on this one - he's growlin (or more accurately straining against his destroyed larynx lmao)
Cassidy
March 28, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Classic '85 Cassidy. They take the hard left at the end of the jam perfectly, Jerry brings it into the stratosphere, and they crash back. It's not the BEST version, not even of 85, but it's excellent and representative of the year and what I think a Cassidy should sound like.
Truckin'
March 28, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Not sure how this one doesn't have more votes. Pitch-perfect windup and drop out of the jam. Great vocals throughout (for 85) and leads into a fantastic first set. Some of the first east coast shows for the band after Jerry's bust and they're amped up. Nassau always good. This is the run of shows where Mickey threw a stick at Matt Kelly during Smokestack lmao if that helps get a sense of where the Dead were at by this point lol
Pretty Peggy O
June 26, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

Love this version so much. Acoustic tone rocks and the solo is truly cohesive and beautiful. The video is perfect and beautiful. I do wonder if the reason this is voted so high is that it's one of the first dead videos that we all watched; it's been on youtube since youtube existed. Doesn't make it a bad version though.
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