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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.
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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

Supplication
June 27, 1985
SPAC

Legitimately upsetting to hear Jerry Phil and drummers ready to go into lazy lightning 5-10 times during this four minute jam. Sucks that Weir would do shit like this sometimes, IMO. Still enjoyable jam of course but would have been cool to get the LL.
Dire Wolf
Oct. 11, 1980
Warfield Theater

There’s nothing better than this one. First one I heard and there isn’t anything out there that’ll ever exceed it. Sweet little 5 seconds of crowd before the intro that’s burned into my brain.
Row Jimmy
March 26, 1987
Hartford Civic Center

Very sweet version. Jerry’s vocals aren’t too hot (honestly prefer 84 to 86-87 for his voice) but this one is kind enough that I don’t care.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Really fantastic dynamic version. 76 never fails to spark a little joy for me
Bird Song
June 13, 1994
Memorial Stadium

Probably better and definitely heavier than 6/19. Really underrated one.
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